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Once Upon A Child Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Mission, Texas 78572

208 E Loop 374, Mission, Texas 78572. (956) 240-1285.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2025. 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?

3 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County had 3.

7 inspections on record. The latest, on May 21, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2025. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

3 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Jul 1, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Adequate Lighting During Naptime

    “The lights in the toddler room were turned off and the window was covered during naptime. There was insufficient light to have a clear view of the room. Note: During inspection provider removed the window cover allowing light into the room.”

    Rule 746.2911. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 11, 2025.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Documentation for Emergency Drills, Fire Extinguishers, & Smoke Detectors

    “Last fire drill, CO detector and Fire Extinguisher checks were documented on 05/19/2025. Per provider a fire drill, CO detector and Fire Extinguisher checks were conducted on 06/23/2025 but not documented. Note: This was corrected at inspection when provider documented the drill and checks.”

    Rule 746.801(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2025.

Jul 30, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Education Outside of U.S.

    “There was no translation documentation available for a caregiver’s education documents written in a foreign language.”

    Rule 746.1111. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 9, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 31, 2024.

5 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 27, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Smoke-Detection System

    “There was no smoke deterctor in the after-school room. Note: This was CORRECTED during the inspection as a battery-operated smoke detector was installed in the room.”

    Rule 746.5311(a). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 27, 2023.

Oct 20, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Director Annual Training - Additional required topics

    “The director was missing annual training in the following topics: (1) Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, including immunizations; and (2) Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials (relating to Must caregivers wear gloves when handling blood or bodily fluids containing blood?).”

    Rule 746.1311(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 24, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 21, 2022.

  • Written Operational Policies - Plan for Extreme Weather

    The inspectors’ words, 99 words

    “The operational policies reviewed were missing the following information: (A) The benefits of physical activity and outdoor play; (B) The duration of physical activity at your operation, both indoor and outdoor; (C) The type of physical activity (structured and unstructured) that children may engage in at your operation; (D) Each setting in which your physical activity program will take place; (E) The recommended clothing and footwear that will allow a child to participate freely and safely in physical activities; and (F) A plan to ensure physical activity occurs on days when extreme weather conditions prohibit or limit outdoor play.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18)(F). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 27, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 21, 2022.

Nov 15, 2021: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Smoke-Detection System

    “A smoke detector was missing in the infant room. Note: This was CORRECTED during the inspection as a battery operated smoke detector was installed in the room.”

    Rule 746.5311(a). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 15, 2021.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “2 of 4 children’s files reviewed did not have the most current immunization record available. Note: A copy of the current immunization record for one of the two children was obtained during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 22, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2021.

All 7 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 21, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 11, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 1, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jul 30, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 27, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 20, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Nov 15, 2021Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 12, 2009.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 32 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 3.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

12 of the 479 in Hidalgo County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Once Upon A Child Learning Center This child care provider3
Instituto Bilingue Montessori San Jose17
Stepping Stones25
Noly Learning Academy8
Mickey’s Learning Academy11
Finger Prints Learning Day Care22
Colegio Bilingue Trinidad12
Kids Rock Learning Academy, LLC7
Lily’s Little Kids Day Care Center17
The Little Club Development Center Inc.6
Kiddie Academy5
Mission Early Head Start Academy2
A+ Appletree Academy20

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 Nov 5, 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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