Cindy Ann Francis

A registered child care home in Corpus Christi, Texas 78418

2618 Tonga Dr, Corpus Christi, Texas 78418. (361) 937-9553.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Nueces County: 2
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
3 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 4 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2024. 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?

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 160 child care providers in Nueces County had 2.

3 inspections on record. The latest, on Dec 6, 2024: no violation found.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

4 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2024. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

4 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 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Nov 12, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies

Administering Medication - Original Container with Child’s Name, Date

“Medication was not in the proper storage box and labeled with child’s name and instructions.”

Rule 747.3605(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 19, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2024.
Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“The fire drills were not conducted since December 13, 2022.”

Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 19, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2024.
Fire Extinguishers Serviced

“The fire extinguisher has not been serviced since 2022.”

Rule 747.5107(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 26, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2024.
Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

“The primary caregiver did not have her annual training hour for the 2023-2024 year. The caregiver was lacking 18 out of 30 annual training hours required.”

Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 3, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2024.

5 deficiencies older than three years

Feb 13, 2023: assessment1 deficiency

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

“Provider did not provide proof of coverage to Licensing by the anniversary date of the issuance of their permit.”

Rule 747.209(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 16, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 16, 2023.

Nov 28, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies

Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“No monthly drills were conducted for the 2022 year.”

Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 12, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 3, 2023.
Fire Extinguishers Serviced

“Fire Extinguisher has not been serviced for the year 2021-2022”

Rule 747.5107(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 12, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 3, 2023.
Required Admission Information-Completed Food Allergy Emergency Plan

“A food emergency plan was not in place for a child with a peanut allergy in care.”

Rule 747.605(16). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 12, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 3, 2023.
Personnel Records- Training Hours

“Trainings for the 2021-2022 year were not complete.”

Rule 747.901(5). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 19, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 3, 2023.

All 4 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Dec 6, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Nov 12, 2024	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited
Feb 13, 2023	Assessment	1 deficiency cited
Nov 28, 2022	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued May 13, 2011.
Its permit has conditions.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 12 children.

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 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 .

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 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 24, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 160 child care providers in Nueces County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 4.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

12 of the 160 in Nueces County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Cindy Ann Francis This child care provider	4
Carmens Day Care	0
Lord of Life Lutheran Child Development Center	2
Ms Toni’s Tots Christ-Led Preschool	6
Lollys Learn and Grow Center	15
Seashore Early Childhood Academy	1
Our Lady of the Rosary Learning Center	3
Bgccb-Ecc	6
Small World Child Care	4
Odyssey Early Learning of Flour Bluff	4
Upbring Head Start - Little Hornet	1
Little Buzzy’s Daycare	6
Lisa Brewer	0

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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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