Sunshine Sitters Daycare

A licensed child care center in Crystal City, Texas 78839

1014 E Uvalde St, Crystal City, Texas 78839. (830) 319-4730.

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The short answer

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

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Zavala County: 6
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
6 inspections on record
Not star-rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: Medium High. Every month

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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 7 child care providers in Zavala County had 6.

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

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

When those deficiencies happened

7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 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.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023												Dec
2024	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2025	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2026	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov

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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

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.

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

Jul 21, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

Requirements for Feeding Infants - No Walking or Sleeping with Bottle or Cup

“An infant was alseep with a bottle next to them in the pack and play. This was corrected at inspection when it was addressed with the caregiver and the bottle was removed.”

Rule 746.2419(7). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 21, 2026.

Apr 23, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies

Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing

“Two employees present and left in charge of a classroom did not have pediatric first aid training.”

Rule 746.1301(a)(3)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 7, 2026. Correction verified: May 13, 2026.
Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

“Four employees present did not have current training in CPR that meets the minimum standards requirements. Three of these employees were left in charge of a classroom.”

Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 7, 2026. Correction verified: May 4, 2026.
Infant Handwashing - Raised to Sink

“An infant with the ability to hold their head up on their own did not have their hands washed with soap and water after diapering. A baby wipe was used instead. This was corrected at the inspection when it was addressed and the caregiver washed the infant’s hands with soap and water.”

Rule 746.3421(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 23, 2026.
Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

“Written feeding instructions were not completed for three infants.”

Rule 746.2421(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 27, 2026. Correction verified: May 4, 2026.
Required Personnel Records

“Staff records evaluated were lacking multiple required documents. Three out of four employee records were lacking the employment start date, pre-employment affidavit, a statement regarding orientation, a statement regarding personnel policies, a statement regarding operational policies. Two out of four were lacking documentation on how the employee meets the educational requirement.”

Rule 746.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 30, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 29, 2026.

Jan 13, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

“The operational policies were lacking the promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity section.”

Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 20, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 26, 2026.

All 6 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Nov 3, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 20, 2026	Inspection	Outcome pending
Sep 3, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 21, 2026	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Apr 23, 2026	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
Jan 13, 2026	Inspection	1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 27, 2026.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 34 children.

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.
0 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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).

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

How does it compare nearby?

Among 7 child care providers in Zavala County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 7.

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

6 of the 7 in Zavala County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Kids Corner Daycare	7
Cplc Mshs Crystal City	2
Little Tikes Learning Center	6
Sunshine Sitters Daycare This child care provider	7
Winter Garden Christian School -Templo Emanuel	8
Alamar Campos Center	2
Avance-La Pryor	2

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

Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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