First Place Learning Academy

A licensed child care center in Copperas Cove, Texas 76522

501 Turner St, Copperas Cove, Texas 76522. (254) 542-2700.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

6 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Coryell County: 4.5
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
6 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 6 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: Medium 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?

6 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 30 child care providers in Coryell County had 4.5.

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 14, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

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

When those deficiencies happened

6 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

6 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												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	Nov

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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Aug 14, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

Individual Cot, Bed, or Mat for Each Walking Child Through 4 Years of Age

“Several of the children nap mats were observed with tares in them. This was corrected at the inspection when the old nap mats were thrown away and replaced with new nap mats.”

Rule 746.4503(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 14, 2026.

Aug 28, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies

Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

“One of the personnel files reviewed did not have active pediatric cpr and first aid training.”

Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 24, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 23, 2025.
Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

“A garbage can with a missing lid was observed in one of the classrooms. This was corrected at the inspection when the garbage can was removed from the classroom.”

Rule 746.3407(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 28, 2025.
Diapering Procedures - Sanitizing Diaper Changing Area

“The diaper changing mat in one of the classrooms was observed with crumbs on it. This was corrected at the inspection when the caregiver cleaned and sanitized the diaper changing mat.”

Rule 746.3505(e). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 28, 2025.
Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

“The rocking equipment on the preschool playground did not have atleast 6 inches of loose fill in the use zone.”

Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 24, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 22, 2025.

Sep 11, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

“The slides and swings on the playground area did not contain 6 inches of loose fill.”

Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 25, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 3, 2024.

6 deficiencies older than three years

Sep 13, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“A fire drill was not conducted for the month of August. This was corrected at the inspection when a fire drill was conducted and lasted for one minute.”

Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 18, 2023.

Sep 14, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

Children’s Products- Annual Certification

“The CPSC form had not been certified for the current year.”

Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 22, 2022.
Children’s Records - Immunizations

“Out of ten children’s records reviewed, two records were missing complete immunization records.”

Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 26, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 26, 2022.
Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records

“Out of ten children’s records reviewed, the following was observed: Seven records were missing complete annual trainings; and, Three records were missing proof of child care orientation.”

Rule 746.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 7, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 6, 2022.

Jun 8, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies

Infant Daily Report - Share with Parent

“It was found during an investigation that infant daily reports are not shared with parents after infants turn 12 months of age.”

Rule 746.2431. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 14, 2022.
Diaper Changing Steps- Cleanse Child with Individual Cloths

“During an investigation it was found that children are not being properly cleansed during diaper changes.”

Rule 746.3501(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 14, 2022.

All 10 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Aug 14, 2026	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Aug 13, 2026	Report to the state	No violation found
Aug 28, 2025	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited
Sep 11, 2024	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jul 29, 2024	Report to the state	No violation found
Sep 13, 2023	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Apr 11, 2023	Report to the state	No violation found
Sep 14, 2022	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Jun 22, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 8, 2022	Report to the state	2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 27, 2010.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 102 children.

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.
4 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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.

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

How does it compare nearby?

Among 30 child care providers in Coryell County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4.5; this one had 6.

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

12 of the 30 in Coryell County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
First Place Learning Academy This child care provider	6
Copperas Cove Headstart Center	2
Asymca @ Miss Jewel	2
Jl Williams Elementary YMCA	0
Martin Walker Elementary YMCA	0
Brighter Beginnings Learning Academy	7
Because We Care Learning Academy 2	11
Alpha Time Too Daycare	14
Park Headstart Center	4
Sunshine Headstart Center	1
Halstead YMCA	3
Hollie Parsons YMCA	0
Young Achievers Learning Academy	12

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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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