Mainspring at Live Oak
A licensed child care center in Austin, Texas 78704
1100 W Live Oak St, Austin, Texas 78704. (512) 442-2301.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.
- 4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Travis County: 3
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 16 inspections on record
- 4-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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 624 child care providers in Travis County had 3.
16 inspections on record. The latest, on May 19, 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 report to the state on Jan 14, 2026
Rated High by Texas: AP Background check determination - If ineligible then you must immediately remove subject from operation and confirm to CBCU receipt of notice letter, at the inspection on Nov 13, 2023
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 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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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 30, 2026. Updated daily.
Jan 14, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“There is a violation of this standard, as a child was left unsupervised for 2 minutes.”
Nov 20, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
“A staff member didn’t have a current training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking, as was expired. *Compliance was met, as the current training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking was completed after, the certificate was sent via email with a renewed date of 12/02/2024.”
Nov 13, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check determination - If ineligible then you must immediately remove subject from operation and confirm to CBCU receipt of notice letter
“There was a caregiver present without an eligible background check. This was corrected when the caregiver left the operation.”
Nov 9, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Force Child to Sleep
“Based on the evidence gathered during the inspection, a caregiver attempted to restrict a child during nap.”
7 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 6, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
“Two out of ten children’s files did not have emergency care authorization.”
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Required Immunizations
“Three out of ten children’s files did not have updated immunization records.”
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“A child with a food allergy did not have a food allergy plan available for review.”
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Required Personnel Records- Training Hours
“Five out of ten staff files reviewed did not have the required annual training hours.”
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Required Personnel Records- Photo Identification
“Five out of ten staff did not have a photo ID in their file.”
Dec 7, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“The operation did not report an incident to Child Care Regulation that placed a child at risk.”
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Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
“The operation did not complete an incident report for an incident that placed a child at risk.”
All 24 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 14, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 23, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 26, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 19, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 29, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 24, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 22, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 13, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 9, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 6, 2023 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 7, 2022 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 20, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 22, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 11, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 8, 1986.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 115 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 8 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 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).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 624 child care providers in Travis County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 4.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Mainspring at Live Oak This child care provider | 4 |
| St Marks Episcopal Day School | 9 |
| Travis High School Child Development Center | 0 |
| Didactica Spanish Immersion Preschool | 4 |
| Kinney Avenue Christian Preschool | 8 |
| Ikids University at Zilker | 0 |
| Travis Heights Eac YMCA | 2 |
| Galindo Eac YMCA | 4 |
| Colibri Spanish Immersion Preschool | 1 |
| Habibis Hutch | 2 |
| Austin Butterfly Academy | 0 |
| Creative Action After School at Travis Heights | 0 |
| Ymok Daycare Austin LLC | 1 |
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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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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