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Little Shepherd Childrens Center

A licensed child care center in Arlington, Texas 76011

715 E Lamar Blvd, Arlington, Texas 76011. (817) 460-6130.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 6 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. 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?

6 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 920 child care providers in Tarrant County had 3.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on May 15, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes, at the report to the state on Apr 2, 2026

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

6 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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.

Apr 2, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes

    “An infant was left in a restrictive device for more then 15 minutes. During my walk through an infant was in a swing at 1:26pm. I completed another walk through and the same infant was in the same swing at 1:46pm. This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver removed the infant from the swing.”

    Rule 746.2417(2)(B). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 6, 2026.

Jul 9, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Required Admission Information-Child’s allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan

    “There was no allergy plan documentation available for one child who has an allergy requiring an Epi-pen.”

    Rule 746.605(15). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 14, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 30, 2025.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)

    “Six staff files lacked documentation of the Pre-Employment Affidavit (Form 2912). Note: (This was corrected during the inspection)”

    Rule 746.901(5). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 9, 2025.

  • Children’s Records - Vision and Hearing Screening

    “One child’s file lacked documentation of the required vision & hearing screening results.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(6). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 16, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 30, 2025.

Aug 26, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

    “At the time of inspection, the diagnosis and emergency plan documentation were not available for one child who has a known food allergy.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 3, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 17, 2024.

  • Documentation of Gas Leak Inspection

    “Current gas pipe test documentation was not available at the time of inspection.”

    Rule 746.5405. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 3, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 5, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 6, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Required Admission Information - Release Information

    “Three of six children’s records reviewed did not have an authorized person listed on their admission’s form.”

    Rule 746.605(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 20, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 8, 2023.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

    “Two of six children’s records reviewed did not have a name, address, and number of an emergency contact filled out on their admissions form.”

    Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 20, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 8, 2023.

Sep 29, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children

    “Ant baits were in window sill next to high chairs accessible to children. Sunscreens were in cubby holds accessible to children. The ant baits and sunscreen were removed and corrected at inspection.”

    Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 29, 2022.

  • Toys and Equipment to be Sanitized Set Aside

    “Two chairs in the toddler room were soiled with stains. The outdoor play equipment was covered with dirt.”

    Rule 746.3407(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 3, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 6, 2022.

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “The vents and the floors in the toddler room had visible dirt on them.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 3, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 6, 2022.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “The caregiver allowed the infants to watch television.”

    Rule 746.2207(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 29, 2022.

Aug 22, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children

    “During DFPS investigation, the caregiver stated she was unaware of how the child was injured after finding the child on the ground crying by the swing.”

    Rule 746.1203(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 6, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 6, 2022.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “It was determined during a DFPS investigation that a caregiver is allowing children under two years of age to watch television.”

    Rule 746.2207(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 6, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 6, 2022.

All 12 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 15, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 5, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 6, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 2, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jul 9, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Feb 10, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 17, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Aug 26, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 6, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 6, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Sep 29, 2022Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Aug 22, 2022Report to the state2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 1, 2002.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 63 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.
  • 2 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 920 child care providers in Tarrant County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 6.
Source:

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

11 of the 920 in Tarrant County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
North Arlington Kindercare18
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County-Jones0
Kce Champions LLC @ Uplift Summit4
Ama YMCA @ Webb Elementary8
Tarrant County Kids at Kooken2
Little Shepherd Childrens Center This child care provider6
Saint Timothy Cumberland7
Ridglea Hills-Westside YMCA0
Jami Robertson11
Gods Young Ministry (G.y.m) Childcare0
St. Philip Preschool23
Miller Elementary - YMCA of Arlington17

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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