Hearth Record

Donna Carroll Amador

A registered child care home in Granbury, Texas 76049

847 Meadowlark Cir, Granbury, Texas 76049. (817) 559-7115.

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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 2025. 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 24 child care providers in Hood County had 3.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 6, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on Jun 9, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Jun 9, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Jul 26, 2024

3 more rated High; all are listed below.

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 2025. 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 10, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Measurement of Use Zone for Stationary Equipment

    “3 active play structures in the backyard did not have the required 6 foot use zones. This was corrected at inspection with the structures being repositioned.”

    Rule 747.4603. Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 10, 2025.

Jun 9, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. It was determined through interviews that the caregiver was sleeping on at least one occasion while children were in care during naptime. It was determined that the caregiver was not aware of child activities at that time.”

    Rule 747.1503(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 9, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 10, 2025.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment

    “This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. It was determined through interviews that a child was spanked on more than one occasion as a form of discipline.”

    Rule 747.2705(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 9, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 10, 2025.

Jul 26, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    “his standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. During the investigator’s interview with the caregiver, the caregiver described a child in care in a disrespectful manner.”

    Rule 747.1501(c)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 13, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 19, 2024.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment

    “This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. It was determined through interviews that the caregiver has spanked children in care.”

    Rule 747.2705(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 13, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 19, 2024.

Jul 23, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Smoke-Detection System

    “The smoke detector located next to the kitchen where the children eat was not working. This was corrected at inspection with a new battery installed.”

    Rule 747.5111. High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 23, 2024.

Mar 11, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Comply with Child-care Licensing Law and Rules

    “5 Children enrolled did not have parental rights notifications.”

    Rule 747.207(9). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 22, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2024.

  • Policies Comply with Rules

    “Current operational policies did not have information on illness and exclusion, safe sleep policies, and promotion of indoor and outdoor activities.”

    Rule 747.207(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 22, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2024.

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training - More Than 5 Years Experience

    “Annual training did not include 3 hours of training in management techniques, leadership, or staff supervision.”

    Rule 747.1309(e)(2). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 22, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2024.

9 deficiencies older than three years
May 3, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

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

    “An infant was placed in a table top high chair for feeding without being buckled in, as the manufacture installed buckle was missing. This was corrected when the caregiver moved the infant to another table top highchair and buckled in.”

    Rule 747.2307. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 3, 2023.

  • Food Service and Preparation - Use Sanitary Holders

    “Snacks were observed served to 4 children directly on the table surface. This was corrected when the caregiver placed the snacks on paper towels.”

    Rule 747.3117(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 3, 2023.

Dec 15, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Sign-in and Sign-out Logs Maintained

    “The provider did not have a sign-in and out log for the 4 children in attendance during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.635(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2022.

Jul 12, 2022: inspection6 deficiencies

  • Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants

    “The operational policies did not have the safe sleep policy included.”

    Rule 747.501(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 15, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2022.

  • Written Activity Plan - Develop and Follow

    “A current written activity plan listing all requirements was not available for review.”

    Rule 747.2102(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 15, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2022.

  • Screen Time Activities - Related to Planned Activities

    “Children were watching TV not associated with a written activity plan or educational activity. The caregiver turned the TV off during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.2105(c)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 12, 2022.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “Written feeding instructions were not updated for an infant in care who was not ready for table food.”

    Rule 747.2321(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 15, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2022.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “Two non-school-age children did not have immunization records on file.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 22, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2022.

  • Health Statement on File

    “Four non-school-age children did not have a health statement on file.”

    Rule 747.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 22, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2022.

All 13 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 6, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 4, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 10, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 9, 2025Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Sep 19, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 26, 2024Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Jul 23, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 11, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
May 3, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 6, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Dec 15, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Dec 14, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 12, 2022Inspection6 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Jul 13, 2007.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • 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.
  • 4 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 24 child care providers in Hood County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 9.
Source:

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

12 of the 24 in Hood County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Donna Carroll Amador This child care provider9
Acton Baptist Preschool1
Cornerstone Christian Academy6
First Discoveries Montessori Academy0
Little Buccaneers Gisd Staff Child Care Center0
Small Steps Granbury6
Bethany Hoover1
Lil Pirates Daycare Too3
Kid City USA Granbury 14
Sage Academy Granbury -Spark Program2
Melva Mitchell3
Granbury Prep Preschool & Childcare1
Hood County YMCA4

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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