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Seven Little Steps Learning Center

A licensed child care center in El Paso, Texas 79904

4242 Hondo Pass Dr Ste 107, El Paso, Texas 79904. (915) 239-8816.

Texas’s own record, on its child care search

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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?

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 371 child care providers in El Paso County had 2.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 25, 2026: 3 deficiencies cited.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

7 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

7 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 25, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Director Annual Training - Caring for children under 24 months

    “In review of records the director did not have proof of shaken baby syndrome training and SIDS training available for review.”

    Rule 746.1311(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 9, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 8, 2026.

  • Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

    “In review of records, the director did not have proof of transportation training available for review.”

    Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 12, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 20, 2026.

  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “In review of personnel files, two caregivers, observed working with infants, do not have all 24 hours of training available for review to include SIDS and shaken baby syndrome.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 16, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 20, 2026.

Aug 3, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment - Crib, Cot, or Bed for Each Walking Infant

    “Two or more infants shared one crib during outdoor activities.”

    Rule 746.2405(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 13, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 8, 2026.

Jul 15, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries

    Rule 746.307(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 21, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 13, 2026.

Aug 14, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Pre-service Training for Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months

    “Two staff members who work in the infant room did not have proof of sudden infant death syndrome training available for review.”

    Rule 746.1305(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 28, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 27, 2025.

Jun 11, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Posting Requirements - List entitled “Current Employees”--sized at least 81/2 X 11 inches, printed legibly, include employee first and last name

    “Operation has a posted employee list that does not include all employees.”

    Rule 746.401(9). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 18, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 14, 2025.

All 12 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 25, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Sep 8, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 10, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 3, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jul 20, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 15, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Mar 17, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 14, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 11, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 23, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 20, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Mar 7, 2025InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 11, 2025.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 32 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 2 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 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).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 371 child care providers in El Paso County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 7.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 371 in El Paso County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
The Garabatos Learning Center and Daycare LLC8
Kingdom Kids17
Yellow Ribbon Scholars Daycare and Learning Center8
Isaac Camacho Head Start4
Patricias Day Care7
Sunrise Baptist Church-Lillie2
Emmanuel’s Playhouse and Learning Center19
Seven Little Steps Learning Center This child care provider7
YWCA Edgar Park After School0
Trinity-First Weekday Ministries6
Tierra Del Sol After School2
Edgemere After School4

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 5, 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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