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First United Methodist Church Child Development Center

A licensed child care center in Killeen, Texas 76542

3501 E Elms Rd, Killeen, Texas 76542. (254) 634-5149.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: 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?

11 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

20 inspections on record. The latest, on May 4, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: AP Must Place Infants in Face up Sleeping Position or Must Have Completed and Signed Sleep Exception Form for the Infant, at the inspection on Apr 21, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the assessment on Mar 17, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk, at the assessment on Mar 17, 2025

4 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

11 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 21, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • AP Must Place Infants in Face up Sleeping Position or Must Have Completed and Signed Sleep Exception Form for the Infant

    “Two children were observed sleeping face down. This was corrected when the caregiver rolled the children over on their backs.”

    Rule 746.2427(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 21, 2026. Correction verified: May 4, 2026.

Mar 17, 2025: assessment3 deficiencies

  • Report Situation Placing Children at Risk

    “This is related to a DFPS investigation. The operation failed to self-report an incident that placed a child at risk while in care.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 17, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 2, 2025.

  • Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk

    “This is related to a DFPS investigation. The operation did not notify the parent that a child had been left outside of the operation.”

    Rule 746.307(b)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 17, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 2, 2025.

  • Fenced Outdoor Activity Space -Gates Locked

    “This is related to a DFPS investigation. A gate leading to the outside of the playground did not have a lock. The unlocked gate was accessible to children, allowing children the ability to exit the playground.”

    Rule 746.4309. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 17, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 2, 2025.

Mar 14, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “During a DFPS investigation, it was found that a child in care was left on the playground alone for less than 5 minutes.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 19, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 2, 2025.

Jan 19, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Documentation of Fire Inspection

    “Fire inspection expired 7/2023”

    Rule 746.5103. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 2, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 29, 2024.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Sanitation Inspection Report

    “Sanitation inspection expired 8/2023”

    Rule 746.801(12). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 2, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 30, 2024.

Dec 8, 2023: report to the state4 deficiencies

  • AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited

    “During an investigation there was sufficient evidence to support children were abused and neglected.”

    Rule 746.1201(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 16, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 19, 2024.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment

    “During a DFPS investigation, it was found that a caregiver used corporal punishments on the children in the classroom.”

    Rule 746.2805(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 16, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 19, 2024.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling

    “During a DPFS investigation, it was found that caregivers were yelling at children as a form of discipline.”

    Rule 746.2805(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 16, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 19, 2024.

  • Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games

    “During a DFPS investigation, it was found that a caregiver used corporal punishments on the children in the classroom.”

    Rule 746.1203(3)(D). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 16, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 19, 2024.

5 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 1, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Sanitize Potty-Chairs

    “During the monitoring inspection it was observed that a potty chair had not be sanitized after the last use. This was corrected at inspection when the urine was disposed of and the potty chair was sanitized.”

    Rule 746.3407(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 1, 2023.

Jan 20, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child

    “During the inspection a caregiver was observed not washing her hands after diapering and another caregiver was observed not washing an infant’s hands after diapering. This was corrected during the inspection, when both caregivers washed their’s and the child’s hands.”

    Rule 746.3415(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 20, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 6, 2023.

  • Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

    “During the inspection a child with a diagnosed allergy did not have a completed food allergy emeregency plan.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 25, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 6, 2023.

Jul 26, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The operation does not have a current fire inspection.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 23, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 2, 2022.

Dec 14, 2021: report to the state1 deficiency

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

    “It was found that prescription medication was allowed into the operation to be administered in a child’s cup.”

    Rule 746.3805(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 21, 2021.

All 30 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 4, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 21, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 16, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 3, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jun 2, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 9, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 2, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Mar 17, 2025Assessment3 deficiencies cited
Mar 14, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Sep 25, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 24, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 29, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 24, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 16, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 21, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 9, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 29, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jan 25, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 19, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Dec 8, 2023Report to the state4 deficiencies cited
Dec 8, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jun 1, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 6, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 20, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 17, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 26, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 1, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Mar 29, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 20, 2021InspectionNo violation found
Dec 14, 2021Report to the state1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Nov 22, 2011.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 132 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.
  • 9 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 11.
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
First United Methodist Church Child Development Center This child care provider11
Faith’s First Steps Home Daycare0
Extreme Cheer -N- Tumble0
Petra Ann Wilson0
Creation of Life2
Kimberly Davis0
Kid’s Quest Childcare & Learning Center1
Lil Fox’s Den Child Development Center, LLC1
Brain Builders Learning Center2
Mary JonesNot given
Reeces Creek YMCA0
Asymca Alice W. Douse0
Cedar Valley 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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