Hearth Record

Coastal Kids Day Care

A licensed child care center in Port Lavaca, Texas 77979

206 Bauer Drive, Port Lavaca, Texas 77979. (361) 552-6021.

Texas’s own record, on its child care search

Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. Texas’s own record is on its child care search.

The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 20, 2026.

The last 24 months 15 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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?

15 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 12 child care providers in Calhoun County had 4.

13 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 2, 2026: no violation found.

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 inspection on Feb 9, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers, at the inspection on Feb 3, 2026

Rated High by Texas: AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age, at the inspection on Feb 3, 2026

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

15 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 20, 2026.

15 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

Hover or focus a month to read it.

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 Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

Aug 20, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 30 Annual Training

    “The director could not locate seventeen clock hours of training for the period evaluated.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(6)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 28, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 27, 2026.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

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

    Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 21, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 21, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)

    “One out of eight personnel files evaluated lacked a notarized affidavit on file.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 24, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 24, 2026.

Feb 9, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

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

    “A caregiver was observed sleeping during nap time while the children were sleeping.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 9, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 18, 2026.

Feb 3, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers

    “A six month old was observed sleeping in the crib with a pacifier clip attached to the pacifier.”

    Rule 746.2401(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 9, 2026.

  • AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age

    “A six month old was observed sleeping with a stuffed animal in the crib.”

    Rule 746.2415(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 9, 2026.

Jun 3, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

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

    “A child with a diagnosed food allergy did not have a food allergy plan on file.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 30, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 30, 2025.

  • Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights

    “The operational policies lacked information regarding parent rights.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(20). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 10, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 4, 2025.

Dec 16, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Safety - Televisions Anchored to Prevent Tip Over

    “One television was not anchored.”

    Rule 746.3701(10). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 20, 2024.

  • Fire Extinguishers Serviced

    “The fire extinguisher was serviced September 2023.”

    Rule 746.5307(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 20, 2024.

Apr 2, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Training requirements for substitutes, volunteers, and contractors-Pediatric first aid with rescue breathing

    “Three caregivers lacked current First Aid Training.”

    Rule 746.1403(a)(3)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 30, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 30, 2024.

  • Training requirements for substitutes, volunteers, and contractors-Pediatric CPR

    “Three caregivers lacked current CPR training.”

    Rule 746.1403(a)(4)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 30, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 30, 2024.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

    “Two infants lacked infant feeding instructions.”

    Rule 746.2421(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 4, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 4, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “The operational policies lacked information regarding promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 5, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 5, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services

    “The operational policies lacked information regarding children with special needs.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(30). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 5, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 4, 2024.

3 deficiencies older than three years
Dec 5, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation Training

    “The director lacked current transportation training.”

    Rule 746.1301(7)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 9, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 9, 2022.

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

    “One personnel file evaluated lacked current first aid and CPR training.”

    Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 26, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 26, 2022.

Apr 14, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Written Activity Plans

    “Three classrooms lacked current activity plans.”

    Rule 746.2203(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 18, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 18, 2022.

All 13 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 2, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 20, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Feb 18, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Feb 9, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 3, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 15, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jun 3, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Dec 16, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Apr 2, 2024Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Aug 1, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Dec 5, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Apr 14, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 22, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 22, 2012.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 80 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 20, 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 Oct 20, 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).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 12 child care providers in Calhoun County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 15.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 12 in Calhoun County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Tots and Tikes Learning Center2
Babies & Beyond Daycare4
Calhoun County YMCA - Summer Camp4
Gingerbread School and Daycare8
Tots and Tikes Learning Center #22
Ink Port Lavaca Ehs/Hs10
Griffin YMCA Early Learning Center27
Ladybug Preschool0
Bright Day Preschool, LLC0
Calhoun County YMCA Jr Afterschool Care4
Calhoun County YMCA Hjm Afterschool Care3
Coastal Kids Day Care This child care provider15

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

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Texas HHSC or Texas Workforce Commission. Texas’s own record is on its child care search. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 20, 2026.

From the provider

The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.

Paid listing

None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the provider”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.

How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

An example record, made up for this guide

An example nursing home

Made up for this guide: no real place is shown

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.

From the homeNone yet. Replies and paid listings aren’t open, and when they open they will sit here, below the record.

1 of 4

Every fact names its source.

Who published it, when, and how often it changes sit beside each fact, with a link to the agency’s own file.

Sign in

A free account keeps your watch list, shortlists, comparisons and saved searches on every device, and can email you when something you watch changes. Browsing never needs one.