Kelly King

A registered child care home in Huntsville, Texas 77320

1491 Fish Hatchery Rd, Huntsville, Texas 77320. (936) 577-7616.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Walker County: 4
2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
3 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2024. 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?

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 21 child care providers in Walker County had 4.

3 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 1, 2025: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Smoke-Detection System, at the inspection on Jun 6, 2024

Rated High by Texas: AP Illegal Operation - Not Listed, at the report to the state on Apr 11, 2024

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

7 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2024. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

7 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023											Nov	Dec
2024	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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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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

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 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 6, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies

Smoke-Detection System

“Two of the rooms the children are sleeping in do not have smoke detectors installed.”

Rule 747.5111. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 20, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 12, 2024.
Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“The fenced outdoor area had a bucket of standing water and tree debris. The playroom area had some household equipment type items that needed to be cleared out or put up higher out of the way so as to be inaccessible to the children.”

Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 10, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 12, 2024.
Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, Relocation and Sheltering Procedures

“The emergency preparedness plan did not include the name and address of an alternate shelter away from the home that will be used if needed.”

Rule 747.5003(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 20, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 12, 2024.
Animals at Center - Statement of Health from Veterinarian

“There were not health statements for the three dogs at the home.”

Rule 747.3703(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 27, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 26, 2024.
Fenced Outdoor Activity Space -Exits Required

“The fenced outdoor activity space only has 1 of 2 required exits.”

Rule 747.4109. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 27, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 26, 2024.
Written Operational Policies - Duration of Physical Activity

“The operational policies did not include the duration of physical activity. The safe sleep, discipline, and medication policies also needed to inlcude a bit more information.”

Rule 747.501(8)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 20, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 12, 2024.

Apr 11, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

AP Illegal Operation - Not Listed

“The provider provided information that they are providing care that requires regulation from CCR.”

Rule HRC42.052(c). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 20, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 19, 2024.

All 4 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Jul 1, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 12, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 6, 2024	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
Apr 11, 2024	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Jul 3, 2024.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 12 children.

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
1 report to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 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 rated in Texas Rising Star.

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 21 child care providers in Walker County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 7.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 21 in Walker County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Edna Duron	Not given
Denim and Diamonds Pre-School Kids Klub 2	1
Tasy Academy	4
Kathryn Michelle Altom	1
Getcap Head Start and Early Head Start at Huntsville	3
Tomorrow’s Promise Children’s House	6
Friends at Giggles & Grins	3
Kelly King This child care provider	7
First United Methodist Children’s Center	11
Sheri Gale Miles	0
Faith Lutheran School	9
Discovery Days Preschool	1

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

Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).

Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).

Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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