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Abc Playschool

A licensed child care home in Alpine, Texas 79830

1102 W Avenue I, Alpine, Texas 79830. (432) 294-2370.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 5 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: Medium 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 5 child care providers in Brewster County had 4.

7 inspections on record. The latest, on May 13, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

5 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 13, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Training Requirements for Primary Caregiver -30 Hours Annual Training

    “The primary caregiver was missing 13 hours of required annual training.”

    Rule 747.1303(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 12, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 16, 2026.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “The consumer safety recall notice had not been updated since 2021. This was corrected during inspection and updated notice was posted.”

    Rule 747.3935(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 13, 2026.

Jun 25, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “Safety concerns with a ladder and sharp wooden moldings in the outdoor area accessible to children. This was corrected when the ladder and moldings were removed during inspection .”

    Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 25, 2025.

Jul 8, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training - Required Special Topics without specific hours

    “Permit holder did not have documentation available for review showing proof of training in handling, storing and disposing of hazardous material.”

    Rule 747.1309(d). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 18, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 25, 2024.

  • Individual Cot, Bed, or Mat for Each Walking Child Through 4 Years of Age

    “Operation had 3 cots used by children for napping that were not labeled. This was corrected at inspection when permit holder labeled the cots with the children’s names.”

    Rule 747.4303(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 8, 2024.

6 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 19, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Mounting of Fire Extinguishers

    “Operation did not have fire extinguisher mounted.”

    Rule 747.5105. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 26, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 26, 2023.

  • Posting Requirements-Inspection Report

    “Operation does not have a letter or form from the most recent CCR inspection post.”

    Rule 747.401(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 26, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 26, 2023.

  • Children’s Records Accessible - to Caregiver

    “One child’s records was not available for review.”

    Rule 747.601(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 26, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 26, 2023.

Oct 13, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play Space - Inspect Daily

    “The operation did not have a currently completed daily building and grounds checklist to show daily indoor and outdoor active play space and equipment checks are being conducted. This was corrected at inspection after a Daily Building and Grounds Checklist, Form 1100 was given to director/primary caregiver for completion.”

    Rule 747.4407(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 13, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 14, 2022.

  • Background Check Validation - Once a year listed family homes, licensed, and registered child care homes must validate list of subjects

    “The people list for employees associated with the operation has not currently been validated. The people list was last validated in June of 2021. This was corrected at inspection after the people list was reviewed with primary caregiver/director and validated in CLASS database.”

    Rule 745.651(2)(B). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 13, 2022.

Nov 11, 2021: inspection1 deficiency

  • Posting Requirements-Telephone Numbers

    “The operation did not have a posting with the list of emergency telephone numbers. This was corrected at inspection after an emergency telephone number form 7243 was given to primary caregiver to complete and post right by the entrance of the operation.”

    Rule 747.401(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 11, 2021.

All 7 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 13, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 25, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 8, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 19, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Oct 14, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Oct 13, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Nov 11, 2021Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Jul 31, 1997.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 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.
  • 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 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 5 child care providers in Brewster County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 5.
Source:

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

5 of the 5 in Brewster County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Alpine Montessori School4
Tara Bingham0
Amanda Faye LujanNot given
Alpine Child Development Center6
Abc Playschool This child care provider5
San Vicente Isd Early Learning Center1

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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