Small Blessings Child Care Center

A licensed child care center in Wharton, Texas 77488

1717 Pioneer Ave, Wharton, Texas 77488. (979) 488-2818.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 27, 2026.

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Wharton County: 4
3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
11 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. 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?

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 19 child care providers in Wharton County had 4.

11 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 9, 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 Mar 12, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes, at the report to the state on Mar 12, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device, at the report to the state on Mar 12, 2026

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

8 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.

8 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023											Nov	Dec
2024	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2025	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2026	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct

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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

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.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 10, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - Used According to Manufacturer’s Instructions

“There is sufficient evidence to prove that children were using active play equipment designed by the manufacturer to be used by older children.”

Rule 746.4601(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 2, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 9, 2026.

Mar 12, 2026: report to the state4 deficiencies

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

“An infant was left unsupervised when a caregiver walks out of the room for 2 minutes. Additionally, caregivers are unaware of an infant?s on-going activities when an infant gained access to the sleep only area without intervention by caregivers.”

Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 7, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 13, 2026.
Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes

“There is sufficient evidence to prove that an infant was in a swing for more than 15 minutes.”

Rule 746.2417(2)(B). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 7, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 13, 2026.
Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

“One infant was allowed to sleep in a restrictive device.”

Rule 746.2426(a)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 7, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 13, 2026.
Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games

“Caregivers were seen using cell phones for personal reasons while supervising infants.”

Rule 746.1203(3)(D). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 7, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 13, 2026.

Jun 23, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal

“The operation has not had an annual fire inspection done in the last 12 months.”

Rule 746.5101(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 7, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 30, 2025.

Sep 3, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

Required Admission Information-Completed Food Allergy Plan

“2 children with diagnosed food allergies did not have a food allergy emergency plan on file at the operation.”

Rule 746.605(16). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 9, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 9, 2024.
Posting Requirements - Activity Plans for each group of children in the child care center

“Two rooms did not have posted activity plans. This was corrected when they were found and posted.”

Rule 746.401(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 3, 2024.

2 deficiencies older than three years

Oct 9, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

Children’s Records - Immunizations

“One child did not have a immunization record on file.”

Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 13, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2023.

Nov 12, 2021: inspection1 deficiency

Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Keep Records for 3 Months

“The operation did not have maintenance checklists for the previous 3 months.”

Rule 746.4751(d). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 29, 2021.

All 14 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Jul 9, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 11, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 10, 2026	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Apr 13, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 23, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 16, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 12, 2026	Report to the state	4 deficiencies cited
Jul 1, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 23, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Sep 3, 2024	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Oct 9, 2023	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
May 3, 2023	Report to the state	No violation found
Nov 1, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Nov 12, 2021	Inspection	1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 12, 2010.
Its permit has conditions.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
Capacity: 87 children.

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
3 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 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.

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 19 child care providers in Wharton County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 8.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 19 in Wharton County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Busy Bee	7
Creative Care - Wharton	2
Faith Christian Academy	12
Small Blessings Child Care Center This child care provider	8
First Baptist Cdc Wharton	5
The First School	1
Michelle’s Daycare-Preschool	1
Susan E Rod	2
Elida Cisneros	Not given
Little Brahma Barn	7
Mrs. Beckys Home Away From Home Child Care Learning Center	11
Sunny Days Preschool	2

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

Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).

Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).

Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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