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Little Bears Daycare LLC

A licensed child care center in Edinburg, Texas 78542

116 S Raul Longoria Rd, Edinburg, Texas 78542. (956) 720-4069.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.

The last 24 months 5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean5
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Texas’s risk levels
Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

5 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County had 3.

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 9, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Mar 21, 2025

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

5 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each deficiency, in Texas’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 9, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Fire Extinguishers Serviced

    “The fire extinguisher inside the transportation vehicle was observed needing maintenance.”

    Rule 746.5307(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 10, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 9, 2026.

Mar 21, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “There was no current Fire Inspection available for review.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 28, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 8, 2025.

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

    “The plastic underneath the mulch was observed sticking out in the outdoor play area.”

    Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 28, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.

Mar 17, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Children’s Records Maintained

    “Based on the preponderance of evidence obtained through the DFPS investigation, it was determined that a child’s file was not available for review.”

    Rule 746.603(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 21, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 21, 2025.

  • Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent

    “Based on the preponderance of evidence conducted during the DFPS investigation, it was determined that an Incident report was not shared with the parent after incident occurred.”

    Rule 746.707. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 21, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 21, 2025.

All 10 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 9, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 12, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 16, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 15, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 21, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 17, 2025Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Oct 2, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Aug 8, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 2, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 2, 2024InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 8, 2024.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 38 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 2 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.

Who owns it?

  • Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 5.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

12 of the 479 in Hidalgo County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Little Bears Daycare LLC This child care provider5
Francisca Yolanda Garza0
Rosalva Reyna1
Kool Kids Academy4
Blooming With Love Learning Center2
Little Learning Playschool1
San Mateo Learning Academy0
Araselia Cardenas0
Diana’s Day Care1
Julia Olivares2
Mis Angelitos Daycare Center0
Learn N’ Play Daycare Center2
Children’s Learning Journey0

What the record doesn’t say

  • Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
  • Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.

Sources

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.

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Replies

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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