Hearth Record

Kerr County YMCA - Starkey Elementary

A licensed child care center in Kerrville, Texas 78028

1030 W Main St, Kerrville, Texas 78028. (830) 896-8000.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 27, 2026.

The last 24 months 6 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?

6 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 14 child care providers in Kerr County had 11.5.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 10, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Rated High by Texas: Policies Comply with Rules, at the inspection on Sep 29, 2025

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

6 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.

6 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 27, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 10, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Food Allergy Plan-Emergency plan for diagnosed child, signed by health care professional and parent

    “A child with a food allergy plan on file did not have the plan signed by the doctor or parent.”

    Rule 744.2669. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 11, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 22, 2026.

Sep 29, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Policies Comply with Rules

    “A copy of the operational policies were not available for review during the inspection.”

    Rule 744.201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 6, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 15, 2025.

  • Written Activity Plans - Identify Groups and Plan Dates

    “An activity plan for the week was not available for review.”

    Rule 744.2005(b)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 6, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 9, 2025.

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Keep Records for 3 Months

    “Maintenance checklists for both the building and playground areas were not available for inspection despite blank forms being available.”

    Rule 744.3113(d). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 6, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 15, 2025.

  • Required Admission Information - Special School-age Permissions

    “There was no documentation on file at the operation granting a child who attends the program to walk home. The enrollment form did not contain permission for the child to leave the program on their own. NOTE: The child was not in attendance during the inspection.”

    Rule 744.605(14). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 15, 2025.

Dec 13, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Food Allergy Plan-Emergency plan for diagnosed child, signed by health care professional and parent

    “A child with a posted allergy plan did not contain the parent’s signature.”

    Rule 744.2669. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 15, 2023.

7 deficiencies older than three years
Jan 17, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Sanitize Table Tops, Furniture, Equipment

    “The operation utilizes Clorox wipes only to clean and sanitize table tops. A spray bottle sanitizing system has not been provided for the caregivers to use. NOTE: This is a re-cite.”

    Rule 744.2507(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 20, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 16, 2023.

  • Documented Annual Training-6 Hours of Required Topics

    “The designated Site Director completed 3 out of 6 child development training hours for the evaluation period of 8/21-7/22.”

    Rule 744.1309(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 27, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 15, 2023.

Jan 5, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Sanitize Table Tops, Furniture, Equipment

    “Tables were sanitized with a Clorox wipe only before children were served snack.”

    Rule 744.2507(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 6, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 17, 2023.

  • Required Admission Information-Emergency Contact

    “1 out of 5 child files reviewed did not contain a complete address for the emergency contact person listed.”

    Rule 744.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 17, 2023.

  • Liability Insurance Requirements - Provide Proof of Coverage Annually by Anniversary Date of Issuance

    “A copy of the operation’s Liability Insurance Policy was not available at the operation to verify it was current.”

    Rule 744.203(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 17, 2023.

Feb 8, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan-Continuity of Care until Children Released

    “The operation’s emergency preparedness plan did not contain information on how the operation will ensure the children are supervised and care will be continued at the relocation area if they can not return to the operation due to an evacuation.”

    Rule 744.3553(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 11, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 17, 2022.

  • First Aid Kit - Incomplete Kit

    “The operation’s first aid kit was missing tweezers.”

    Rule 744.2753(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 17, 2022.

All 10 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 10, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 29, 2025Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Oct 31, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Dec 13, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 16, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 17, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 17, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 5, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Feb 8, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 25, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 3, 2007.
  • Licensed for ages: School.
  • Capacity: 30 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 27, 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 27, 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 27, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 14 child care providers in Kerr County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 11.5; this one had 6.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 14 in Kerr County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Kerr County YMCA-Tom Daniels4
Ashley Nicole Donaldson0
Happy Jack’s Learning Center25
Kerrville’s Bright Beginnings27
Jessica PeekNot given
Krh’s Little Safari26
Lollipops and Gumdrops3
Tivy Child Development Center15
Kerr County YMCA - Starkey Elementary This child care provider6
Kerr County YMCA - Tally Elementary2
Kerrville Kroc Academy15
Zion Lutheran Church Children’s Center24

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 27, 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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