Hearth Record

Melinda Gail Ressman

A registered child care home in Inez, Texas 77968

2894 Benbow Rd, Inez, Texas 77968. (361) 788-3652.

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The short answer

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

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

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 53 child care providers in Victoria County had 6.

13 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 28, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

8 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

8 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.

Jun 23, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Handwashing Sinks and Toilets

    “At time of inspection, operation did not have a working sink for children use.”

    Rule 747.4201. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 17, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 28, 2026.

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, Relocation and Sheltering Procedures

    “At time of inspection the operations emergency preparedness plan was missing the following: How children will be evacuated or relocated to the designated safe area who are under 24 months of age; check attendance; how you will communicate with parents: and how you will continue to care for the children until each child has been released.”

    Rule 747.5003(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 10, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 29, 2026.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “At time of inspection no monthly documentation was available for review.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 10, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 29, 2026.

  • Fire Extinguishers Serviced

    “Atm time of inspection, operations fire extinguisher was last serviced MArch 2025.”

    Rule 747.5107(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 10, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 29, 2026.

Dec 8, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Health Statement on File

    “One out of four children’s files evaluated lacked a health statement on file.”

    Rule 747.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 10, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 10, 2025.

  • Required Immunizations Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “One out of four children’s files evaluated lacked an updated immunization record on file.”

    Rule 747.613(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 10, 2025.

Apr 8, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights

    “The operational policies lacked information regarding parent rights.”

    Rule 747.501(9). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 11, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 11, 2025.

Feb 12, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Adequate Lighting During Naptime

    “There was not adequate lighting during nap time.”

    Rule 747.2811. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 12, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 22, 2024.

12 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 11, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Written Operational Policies - Procedures for Parents Review Licensing Rules and Reports

    “The operational policies lacked procedures for parents to review a copy of the child-care home’s most recent Licensing inspection report and how the parent may access the minimum standards online.”

    Rule 747.501(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 16, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2023.

  • Written Operational Policies - Instructions for Contacting Licensing Office/Online and TX Abuse & Neglect Hotline

    “The operational policies lacked instructions on how a parent may contact the local Licensing office, access the Texas Abuse and Neglect Hotline, and access the HHSC website”

    Rule 747.501(11). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 16, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2023.

Apr 19, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Policies Comply with Rules

    “The operational policies were not complete.”

    Rule 747.207(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 24, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 24, 2023.

Oct 21, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Fire Extinguishers Serviced

    “RECITE: The fire extinguisher was last serviced October 2020.”

    Rule 747.5107(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 31, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 31, 2022.

Oct 6, 2022: inspection8 deficiencies

  • Smoke Detectors Testing

    “There was no documentation the smoke detector has been tested in 2022.”

    Rule 747.5115. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 21, 2022.

  • Fire Extinguishers Serviced

    “The fire extinguisher was last serviced October 2020.”

    Rule 747.5107(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 21, 2022.

  • CO Detection System Connected to Alarm or Smoke Detection System- Test Documentation Includes Inspector’s Name, Test Date, Phone Number

    “There was no documentation the carbon monoxide detector has been tested for 2022.”

    Rule 747.5337(b)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 21, 2022.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

    “Two out of four children’s records evaluated lacked an address for the emergency contact.”

    Rule 747.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 21, 2022.

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

    “The primary caregiver lacked 27 hours of annual training for the period evaluated.”

    Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 7, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 7, 2022.

  • Chairs - Safety Straps Used if Required by Manufacturer

    “Three children were placed in high chairs. Safety straps were not used.”

    Rule 747.4301(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 6, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 21, 2022.

  • Provide Parents With Copy of Policies

    “One out of four children’s files lacked parent acknowledgment of receiving the operational policies.”

    Rule 747.503. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 21, 2022.

  • Required Immunizations Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “One out of four children’s files evaluated lacked a shot record on file.”

    Rule 747.613(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 13, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 21, 2022.

All 13 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 28, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 23, 2026Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Dec 8, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Apr 8, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 8, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 22, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 12, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 11, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 15, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Apr 19, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 6, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Oct 21, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 6, 2022Inspection8 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Mar 9, 2011.
  • 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 53 child care providers in Victoria County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 8.
Source:

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

11 of the 53 in Victoria County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Inez Recplex2
Melinda Gail Ressman This child care provider8
Abc Child Development Center13
Kidversity LLC9
YMCA Early Learning Center Pre-School36
A+ Kidz Care Learning Center 2, LLC8
Tiny Sprouts Academy3
Diana Matula2
Victoria Christian School17
Bonnie Catherine Taylor41
YMCA Youth Adventure Camp20
Angelita Arlene HernandezNot given

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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