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Michelle’s Playhouse

A licensed child care home in McAllen, Texas 78504

3909 Xanthisma Ave, McAllen, Texas 78504. (956) 739-8095.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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?

3 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County had 3.

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 4, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

3 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.

Aug 4, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “A fire drill was last conducted on 3/2/26. *A fire drill was conducted during inspection with an exit time of 32 seconds.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2026.

  • Electric or Battery Operated CO System-Test Monthly

    “The carbon monoxide detector was last tested on 3/2/26. *The carbon monoxide detector was tested and observed functioning during inspection*”

    Rule 747.5337(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2026.

Aug 19, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Sanitation of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “Bird droppings were observed on play equipment, seating and flooring in the outdoor area. Nails were observed sticking out on the back fence and gate posing a hazard for children. Rusted metal and paint were obserevd falling from a window AC unit at child height posing a hazard. Dust and debris was obserevd on the T.V and shelving in the licensed space.”

    Rule 747.3203. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 22, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 22, 2025.

7 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 10, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “A child’s record did not have a health statement. The child’s admission date is 8/04/21.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 20, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 24, 2023.

Oct 26, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “The operational policy did not include the Promotion of Physical Activity.”

    Rule 747.501(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2022.

Dec 2, 2021: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training - Primary, Assistant, and Substitute Caregivers

    “The assistant caregiver conducted a CPR Training online.”

    Rule 747.1313(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 15, 2021.

  • Transportation Safety Training-Primary Caregiver and Employee Transporting

    “The primary caregiver did not have a current transportation training.”

    Rule 747.1314. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 3, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 7, 2021.

  • Caregivers Annual Training-counted in ratio more than 10 times in a training year

    “The assistant caregiver did not have the required annual training hours.”

    Rule 747.1305(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 17, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 15, 2021.

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

    “The Primary Caregiver did not have the following required annual training topics for the training period, 3/2020-3/2021: (1)Emergency preparedness (2)Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, including immunizations (3)Administering medication, (4)Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction; (5)Understanding building and physical premises safety, including identification and protection from hazards that can cause bodily injury such as electrical hazards, bodies of water, and vehicular traffic (6)Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials”

    Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 17, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 15, 2021.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “A child enrolled on 8/26/19 did not have a health statement in the record.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 17, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 15, 2021.

All 6 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 4, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Aug 19, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 16, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 10, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 26, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Dec 2, 2021Inspection5 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Mar 23, 2004.
  • 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 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 3.
Source:

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

12 of the 479 in Hidalgo County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Michelle’s Playhouse This child care provider3
Little Paradise Academy, LLC3
Kids Being Kids Academy8
Smart Kids Daycare & Learning Center7
Val-Ado, Inc. DBA Playhouse 3 Learning & Development10
Instituto Lumen, LLC11
Adventureland Academy LLC7
Prestige Learning Center Nolana8
New Horizons Learning Academy20
Innovative Child Development Center1
Little Valley Scholars Academy5
Mcallen Learning Center & Daycare LLC11
The Little Classroom LLC3

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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