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Viva Friends

A licensed child care center in Post, Texas 79356

816 W 13th St, Post, Texas 79356. (806) 473-9981.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 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?

11 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 4 child care providers in Garza County had 3.5.

8 inspections on record. The latest, on May 12, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the inspection on May 1, 2026

Rated High by Texas: AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age, at the inspection on May 1, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on Oct 8, 2024

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

11 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

11 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 24, 2026. Updated daily.

May 1, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “During an investigation inspection, a child was observed to wander out of the sight of a caregiver and ended up in a different area of the operation.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 1, 2026. Correction verified: May 12, 2026.

  • AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age

    “During an investigation inspection, an infant younger than 12 months of age was observed to be sleeping with a blanket in their crib. This was corrected at the inspection when the blanket was removed.”

    Rule 746.2415(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 1, 2026. Correction verified: May 12, 2026.

Dec 2, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    “During inspection it was found that the area requiring loose-fill was less than the required depth of 6 inches.”

    Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 6, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 5, 2026.

Nov 4, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The last documented fire drill was for 9/2024. A fire drill was not conducted in 10/2024. This was corrected when a fire drill and severe weather drill were both completed during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 4, 2024.

Oct 8, 2024: inspection7 deficiencies

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

    “One of the four children files did not have authorization for medical treatment in the event of an emergency.”

    Rule 746.605(11). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 10, 2024.

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “One toilet counted in capacity was not functioning during the unannounced inspection. Trashcans accessible to the children in care did not have lids. The closet holding cleaning supplies was unlocked and accessible to the children in care. This was corrected during the inspection. A lock was secured at the top of the door, making all supplies inaccessible to the children in care. Play equipment was observed broken on the playground.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 22, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 16, 2024.

  • Fenced Outdoor Activity Space -Gates Locked

    “The gate leading to the playground and counted as an emergency exit was locked and could not be unlocked without locating a key from an operation staff that was off site at the time of the inspection. This was corrected during the inspection by unlocking the gate so that the exit path was clear and accessible should the caregivers and children need to exit.”

    Rule 746.4309. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 8, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 8, 2024.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “Written feeding instructions were not current for the infants in care enrolled.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 10, 2024.

  • Posting Requirements - Letter or form from the most recent Licensing Inspection or Investigation

    “The last inspection was not posted with the required postings.”

    Rule 746.401(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 8, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 8, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Vision and Hearing Screening

    “The operation was missing the following operational policies and procedures suspension and expulsion, infant safe sleep, vision/hearing, promotion of indoor and outdoor activities, insect repellent/sunscreen, parent participation, nursing mothers, employee vaccinations, parent can visit unannounced, and gang free zone.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(12). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 22, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2024.

  • Required Personnel Records

    “Four of the four personnel files audited were missing an eligible backgorund check letter, affidavit of employment, date of hire, and a signed acknowledgement of the operational and personnel policies and procedures.”

    Rule 746.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 22, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 16, 2024.

All 9 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 12, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 1, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Apr 28, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 2, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 29, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jan 6, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 4, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 8, 2024Inspection7 deficiencies cited
Aug 21, 2024InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 10, 2025.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 38 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 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 .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 4 child care providers in Garza County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3.5; this one had 11.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

3 of the 4 in Garza County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Windham Head Start / Early Head Start0
Toddler Town LLC7
Ms. Heather’s Stay & Play0
Viva Friends This child care provider11

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 Oct 24, 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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