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Smart Start Child Care #2

A licensed child care center in Edinburg, Texas 78539

1506 S Sugar Rd, Edinburg, Texas 78539. (956) 720-4199.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 9 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. 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?

9 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

7 inspections on record. The latest, on Jan 8, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information, at the inspection on Dec 19, 2025

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

9 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

9 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.

Dec 19, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information

    “The emergency medical transport and treatment authorization forms for eight children who are transported from school to the childcare center were not in the transportation vehicle. Corrected at Inspection: The information was placed in the transportation folder.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 19, 2025.

  • CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based

    “Four caregivers completed Pediatric CPR training online without hands-on skill-based instruction, and practice.”

    Rule 746.1315(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 23, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 23, 2025.

  • Required Personnel Records -Training Hours

    “Training records for two caregivers were not available for review.”

    Rule 746.901(6). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 2, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 8, 2026.

Nov 22, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Education Outside of U.S.

    “A staff member observed caring for a child is missing translation of education.”

    Rule 746.1111. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 26, 2024.

  • Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2985)

    “1 out of 5 staff files reviewed is missing the following: Employment Affidavit Pre-Employment Affidavit”

    Rule 746.1105(3). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 27, 2024.

Sep 17, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “A fire drill was not conducted for the month of August.”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 9, 2024.

Jul 11, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “Black mold was observed on the ceiling of a storage room located in a pre-school room. A musty odor was present in the room and water was leaking from the ceiling in the storage room. In addition, drain pipes under a children’s sink were not connected.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 17, 2024.

  • Toilets, Sinks and Fountains Used Safely and Independently

    “Children’s restrooms were not equipped with step stools to allow children to use the sinks and toilets safely and independently. Note: This was CORRECTED during the inspection as step stools were provided in each restroom.”

    Rule 746.4419. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 11, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    The inspectors’ words, 126 words

    “The operational policies reviewed was missing information on the promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity that is consistent with Subchapter F of this chapter (relating to Developmental Activities and Activity Plan); the policies must include: (A) The benefits of physical activity and outdoor play; (B) The duration of physical activity at your operation, both indoor and outdoor; (C) The type of physical activity (structured and unstructured) that children may engage in at your operation; (D) Each setting in which your physical activity program will take place; (E) The recommended clothing and footwear that will allow a child to participate freely and safely in physical activities; and (F) A plan to ensure physical activity occurs on days when extreme weather conditions prohibit or limit outdoor play.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 15, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 12, 2024.

All 7 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jan 8, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Dec 19, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jun 23, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 22, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 9, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 17, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 11, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 5, 2024.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 87 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.
  • 0 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 9.
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
Smart Start Child Care #2 This child care provider9
Angelica Sanchez1
Kids Learning Center11
The Apple Tree Daycare, Inc. III18
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Child Development2
Bookworm Learning Center LLC2
Miniminds Learning Center II, LLC27
Prestige Learning Center6
San Carlos Head Start Center7
The Childrens Club Learning Center7
Jumpstart Child Care and Learning Center2
Children’s Academy4
Learning Path Day School19

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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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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