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Little Bulldog Child Care Center

A licensed child care center in Ranger, Texas 76470

1842 E Loop 254, Ranger, Texas 76470. (254) 647-1187.

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The short answer

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

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

2 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 6 child care providers in Eastland County had 3.5.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 25, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Nov 8, 2023

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

2 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.

Apr 2, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “4 children’s files reviewed were lacking a health statement.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 18, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 18, 2025.

Nov 8, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The last state fire marshal inspection occurred in April of 2022.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 29, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 29, 2023.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 19, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “Upon arrival, there were 2 persons providing care for the 12 children. Neither person has had a background check ran on them through licensing. A 3rd caregiver who has provisions came back from lunch. This was corrected during the inspection when all children were sent home for the day. Background checks were ran while this inspector was present.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 21, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 19, 2023.

  • Administering Medication - According to Label Directions

    “There was a prescription medication that had the proper authorization, but it stated to administer in the am. There was no one in the building that is properly trained on administering medication.”

    Rule 746.3805(a)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 28, 2023.

  • Sign-in and Sign-out Tracking System

    “There were 12 children in care and only 11 children signed in on the sign in sheet. This was corrected during the inspection by updating the sign in sheet.”

    Rule 746.631(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2023.

Apr 6, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies

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

    “An older infant was observed wearing an amber bead necklace. The necklace was removed during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.2401(6). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 6, 2023.

  • Administering Medication - According to Label Directions

    “The operation is administering children’s tylenol to a child under the age of 2, and the package insrtruction require a doctor note for children under 2 years of age.”

    Rule 746.3805(a)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 6, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 19, 2023.

  • Children’s Records - Admission Information

    “of the 3 children records reviewed, 2 were missing updated short records, date of adminssion and completed emergency authorization. Physciain statements were also missing.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 21, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 19, 2023.

  • Required Personnel Records- Photo Identification

    “2 of the records reviewed were missing a copy of the proof of high school diploma, photo id, one was missing proof of CPR training. One was missing proof of required preservice training.”

    Rule 746.901(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 14, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 19, 2023.

May 5, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “It was determined the operation has not conducted a fire drill since the first week of March. A drill was conducted during this inspection which brings them into compliance.”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 5, 2022.

All 9 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Feb 25, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 10, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 2, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 1, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Nov 8, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 28, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Apr 19, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Apr 6, 2023Inspection4 deficiencies cited
May 5, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 27, 2010.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
  • 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.
  • 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 6 child care providers in Eastland County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3.5; this one had 2.
Source:

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

6 of the 6 in Eastland County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Little Bulldog Child Care Center This child care provider2
Hugs and Kisses5
Rocking Horse Home Childcare2
Aunt Lolli’s Purple Door LLC2
Mountain Top Christian Academy6
Rachel CogburnNot given
Little Maverick Child Care Center19

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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