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M&k’s Littles Child Development Center

A licensed child care center in Lubbock, Texas 79410

3714 22nd St, Lubbock, Texas 79410. (806) 773-0650.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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?

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 149 child care providers in Lubbock County had 1.

16 inspections on record. The latest, on Nov 3, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: AP Must Place Infants in Face up Sleeping Position or Must Have Completed and Signed Sleep Exception Form for the Infant, at the inspection on Jul 23, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Jul 21, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children, at the inspection on Apr 14, 2026

2 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

8 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

8 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: inspection1 deficiency

  • Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

    “During the inspection walk through. a cover slip made of cloth was observed to be on the changing pad, in the infant room.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 25, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2026.

Jul 23, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • AP Must Place Infants in Face up Sleeping Position or Must Have Completed and Signed Sleep Exception Form for the Infant

    “A five month old infant was observed sleeping on their side, on a pillow and wrapped in a blanket during nap time.”

    Rule 746.2427(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 23, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 3, 2026.

Jul 21, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment

    “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, it was found that caregivers are pinching, spanking or both as forms of discipline.”

    Rule 746.2805(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 14, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 3, 2026.

Apr 14, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children

    “Various classes had cleaning supplies within reach of children.”

    Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 14, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 28, 2026.

Aug 19, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “It was found that 3 out of 3 infants that are required to have Infant Feeding Instructions did not have updated forms that are signed and dated by the parents on file during the inspection. The forms on file at the operation were last signed and dated by the parents in June 2025.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 22, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 22, 2025.

Jul 16, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “It was found during the inspection the operation allowed a person to be present in a classroom and have access to children without receiving their eligiblity letter.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 16, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 21, 2025.

  • Diaper Changing Equipment - No Play or Eating Surfaces Used

    “It was found during the inspection an employee changed a diaper on the children’s play mat on the floor where other children were playing.”

    Rule 746.3503(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 16, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 21, 2025.

May 29, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants 12 Months and Younger

    “The following items are missing from the Operational Policies. 746.501(8)(9)(12)(13)(15)(16)(25)(26)(27)(28)(30).”

    Rule 746.501(a)(9). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 30, 2025. Correction verified: May 30, 2025.

All 21 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Nov 3, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Oct 13, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 25, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 24, 2026Report to the stateOutcome pending
Aug 28, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 14, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 3, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 23, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 21, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jul 6, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 3, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 28, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 14, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 14, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Nov 19, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 8, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Aug 19, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 21, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 17, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 16, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
May 29, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 24, 2025.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 51 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.
  • 5 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 149 child care providers in Lubbock County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 8.
Source:

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

11 of the 149 in Lubbock County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Ywcare of Lubbock at Wilson1
Sunnyside Learning Academy0
Elite Learning Academy 24
Mrs. Wood’s Learning Spot, LLC0
M&k’s Littles Child Development Center This child care provider8
Still Waters Academy5
Covenant Child Development Center3
All-Stars R Us0
Elite Learning Academy13
My Little Playhouse 23
Ywcare of Lubbock at Maedgen0
Shirley Yandell0

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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