Hearth Record

Sherry Lyn Gibbs

A registered child care home in Killeen, Texas 76549

4211 Maid Marian Cir, Killeen, Texas 76549. (254) 291-3145.

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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 Apr 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?

3 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 237 child care providers in Bell County had 2.

4 inspections on record. The latest, on Apr 22, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

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 Apr 2026. 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.

Apr 22, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Policies Comply with Rules

    “During the review of the operational policies, the policies were incomplete for parents rights, promotion of outdoor activities, suspension, expulsion.”

    Rule 747.207(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 15, 2026. Correction verified: May 6, 2026.

  • Children’s Records - Enrollment Agreement

    “The enrollment agreement reviewed was not the updated form. The record of a child was missing the water safety permission, the medical authorization and the emergency contact information.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 1, 2026. Correction verified: May 4, 2026.

Jul 23, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Written Activity Plan - Outline Daily Activities

    “The provider did not have a written activity plan available for review.”

    Rule 747.2103(a)(2). 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
Apr 13, 2023: assessment1 deficiency

  • Liability Insurance Requirements - Provide Proof of Coverage Annually by Anniversary Date of Issuance

    “While conducting an assessment it was found the operation did not update liability insurance by the annual anniversary date of 10/08/21.”

    Rule 747.209(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 20, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 19, 2023.

Jul 7, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Separate from Food and Inaccessible

    “Cleaning items were observed on a shelf in a bathroom used by children in care, these were accessible to the children. This was corrected at inspection when the cleaning items were removed and stored out of reach of the children in care.”

    Rule 747.3203(13). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 7, 2022.

  • Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

    “The bathroom used by the children in care was found to have a trash can with no lid and trash accessible to the children. This was corrected at inspection when the trash can was removed from the bathroom.”

    Rule 747.3203(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 7, 2022.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “The operation was found to not have completed the required form indicating the Consumer Product Safety site had been reviewed. This was corrected at inspection when the operation completed and posted the required form.”

    Rule 747.3935(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 7, 2022.

  • Immunizations-Completed official record from State or Local Health Authority

    “A child’s file was found to not have immunization records.”

    Rule 747.623(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 8, 2022.

All 5 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 22, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Nov 25, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 23, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 13, 2023Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jul 7, 2022Inspection4 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Oct 8, 2009.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 237 child care providers in Bell County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 3.
Source:

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

12 of the 237 in Bell County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Sherry Lyn Gibbs This child care provider3
Maria Burgos4
Tiny Troops Learning Center4
A Heart for the Children0
Theresas Creative Minds6
Carmen Y Benitez Rivera2
Just for Tots #428
Asymca @ Dr. Joseph A. Fowler8
2y Smart Kids Care, LLC33
Doris West4
Anita Delores Smith1
Sandra Lee Powell9
Pershing Park YMCA0

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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