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Kids Etc

A licensed child care center in Hardin, Texas 77561

12458 Hwy 146 N, Hardin, Texas 77561. (936) 298-3806.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2024. 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?

1 deficiency cited in the last three years

The middle of the 20 child care providers in Liberty County had 4.5.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 31, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions, at the inspection on Aug 27, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2024. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

1 deficiency by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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.

Aug 27, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions

    “The new van does not have the required safety alarm system. The Director has made an appointment to get the device installed.”

    Rule 746.5625(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 10, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 9, 2024.

4 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 3, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    “Based on the information gathered there was enough evidence that children were always getting the water on the playground in high temperatures when it was necessary and were often told to wait when thirsty or hot until it was water time.”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 5, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 5, 2022.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling

    “Based on the information gathered caregivers have been using yelling as a form of punishment and a way to get children’s attention.”

    Rule 746.2805(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 9, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 5, 2022.

Nov 10, 2021: inspection2 deficiencies

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

    “There were tears in two different diaper changing mats. This was corrected at the time of the inspection by the Director covering the tears with duct tape.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 10, 2021.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “There were four infant feeding instructions that have not been updated. The Director is going to correct this by getting the infant feeding instructions updated.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 15, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 10, 2021.

All 12 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 31, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 8, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Aug 6, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 7, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 4, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 27, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 2, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Oct 20, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Aug 4, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Aug 3, 2022Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Nov 10, 2021Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 28, 2021Report to the stateNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 5, 2001.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 77 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.
  • 3 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 20 child care providers in Liberty County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4.5; this one had 1.
Source:

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

11 of the 20 in Liberty County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Kids Etc This child care provider1
Mary Beasley5
Liberty Church Early Learning Center1
Kreative Kids Learning Center4
Leonila GarayNot given
Met Head Start3
Repair the Breach Early Learning Center Primary6
Diannes Playground0
Met Head Start of Liberty County #22
Met Head Start/Early Head Start Hardin5
Momo’s PlaceNot given
The Kidz Corner15

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.

From the provider

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Replies

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An example nursing home

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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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