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Kids Are People Too Daycare

A licensed child care home in Waco, Texas 76704

201 Dearborn St, Waco, Texas 76704. (254) 855-4302.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.

The last 24 months 10 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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?

10 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 132 child care providers in McLennan County had 6.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Apr 20, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

10 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

10 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 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Apr 20, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Posting Requirements-Inspection Report

    “The most recent inspection letter wasn’t posted. This was corrected during the inspection when the most recent letter was posted.”

    Rule 747.401(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 20, 2026.

Jul 16, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - Licensed Child Care Home

    “During the inspection, the substitute caregiver was alone in the home with 12 children, including one infant. This was corrected during the inspection when the primary caregiver returned, putting the home back into ratio.”

    Rule 747.1801. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 16, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 28, 2025.

  • Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered

    “There was an outlet that did not have a cover. This was corrected during the inspection when an outlet cover was placed in the outlet.”

    Rule 747.3501(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 16, 2025.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “Children under two years old were watching television. This was corrected during the inspection when the TV was turned off and music was played instead.”

    Rule 747.2105(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 16, 2025.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “Out of four children’s records reviewed, one child did not have a health statement.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 23, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 18, 2025.

Oct 9, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

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

    “There was a bottle of cleaning solution in the bathroom where the children could access it. This was corrected during the inspection when the bottle was moved out of the reach of children.”

    Rule 747.3203(13). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 9, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 22, 2024.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “There was a TV program playing in the room where infants were. This was corrected during the inspection when the TV was turned off.”

    Rule 747.2105(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 9, 2024.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “There was an infant on formula whose feeding instructions where last updated in January.”

    Rule 747.2321(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 11, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 11, 2024.

Nov 21, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Infant Feeding Instructions

    “There were no infant feeding instructions for an infant who was still on formula.”

    Rule 747.801(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 28, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 21, 2023.

  • Personnel Records

    “Out of the three personnel files that were reviewed, one did not contain a copy of photo ID or proof of a background check request.”

    Rule 747.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 28, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 21, 2023.

4 deficiencies older than three years
Feb 9, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “Operational policies were evalauted and found to be missing a policy on the promtion of outdoor.”

    Rule 747.501(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 23, 2023.

Apr 19, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Renewal background checks submitted - When change in role requires subject to have fingerprint-based check now instead of only name-based TX check

    “A caregiver who routinely works for the operation 5 days a week and counted in ratio did not have the required fingerprint check when their background checks were renewed. The caregiver was not present during the inspection but has been employed since 2016 and had a previous fingerprint check.”

    Rule 745.621(b)(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 22, 2022.

  • AP Never exceed capacity of the home

    “There were 15 children in care between the ages of 7 months old to 3 years old.”

    Rule 747.207(10). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 28, 2022.

  • Sign-in and Sign-out Logs Maintained

    “There was no sign in and out sheet documenting the children present during the inspection. The caregiver filled out a sign in and out sheet before the conclusion of the inspection.”

    Rule 747.635(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2022.

All 9 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 20, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 28, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 16, 2025Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Oct 22, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 9, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Nov 21, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 9, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 29, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 19, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued May 2, 2006.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 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 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 132 child care providers in McLennan County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 10.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 132 in McLennan County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Doris Miller Community Center16
Faith Academy Child Care42
Hines YMCA of Central Texas1
Mentoring Alliance-Rapoport Primary0
Ms Idas Child Care Center37
Kids Are People Too Daycare This child care provider10
Future Minds21
Country Child Care0
Little Rockets2
Waco Child Development Center14
Waco Child Development Infant5
Marla Adams0

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 30, 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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