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Sevyns Little Star

A licensed child care center in Killeen, Texas 76549

3602 Watercrest Rd Ste 200, Killeen, Texas 76549. (254) 922-1411.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: 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 237 child care providers in Bell County had 2.

5 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 16, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device - Remove the infant from the device and place the infant in a crib as soon as possible, at the inspection on Jul 24, 2026

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

7 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: 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.

Jul 24, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device - Remove the infant from the device and place the infant in a crib as soon as possible

    “A child was observed asleep in a restrictive device. The caregiver removed the child and placed the child in a play yard on the back.”

    Rule 746.2426(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 31, 2026.

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “One caregiver was observed with 6 children bringing the classroom out of ratio by 2 children. This was corrected when a second caregiver returned to the room, putting the room into compliance.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 31, 2026.

Jul 9, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

    “A caregiver did not wash a child’s hands after diapering. When asked, she did return to wash the child’s hands.”

    Rule 746.3417(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 9, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2026.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “Holes were observed in the walls in one classroom, garbage cans had not been wiped down, the carpet was observed with stains, the ceiling vents in one classroom was observed with dust, the ceiling tiles in one of the classrooms were water stained, the tires on the playground were not observed with holes for drainage.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 17, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2026.

  • Notification of Change in Space

    “The operation had changed the room arrangements in two of the infant rooms and did not notify regulations. This was corrected when discussed with the owner.”

    Rule 746.301(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 9, 2026.

Apr 6, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “Cobwebs were observed in one of the classrooms. This was corrected during the inspection when the cobwebs were swept clean.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 6, 2026.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “Caterpillar toy on the playground was found to have screws used to hold it together which were not per manufacturer directions. The screws were found to be protruding underneath in the tunnel area used by children in care. This was corrected when the caterpillar was removed. Broken toys were on the playground, this was corrected when the toys were removed Both gates leading out of the playground area were found to have large gaps when latched to the fence, presenting an entrapment hazard. Extension until Friday the 10th.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 6, 2026.

All 5 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 16, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 31, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 24, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jul 9, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Apr 6, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 16, 2026.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 69 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.
  • 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 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 237 child care providers in Bell 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.

12 of the 237 in Bell County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Sevyns Little Star This child care provider7
Maria Burgos4
Tiny Troops Learning Center4
A Heart for the Children0
Theresas Creative Minds6
Carmen Y Benitez Rivera2
Just for Tots #428
Asymca @ Dr. Joseph A. Fowler8
2y Smart Kids Care, LLC33
Doris West4
Anita Delores Smith1
Sandra Lee Powell9
Pershing Park YMCA0

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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