Ponies Playhouse

A licensed child care home in Shallowater, Texas 79363

1109 Ave L, Shallowater, Texas 79363. (806) 317-9009.

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The short answer

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

5 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Lubbock County: 1
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
6 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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?

5 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 29, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

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

When those deficiencies happened

5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

5 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.

Oct 29, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

Posting Requirements-Food Allergies Posted Prominently

“A child with a food allergy does not have an allergy plan posted or available for staff.”

Rule 747.401(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 5, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 30, 2026.
Children’s Records - Health Statement

“Four enrolled children did not have a signed Health Statement from a physician.”

Rule 747.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 5, 2026. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2026.

Dec 4, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

Primary Caregiver in Registered Home Qualifications - pediatric first-aid and pediatric CPR

“During the inspection it was observed that the director did not have their current CPR/First Aid certification available for review.”

Rule 747.1007(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 16, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 16, 2025.
Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“During the inspection the required exit time of 3 minutes or less during fire drills could not be verified due to no documentation. This was corrected during the inspection when the director conducted a fire drill and documented the exit time of less than 3 minutes.”

Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 4, 2025.
Children’s Products- Annual Certification

“During the inspection it was observed that the children’s product certification form was not available for review.”

Rule 747.3935(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 10, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 16, 2025.

3 deficiencies older than three years

Jan 31, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

First Aid Kit - Supplies Not Expired

“During the inspection of the first aid kit a tube of triple antibiotic ointment was observed to have an expiration date of 05/2008 and a bottle of peroxide with an expiration date of 01/2020. This was corrected during the inspection when the director provided a new tube of triple antibiotic ointment and placed it in the first aid kit.”

Rule 747.3803(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2023.
Children’s Products- Annual Certification

“During the inspection it was observed that the primary caregiver last reviewed the CPSC website and signed the children’s product certification form on 5/18/2021. This was corrected during the inspection when the director reviwed the children’s product certification website and printed, completed and posted the form showing todays date.”

Rule 747.3935(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2023.
Posting Requirements-Inspection Report

“During the inspection it was observed that the last inspection report posted was dated 5/24/2017. This was corrected during the inspection when the director printed and posted todays inspection form.”

Rule 747.401(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2023.

All 6 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Oct 29, 2026	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Dec 4, 2025	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Jan 7, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Jan 10, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Jan 31, 2023	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Apr 11, 2022	Inspection	No violation found

Is it licensed?

Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Jan 28, 1999.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 12 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 rated in Texas Rising Star.

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 5.

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
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Stang After Child Care	5
Kalee Funk	Not given
Bethann Freitag	Not given
Ponies Playhouse This child care provider	5
My Little Playhouse 2	3
Ywcare of Lubbock at Maedgen	0
Ywcare of Lubbock at Wilson	1
Shirley Yandell	0
Vicki Mceachern	0
Ywcare at Honey Elementary	0
Ywcare at Wheelock Elementary	0
Ywcare at Preston Smith	1

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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