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Little Beavers Daycare

A licensed child care center in Falls City, Texas 78113

205 N Swenson St, Falls City, Texas 78113. (830) 224-3031.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.

The last 24 months 9 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. Every month

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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 7 child care providers in Karnes County had 5.

16 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 3, 2026: 4 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers, at the inspection on Sep 3, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on Mar 4, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

9 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. 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.
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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.

Sep 3, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers

    “A Little Einstein musical soother was observed strapped to the crib.”

    Rule 746.2401(6). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 3, 2026.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training

    “One caregiver has not completed all her Pre-Service training and was working in a classroom. Her start date was 7/31/26. The caregiver states she is nearly completed, and the center did not have what Pre-service hours she has completed on file.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 4, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 4, 2026.

  • Fire Extinguishers Serviced

    “There was a fire extinguisher observed in the infant room that was not serviced.”

    Rule 746.5307(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 24, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 21, 2026.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One child’s file, an 11 month-old infant, had no immunization records in his file.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 24, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 4, 2026.

Mar 4, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

    “One out of four children’s records reviewed was lacking the parent’s signature and information under the authorization of emergency medical.”

    Rule 746.605(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 6, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 11, 2024.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training

    “A caregiver that required pre-service did not have it in the personnel file.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 4, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 11, 2024.

  • Required Admission Information - Special Needs Statement

    “Three out of four children’s files reviewed was lacking a response to the special needs question.”

    Rule 746.605(13). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 4, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 11, 2024.

  • Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements

    “Four of the staff members files reviewed did not have a copy of the high school diploma or it’s equivalent in the file.”

    Rule 746.901(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 11, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 11, 2024.

  • Required Admission Information - Date of Admission

    “Two out of four children’s files did not have a date of admission.”

    Rule 746.605(3). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 4, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 11, 2024.

12 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 5, 2023: assessment1 deficiency

  • Director Certificate Not Renewed

    “The director’s qualifications have not been renewed.”

    Rule 746.1057. Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 21, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 18, 2023.

Mar 8, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • No Swaddling of Infant Unless Completed Sleep Exception Form on File

    “A swaddle sleeper was observed to be in one of the play yards and the caregiver indicated she had just removed it from the child after waking from his nap *CI - This was corrected at the inspection when the caregivers were notified that children should not be swaddled per minimum standards.”

    Rule 746.2428. High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 8, 2023.

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Not Over Concrete or Asphalt

    “On the playground it was observed that there was not an adequate amount of loose-fill around the slides.”

    Rule 746.4907(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 22, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 15, 2023.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “There were no documented fire drills for 2023 available for review.”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 10, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 21, 2023.

Aug 2, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and directors - Pediatric CPR

    “Four personnel files were reviewed, and one CPR certification was missing from the required files”

    Rule 746.1301(4)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 16, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 15, 2022.

Apr 11, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

    “A seven month old infant was allowed to sleep in a restrictive device.”

    Rule 746.2426. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 11, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 25, 2022.

Mar 21, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “A lysol container was left on shelf within the child’s reach.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 21, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 11, 2022.

  • Safety - 220-Volt Electrical Connections Covered

    “An electrical USB cord was low near the ground accessible to children.”

    Rule 746.3701(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 28, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 11, 2022.

Feb 25, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes

    “One infant was observed to remain in a restrictive device for twenty one minutes which exceeds the maximum time allowed of fifteen minutes.”

    Rule 746.2417(2)(B). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 25, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 9, 2022.

  • Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Cover All Stored Food

    “There was uncovered ice cream being stored in the refrigerator. This was corrected at inspection when the ice cream was thrown away.”

    Rule 746.3317(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 25, 2022.

  • Diapering Procedures - Wash Infant’s Hands

    “The caregiver did not wash one infant’s hands after diaper changing.”

    Rule 746.3505(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 25, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 9, 2022.

  • Furnishings and Equipment for Toddlers - Bottles & Training Cups Labeled for Each Toddler

    “There were two training cups of milk in the refrigerator which were no labeled with child’s name.”

    Rule 746.2505(4)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 25, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 9, 2022.

All 17 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 3, 2026Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Sep 11, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 29, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 18, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 3, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 25, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Mar 4, 2024Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Jun 29, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Apr 5, 2023Assessment1 deficiency cited
Mar 22, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 8, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Aug 2, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 25, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 11, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 21, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 9, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Feb 25, 2022Inspection4 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 16, 2009.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 26 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.
  • 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 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 7 child care providers in Karnes County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 9.
Source:

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

8 of the 7 in Karnes County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Rainbow Care Center10
Katie SekulaNot given
Little Beavers Daycare This child care provider9
Home Away From Home Day Care3
Ink/Karnes City5
Rainbow of Blessing Care Center & Prek1
Playhouse Adventure Daycare0
Kid Corral16
Stacey WiatrekNot given

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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