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Educare Child Care #7

A licensed child care center in San Antonio, Texas 78223

246 Fair Ave, San Antonio, Texas 78223. (210) 531-0706.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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?

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 768 child care providers in Bexar County had 5.

12 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 28, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher, at the inspection on Oct 9, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

7 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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 28, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required

    “Two of the infant teachers didn’t have training for recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma, understanding and using safe sleep practices, and preventing sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and understanding early childhood brain development. NOTE: Compliance has been met as training was completed.”

    Rule 746.1309(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 28, 2026.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “Two of the six children’s files were missing healthcare statements. One of the six children didn’t have an immunization record available at inspection.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 8, 2026.

Sep 14, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “At time of inspection a young toddler class was observed having screen time. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection.”

    Rule 746.2207(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 14, 2026.

Oct 7, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “Three out of four staff files evaluated did not have current trainings available for review for: Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials; Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction; and Administering medication.”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 14, 2025.

Oct 9, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher

    “The fire extinguishers in both vans available for transportation are expired as of January 2023.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 24, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 21, 2024.

  • Types of Vehicles Used to Transport Children - Be Maintained Safely

    “At the time of inspection, the vehicles used for transportation had the following issues: Van #1 (tan): One seatbelt in the last row and one seatbelt in the first row do not buckle properly. Additionally, the door handle for the double doors is broken, preventing the doors from being opened. Van #2 (white): The seatbelt in the first row behind the driver does not buckle properly. The operation has been advised not to use Van #1 (tan) until the seatbelts and door have been repaired.”

    Rule 746.5603(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 6, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 21, 2024.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “One infant in the infant room does not have an updated feeding scheduled signed by the parent.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 6, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 10, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Jan 5, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children

    “One child was unsupervised in the two year old classroom bathroom while the group of children and caregivers were in the school age classroom.”

    Rule 746.1203(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 5, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 13, 2023.

Dec 12, 2022: inspection6 deficiencies

  • Prohibited Punishments - Using Inappropriate Long Period of Silence or Inactivity Including Requiring Child to Remain in a Restrictive Device

    “Based on the information gathered during the inspection, children in the 18 to 24 month old classroom are placed in time out in the high chair.”

    Rule 746.2805(10). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 12, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 5, 2023.

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher

    “The fire extinguisher was expired on the van used for transportation.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 5, 2023.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “There were three gallon cans of paint in the two year old bathroom closet accessible to the children in care. This was corrected when the paint cans were removed from the closet and placed out of the reach of children.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 12, 2022.

  • Administering Medication - Not After Expiration date

    “The antibiotic ointment was expired at the time of inspection.”

    Rule 746.3805(b)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 5, 2023.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “Four infant feeding schedules were expired at the time of inspection.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 5, 2023.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “One child’s file reviewed did not contain a health statement.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 5, 2023.

Dec 17, 2021: inspection1 deficiency

  • Daily Menus - May Rotate if Keep Record of Dates Menus Used

    “The menu posted in the food preparation area for that day did not match the food being served on that day. The Tuesday menu was being served on a Friday without a record to show the substitution. This was corrected at inspection when the director updated the posted menu to reflect the food being served on that day.”

    Rule 746.3313(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 17, 2021.

All 14 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 28, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 14, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 3, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 7, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 21, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 9, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Nov 30, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jun 1, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 13, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 5, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Dec 12, 2022Inspection6 deficiencies cited
Jan 25, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jan 11, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 17, 2021Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 22, 2005.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 55 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?

  • 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 768 child care providers in Bexar County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 7.
Source:

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

12 of the 768 in Bexar County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Educare Child Care #7 This child care provider7
East Central Child Development Center0
Elisabeth Lujan2
Elizabeth Frances OteroNot given
Hands N Hands Childcare17
Y School Age @ Steele Montessori2
Angel’s Childcare21
Smart Ducklings Daycare30
Mitzy Casanova2
Mercy’s Playhouse5
Playtime Daycare6
Courtney GarciaNot given
Kid Kountry Early Learning Center LLC33

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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