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Escuelita Del Alma

A licensed child care center in Austin, Texas 78721

3613 Bluestein Dr, Austin, Texas 78721. (512) 474-4702.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.

The last 24 months 4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 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?

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 624 child care providers in Travis County had 3.

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Jan 12, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

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

4 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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Jan 5, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

    “At the time of the inspection, a caregiver reported to be transporting children did not have the required transportation training.”

    Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 12, 2026.

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “At the time of the inspection, 6 staff members were missing food allergy training for the current year.”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 12, 2026.

Feb 13, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing

    “Loose fill material was not at an acceptable depth on one of the playgrounds.”

    Rule 746.4901(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 15, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 20, 2024.

  • Orientation-Handling, storage and disposing of hazardous materials

    “Training on storage and disposal of hazardous materials and emergency preparation was available for review on each employee.”

    Rule 746.1303(9). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 1, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 20, 2024.

10 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 12, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records Maintained

    “Two of ten child files reviewed did not have an immunization record or a health statement from a medical professional.”

    Rule 746.603(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 26, 2023. Correction verified: May 10, 2023.

Apr 20, 2022: inspection9 deficiencies

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher

    “Two transportation vehicles did not have fire extinguishers.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 21, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 21, 2022.

  • Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required

    “10 staff files were reviewed. One staff member was missing SIDS training.”

    Rule 746.1309(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 20, 2022. Correction verified: May 2, 2022.

  • Documentation of Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “Documenation was not available for the sanitation inspection during the annual inspection.”

    Rule 746.3403. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 31, 2022. Correction verified: May 3, 2022.

  • Documentation of Fire Inspection

    “Documentation of the annual fire inspection was not available during the annual inspection.”

    Rule 746.5103. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 31, 2022. Correction verified: May 24, 2022.

  • Electronic or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Check All Detectors Monthly

    “Documentation for carbon monoxide tests was not available during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.5537(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 27, 2022. Correction verified: May 2, 2022.

  • Plan to Handle Transportation Emergencies

    “The operation did not have a transportation emergency plan.”

    Rule 746.5619. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2022. Correction verified: May 2, 2022.

  • Required Admission Information-Completed Food Allergy Plan

    “One child was missing a food allergy plan.”

    Rule 746.605(16). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 20, 2022. Correction verified: May 6, 2022.

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “10 staff files were reviewed. Two staff members needed hazardous materials training and food allergy training.”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 20, 2022. Correction verified: May 2, 2022.

  • Documentation of Drills

    “Drill log documentation was not available for shelter in place/ lock downs.”

    Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 27, 2022. Correction verified: May 2, 2022.

All 8 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jan 12, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 5, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 13, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jan 17, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Mar 20, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 13, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Apr 12, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 20, 2022Inspection9 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 5, 2008.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 224 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 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 31, 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 2, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 624 child care providers in Travis County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 4.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 624 in Travis County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
St. James Child Development Center Child Inc.10
Nurturing Child Care Centers25
Los Amiguitos1
Yoga Peace School1
Itzcali Montessori Sip School0
Aisd Norman Sims Third Base0
Aisd Norman-Sims Apple Blossom0
Paula Simpson1
Austin Shelter for Women and Children Child Care Center3
Escuelita Del Alma This child care provider4
Gethsemane Lutheran Childrens9
St Marks Episcopal Day School9

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 2, 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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