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Arlene Lopez Arlene’s Day Care

A licensed child care home in De Leon, Texas 76444

701 E Ross Ave, De Leon, Texas 76444. (254) 734-5967.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.

The last 24 months 9 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 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?

9 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 4 child care providers in Comanche County had 6.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 21, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: AP Never exceed capacity of the home, at the inspection on Jul 15, 2026

Rated High by Texas: AP Never exceed capacity of the home, at the inspection on Jun 14, 2024

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

9 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

9 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Jul 15, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • AP Never exceed capacity of the home

    “The operation had 13 children present at time of inspection. One child was sent home immediately bringing the operation back in to compliance.”

    Rule 747.207(10). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 15, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 21, 2026.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “Children files were reviewed: 4 children were lacking a health statement.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 31, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 21, 2026.

Aug 13, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - Licensed Child Care Home

    “The primary caregiver in the home was caring for 11 children alone: one infant, nine children 18mo-3 yrs and one child 5 yrs of age. This was corrected when another caregvier arrived at the home bringing the home into compliance.”

    Rule 747.1801. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 13, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 4, 2025.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The operation had not conducted a fire drill in the month of July 2025. This was corrected at inspection when the operation conducted a fire drill during inspection, bringing the operation into compliance.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 13, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 13, 2025.

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

    “The primary caregvier was lacking training in required topics.”

    Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 12, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 4, 2025.

Oct 10, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The last documented fire drill was on 6/3/2024. This was corrected at inspection when the provider conducted a fire drill and documented it on the form.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2024.

Jun 14, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • AP Never exceed capacity of the home

    “When CCR Specialist arrived at the operation, there were 23 children in care. This was immediately corrected during the inspection when 12 children in care left the operation, bringing the operation back into compliance with child/caregiver ratio.”

    Rule 747.207(10). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 14, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 19, 2024.

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - Licensed Child Care Home

    “The provider was out of child/caregiver ratio when CCR Specialist arrived. There were 23 children in care total. This was immediately corrected during the inspection. 12 children in care were sent home, brining the operation back into compliance.”

    Rule 747.1801. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 14, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 19, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Exclusion Criteria

    “The operation did not have an illness or exclusion policy, promotion of indoor/outdoor activity, instructions for contacting the Child Care Regulation office, the Abuse/Neglect hot line, and the current HHS website in the parent handbook. The emergency preparedness plan, health checks, and policy regarding vaccines also was not in the parent handbook.”

    Rule 747.501(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 28, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 19, 2024.

2 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 12, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play Space - Hazards Removed or Repaired

    “There was a slide that was taped to the structure. There was a swinging ring on the structure. There were tiny tots toys and structures that are cracked and need to be removed and moved away from the use zone. The grass needs to be mowed. Swings need to be raised and monitored for condition.”

    Rule 747.4407(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 21, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 30, 2022.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “The television was turned on and playing a show when I arrived. The operation turned the show off during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.2105(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 12, 2022.

All 10 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 21, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 15, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 4, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Aug 13, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Oct 10, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 19, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jun 14, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Aug 28, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Sep 30, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Sep 12, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Jun 28, 2005.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 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 24, 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 rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 4 child care providers in Comanche County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 9.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

4 of the 4 in Comanche County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
De Leon Isd Early Head Start5
Arlene Lopez Arlene’s Day Care This child care provider9
Little Indians Daycare7
Erica Hernandez-ArreolaNot given
Charla Davis Home Day Care4

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 Oct 24, 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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