Del Valle Wee Cardinal Child Development Center
A licensed child care center in Del Valle, Texas 78617
5301 Ross Rd Ste C, Del Valle, Texas 78617. (512) 386-3727.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 7 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Travis County: 3
- 6 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 22 inspections on record
- 4-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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?
7 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 624 child care providers in Travis County had 3.
22 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 26, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.
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: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Jan 28, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Aug 13, 2024
3 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
7 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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| 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 | Nov |
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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 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 26, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
“A parent was not notified of a less serious injury at pickup on the day the injury occurred.”
Mar 12, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“Two children were left unsupervised on the playground when the caregivers transitioned the class inside.”
Jan 28, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“A caregiver failed to use good judgment when a child was placed in the bathroom to protect other children from the child’s physical aggression.”
Aug 13, 2024: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“A caregiver did not utilize good judgment when bringing an e-cigarette device into the classroom. The e-cigarette device slipped out of the caregivers’ pocket and was made accessible to a child.”
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AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
“Based on the evidence gathered during the DFPS investigation, it was determined that neglectful supervision was Reason to Believe.”
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No Smoking or Use of Tobacco Including E-Cigarettes or Vaporizers
“An e-cigarette device was made accessible and smoked by a child in a classroom.”
May 20, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“A caregiver was present with children without an eligible background check. This was corrected at the inspection when the caregiver left the operation and the operation resubmitted their background check.”
3 deficiencies older than three years
May 12, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
“One caregiver did not know how many children were present in the classroom.”
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Medication No Longer Used
“The operation had three epinephrine auto-injectors that were expired and they were all listed as part of the emergency allergy response plan for three children.”
Aug 10, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
“One caregiver did not complete their CPR class in-person with the use of a CPR manikin.”
All 32 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 11, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 2, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 13, 2024 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 29, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 20, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 4, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 26, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 22, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 12, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 3, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 2, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 24, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 10, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 4, 2010.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
- Capacity: 374 children.
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.
- 10 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
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).
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 7.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Laura O’neal | 0 |
| The Joyful Child/Leesa Rodriguez | 4 |
| Right at School at Popham Elementary | 0 |
| Right at School at Del Valle Elementary | 0 |
| Del Valle Wee Cardinal Child Development Center This child care provider | 7 |
| Gethsemane Lutheran Childrens | 9 |
| St Marks Episcopal Day School | 9 |
| Immanuel Lutheran Day School | 11 |
| Wesley School | 21 |
| Hope Children’s Center | 3 |
| Abiding Love Lutheran Child Development Center | 3 |
| Chandra Walker | 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
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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