Baby’s First Steps Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Brownsville, Texas 78520

855 E Ringgold St, Brownsville, Texas 78520. (956) 525-7005.

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The short answer

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

5 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Cameron County: 2
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
7 inspections on record
4-Star Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 5 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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?

5 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 198 child care providers in Cameron County had 2.

7 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 16, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

5 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023											Nov	Dec
2024	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2025	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2026	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct

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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

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.

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

Oct 16, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

“One staff is missing 1.50 hours of pre-service.”

Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 23, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 29, 2026.
Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2985)

“3 staff files were evaluated and 1 one is missing the affidavit at the time of inspection.”

Rule 746.1105(3). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 16, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 29, 2026.

Nov 19, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

“Observed the loose-fill materials not maintained at the proper depth as the black trap was accessible to the children as a tripping hazard at the time of inspection.”

Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 26, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 1, 2025.

Jan 24, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

Report Number of Employees

“A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data from January 21, 2025, revealed the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.”

Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 2, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 27, 2025.

Feb 6, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation training

“The two employees who conduct transportation have not completed trasnportation training in the last year.”

Rule 746.1301(a)(7)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 26, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2024.

7 deficiencies older than three years

Feb 28, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

“The most recent fire inspection was conducted on 1/5/2022.”

Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 21, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 5, 2023.
Training Requirements for Employees and Caregivers - 24 Annual Training

“Reviewed staff records: 1 staff member has not completed their annual training hours. Staff is missing 24 hours at the time of inspection.”

Rule 746.1301(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 17, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 5, 2023.
Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

“Director does not have 30 annual training for cycle 1/8/22 to 1/8/23. Missing 12 hours of annual training.”

Rule 746.1311(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 17, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 5, 2023.

May 5, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

“RECITE-Observed the loose-fill materials not maintained at the proper depth as the black trap was accessible to the children as a tripping hazard at the time of inspection.”

Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 12, 2022. Correction verified: May 6, 2022.

Apr 20, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

“Observed the loose-fill materials not maintained at the proper depth as the black trap was accessible to the children as a tripping hazard at the time of inspection.”

Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2022. Correction verified: May 5, 2022.
Fire Extinguishers Serviced

“Observed all three fire extinguisher in the operation not serviced. Last inspected June 2020.”

Rule 746.5307(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 27, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 26, 2022.
Children’s Products- Annual Certification

“Children’s Products annual certification was last completed on 02/126/2018 and not current at the time of inspection.”

Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 25, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 26, 2022.

All 9 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Oct 16, 2026	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Apr 3, 2026	Report to the state	No violation found
Nov 19, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jan 24, 2025	Assessment	1 deficiency cited
Dec 23, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Feb 6, 2024	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Feb 28, 2023	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
May 5, 2022	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Apr 20, 2022	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 27, 2007.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 29 children.

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.
1 report to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 198 child care providers in Cameron County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 5.

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

12 of the 198 in Cameron County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Baby’s First Steps Learning Center This child care provider	5
Episcopal Day School Day Care	2
A Place to Grow Learning Center	0
Montessori School	2
Kidbridge Academy	1
Tsc Raul J. Guerra Early Childhood Center	0
The Children’s Palace Learning Center II	10
Angel’s Land Day Care and Learning Center	1
Imagination Station Academy 2	0
Urimar Montessori, LLC	3
First Prep Preschool	7
Learning Tree Kids Academy	10
Kids R Us	16

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

Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).

Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).

Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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This copy of the record was made on Oct 30, 2026.

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