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Meadowbrook Preschool & Childrens Center

A licensed child care center in Kilgore, Texas 75662

1011 Houston St, Kilgore, Texas 75662. (903) 984-0828.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 6 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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 68 child care providers in Gregg County had 4.

13 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 16, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Putting Anything in Mouth, at the report to the state on Apr 15, 2025

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

6 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 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 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 25, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Sanitize Potty-Chairs

    “During the inspection a potty-chair was observed having not been emptied.”

    Rule 746.3407(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 26, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2026.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “A screw was seen pointing out of a diaper change table in reach of children.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 29, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2026.

Jul 14, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan - Communication Procedures

    “During review the operations emergency preparedness plan was missing information stating how the daycare will communicate during an emergency.”

    Rule 746.5202(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 21, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 16, 2025.

  • Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services

    “During review the operations policies were missing a full statement for inclusive services.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(30). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 21, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 16, 2025.

Apr 15, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Prohibited Punishments - Putting Anything in Mouth

    “This standard was found to be out of compliance through a DFPS investigation. It was determined that a caregiver put hand sanitizer in a child’s mouth as a form of punishment.”

    Rule 746.2805(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 21, 2025. Correction verified: May 30, 2025.

Aug 2, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “The required annual topics could not be reviewed during inspection.”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 30, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 2, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 17, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants 12 Months and Younger

    “The operational policy was reviewed during the inspection and found to be missing a safe sleep policy consistent with Subchapter H.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(9). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 24, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 8, 2023.

  • Safety - Televisions Anchored to Prevent Tip Over

    “Two televisions were observed to be not anchored.”

    Rule 746.3701(10). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 21, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 8, 2023.

  • Posting Requirements - Letter or form from the most recent Licensing Inspection or Investigation

    “The most recent inspection report was not posted.”

    Rule 746.401(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 17, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 8, 2023.

  • Children’s Products-Posting of CPSC website

    “The operation had not updated the CPSC posting since 2021. This was corrected at inspection when the operation completed a CPSC form/walk through.”

    Rule 746.4135(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 17, 2023.

Jan 20, 2023: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “The operation did not annually report the number of employees who left in the previous year.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 23, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 30, 2023.

Oct 12, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

    “During the inspeciton I observe a diaper change, the caregiver did not wash the child’s hands afterwards.”

    Rule 746.3417(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 12, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2022.

Nov 10, 2021: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps

    “During inspection, one infant was not buckled in a safety strap in the bucket seat. The infant was buckled immediately.”

    Rule 746.2407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 10, 2021.

  • Infant Handwashing - Raised to Sink

    “After a diaper change, an infant’s hands were not washed before placing the child on the floor. The caregiver picked up the child and washed their hands when it was brought to her attention.”

    Rule 746.3421(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 10, 2021.

All 17 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 16, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 24, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 25, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 31, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 27, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 29, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 14, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
May 30, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 15, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Apr 12, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 2, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 8, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 17, 2023Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Jan 20, 2023Assessment1 deficiency cited
Oct 17, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Oct 12, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Nov 10, 2021Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jul 6, 2007.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 125 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.
  • 3 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: 4-Star (the highest 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 68 child care providers in Gregg County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 6.
Source:

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

11 of the 68 in Gregg County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Bricks Learning Center4
Teresa CancholaNot given
Overnight Owls5
Anita Brinkley1
Children’s Amazing Palace Learning Academy30
First Baptist Church Cdc7
Laura Vaughn13
Stepping Stone Preschool LLC0
Kids World Learning Center7
Meadowbrook Preschool & Childrens Center This child care provider6
Prep School4
Garrett Tender Loving Care Learning Center0

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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