Gilmer Kindercare
A licensed child care center in Gilmer, Texas 75644
1392 State Highway 154 W, Gilmer, Texas 75644. (903) 843-9768.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 27, 2026.
- 6 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Upshur County: 2
- 1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 16 inspections on record
- Not star-rated Texas Rising Star rating
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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?
6 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 10 child care providers in Upshur County had 2.
16 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 12, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Nov 20, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
6 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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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.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
Apr 23, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Requirements for Feeding Infants - No Walking or Sleeping with Bottle or Cup
“This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. A caregiver placed an infant in the crib with a bottle and the infant fell asleep.”
Nov 20, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. The incident of leaving a child unsupervised that happened on 11/17/25 was not reported until 11/20/25.”
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Provide care consistent with child’s habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs
“This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. A child was left unsupervised in classroom for several minutes when the class went outside.”
Apr 29, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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Safety - Play Materials and Equipment Safe
“At the inspection, the under pinning of the building exposed to the playground has jagged edges where the children were playing.”
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
“At the inspection, the loosefill did not measure 6 inches on the older childrens playground. The slide exits measured 2 inches in depth of loosefill,”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
“At the inspection, the written feeding instructions for the infants were outdated and not being updated every 30 days. The last dates were in March and January.”
All 26 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 23, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 10, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 8, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 6, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 17, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 15, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 16, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 9, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 29, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued May 31, 2024.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 159 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 10 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 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?
- Not star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: ELD).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 10 child care providers in Upshur County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 6.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Little House Pre-K | 2 |
| Bright Beginnings Lighthouse Christian Academy | 1 |
| Gilmer Kindercare This child care provider | 6 |
| First Baptist Church Cdc | 9 |
| Little Friends Daycare | 1 |
| Domonique Franklin | 1 |
| Krh’s Little Eagles | 8 |
| Big Sandy Employee Child Care | 2 |
| Just Kids | 22 |
| Kids World Childcare | 0 |
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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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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