Ruth Gallegos

A registered child care home in Del Rio, Texas 78840

213 Saddle Blanket, Del Rio, Texas 78840. (325) 283-0403.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Val Verde County: 8
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
3 inspections on record
Not star-rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Feb 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 18 child care providers in Val Verde County had 8.

3 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 22, 2026: no violation found.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

7 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Feb 25, 2026: inspection7 deficiencies

Sanitation of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“Trash was along fence line and along the outside play area. Thorn bushes were also present along fence line which were about 3 feet off the ground.”

Rule 747.3203. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 25, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 25, 2026.
Education Outside of U.S.

“The operation has a diploma/GED from outside the Untied States that is not translated to English.”

Rule 747.1015. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 4, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 27, 2026.
Written Operational Policies - Release of Children

“The operation did not have a policy on how children will be released.”

Rule 747.501(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 27, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 25, 2026.
Written Operational Policies - Recommended Clothing and Footing

“The operation did not have policy on recommended foot wear and clothing.”

Rule 747.501(8)(B). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 27, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 25, 2026.
Written Operational Policies - Plan for Extreme Weather

“The operation did not have a plan to ensure physical activity occurred during extreme weather.”

Rule 747.501(8)(C). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 27, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 25, 2026.
Records Maintained and Made Available - Children’s Product Certification

“The operation had not reviewed Children’s Products to verify no recalled items were not present at operation.”

Rule 747.801(12). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 27, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 25, 2026.
Personnel Records for Household Members - Orientation

“A household member did not have orientation to center.”

Rule 747.905(2). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 27, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 25, 2026.

All 4 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Jul 22, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 20, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 19, 2026	Report to the state	No violation found
Feb 25, 2026	Inspection	7 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Feb 27, 2026.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 12 children.

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 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 .

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 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 2, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 18 child care providers in Val Verde County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 8; this one had 7.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

12 of the 18 in Val Verde County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Ruth Gallegos This child care provider	7
Creative Learning Educational Childcare	4
J.d.’s Academy	3
Kids Zone Preschool & Youth Center, LLC	19
Wonderland Daycare Center, Inc.	10
Wonderland Daycare Center, Inc. #2	12
The Learning Express Center LLC #1	4
Mimi’s Learning Center	2
Kid’s Playhouse Child Care and Learning Center	9
Sunnyside Childcare & Academy LLC	15
Kids R Kids Daycare	11
Emmazing Kids Childcare & Learning Center	9
Bright Beginnings Daycare	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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).

Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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