Hearth Record

Mary Mays

A registered child care home in Duncanville, Texas 75137

402 Oleander St, Duncanville, Texas 75137. (972) 572-3415.

Texas’s own record, on its child care search

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 13 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2025. 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?

13 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 986 child care providers in Dallas County had 2.

5 inspections on record. The latest, on Apr 9, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on May 29, 2025

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

13 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

13 deficiencies 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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 11, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training -skill based and hands on

    “The primary provider completed an online course for CPR. I reviewed the CPR online training certificate during a follow-up visit.”

    Rule 747.1313(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 11, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 8, 2025.

May 29, 2025: inspection12 deficiencies

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

    “Two out of four children did not have the emergency authorization section complete on the admission form.”

    Rule 747.605(11). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 11, 2025.

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

    “During the monitoring visit, there were chemicals under the kitchen cabinet without locks for safety.”

    Rule 747.3203(13). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 11, 2025.

  • Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

    “During the monitoring visit, a young child did not wash their hands after a diaper change.”

    Rule 747.3213(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 11, 2025.

  • Safety - Sliding Door Glass Marked

    “During the monitoring visit, the glass sliding doors that lead to the outside do not have stickers or labels at children’s eye levels.”

    Rule 747.3501(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 11, 2025.

  • Animals at Center - Documentation of Vaccinations

    “During the monitoring visit, the operation did not have the health statement, vaccinations, or notifications in the parent handbook regarding an animal is in the home. The dog was in the backyard during the visit.”

    Rule 747.3703(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 12, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 11, 2025.

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan - Communication Procedures

    “The operation did not have a copy of the emergency preparedness plan to review during the monitoring visit.”

    Rule 747.5003(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 30, 2025.

  • Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants

    “During the monitoring visit, the operation did not have the safe sleep policy available for review.”

    Rule 747.501(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 11, 2025.

  • Mounting of Fire Extinguishers

    “During the monitoring visit, the fire extinguisher was not mounted. The fire extinguisher is stored under the table in the kitchen.”

    Rule 747.5105. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 11, 2025.

  • Electric or Battery Operated CO System-Test Documentation Available During Hours of Operation

    “During the monitoring visit, the operation did not have documentation available for the carbon monoxide detector, smoke detector, or the fire extinguisher.”

    Rule 747.5337(a)(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 11, 2025.

  • Provide Parents With Copy of Policies

    “Four children’s files did not have the operational page for operational policies signed by the parent or a copy of the document stating the parents have received a copy of the parent handbook.”

    Rule 747.503. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 11, 2025.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “I reviewed four children’s files that did not have the health statement available for review during the monitoring visit.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 12, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 11, 2025.

  • Sign-in/out Logs Storage

    “During the monitoring visit, the operation did not have the sign-in sheets available for review. The operation was not able to access the log-on system.”

    Rule 747.635(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 11, 2025.

All 5 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 9, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 11, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 29, 2025Inspection12 deficiencies cited
Oct 11, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 6, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued May 5, 2003.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 children.
Source:

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.
  • 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 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 986 child care providers in Dallas County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 13.
Source:

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

12 of the 986 in Dallas County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Mary Mays This child care provider13
A 2 Z Learning Center17
Brown’s Early Discovery School39
Christiana BartonNot given
Lakysa Hines3
Kidz Are People Too Early Childhood Academy29
H & H Fine Arts Academy LLC15
Shukietra Mcnac4
Building Blocks of Hope Learning Center3
Miniworld Childcare4
The Ubuntu Learning Academy6
Childcare Network #1712
Right at School at Daniel Elementary2

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 2, 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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