Love and Learning Center of Milam County

A licensed child care center in Rockdale, Texas 76567

1699 Hillcrest Dr, Rockdale, Texas 76567. (512) 446-2578.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.

26 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Milam County: 3
6 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
24 inspections on record
Not star-rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 26 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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?

26 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 12 child care providers in Milam County had 3.

24 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 16, 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 Sep 29, 2026

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 Sep 18, 2026

3 more rated High; all are listed below.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

26 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

26 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 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 29, 2026: 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 an investigation it was found that there was a lack of active supervision which resulted in children receiving multiple bites from other children.”

Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 15, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 16, 2026.

Sep 18, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

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

“Observed two caregivers place two different infants on their stomachs to sleep. This was corrected when both caregivers were spoken with about always laying infants on their backs to sleep. An administrative penalty will be recommended as a result of this citation, per HRC ?42.078.”

Rule 746.2427(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 18, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 29, 2026.

Aug 20, 2026: report to the state6 deficiencies

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

“During an investigation, it was observed on camera that a caregiver had cornered themselves between the changing table and the wall and was working on paperwork. During this time, a child was able to bite another child in care.”

Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 24, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 29, 2026.
Infant Daily Report - Times of Diaper Changes

“During the investigation, it was found that caregivers were not completing all of the diaper changes for infants throughout the day.”

Rule 746.2431(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 24, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 29, 2026.
Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child

“Observed a caregiver using gloves to change children, but the caregiver did not wash their hands after removing each set of gloves.”

Rule 746.3415(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 18, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 29, 2026.
Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

“Observed childrens diapers being changed but the caregiver did not have the children wash their hands after the diaper change. The caregivers were spoken to about when to wash their hands”

Rule 746.3417(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 18, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 29, 2026.
Diaper Changing Steps- Cleanse Child with Individual Cloths

“Observed two children have their diaper changed and their dirty diapers were taken off and disgarded and a clean diaper was placed on the child without the childrens diaper area being cleaned with a wipe.”

Rule 746.3501(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 18, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 29, 2026.
Diapering Procedures - Sanitizing Diaper Changing Area

“Observed two children being changed without the changing table being cleaned between each changed child.”

Rule 746.3505(e). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 18, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 29, 2026.

Jun 26, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

“Observed a trashcan with food in it without a lid. I spoke with the caregiver about getting a trashcan with a lid.”

Rule 746.3407(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 26, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 9, 2026.
Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

“Observed a slide on the playground and there was no loose fill under or around the slide.”

Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 26, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 9, 2026.
Children’s Records - Enrollment Agreement

“There were two children at the operation who are not enrolled at the daycare. This was corrected when the children went home.”

Rule 746.603(a)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 26, 2026.

Nov 7, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups

“Observed two bottles that were not labeled with a child’s name. This was corrected when the bottles were labeled.”

Rule 746.2419(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 19, 2025.
Chairs - Safety Straps Used if Required by Manufacturer

“Observed an infant in a swing and a safety strap was not being used while the infant was swinging. This was corrected when the infant was strapped into the device.”

Rule 746.4501(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 19, 2025.

Sep 15, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

“Observed 10 children ages 18-24 months with one caregiver. The classroom was out of ratio by one child. This was corrected when a second teacher went outside.”

Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 15, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 23, 2025.

Oct 29, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies

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

“Observed a child playing in the sink without a caregiver around to supervise. The caregiver in charge of the child did not know the child was missing. The class was outside while the child was inside the bathroom in the operation.”

Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 29, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2024.
Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children

“Observed a bottle of carpet and upolstry cleaner in an unlocked bathroom cabinet that children have access too. This was corrected when the cabinet was locked”

Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 29, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2024.
Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“Observed a wooden shelf outside that is splintered and can cause injuires to children.”

Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 29, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2024.
Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

“While watching video footage of another incident, I observed a caregiver changing an infants diaper and not washing the infants hands. I spoke to the office staff regarding what had been seen.”

Rule 746.3417(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 29, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2024.
Diapering Procedures - Sanitizing Diaper Changing Area

“Observed a classroom that did not have the necessary items to clean the diaper changing station. The operation had been open at 6:00 am and at 10:00 am one classroom still did not have a sanitation solution to clean the changing table. The caregiver was unable to provide information on how the changing table was being cleaned this morning.”

Rule 746.3505(e). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 29, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2024.
Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights

“The operation did not add the parents rights information in their operational policies.”

Rule 746.501(a)(20). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 12, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2024.

Oct 25, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies

Director Responsibilities - Employee Assignments

“A caregiver was placed in an assignment that did not match their skills or abilities.”

Rule 746.1003(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2024.
Basic Requirements for Infants - Holding and Comforting

“It was observed in a video that an infant fell, started to cry and the caregiver did not comfort the infant.”

Rule 746.2401(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2024.

Jan 24, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies

Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

The inspectors’ words, 135 words
“The refrigerators and freezers had dried food and crumbs on the shelves and where food was stored. The sinks and walls in the bathrooms and classrooms had food on them and were dirty. There was a sink in another room that had a metal curtain rod on the sink. This was removed. In the school age bathroom, there was not a toilet paper holder and the toilet paper was sitting on the trashcan. The toilets were also dirty with yellow stains in the toilets. There were two seats for the children in one room that were stained and had dirt build up on the chairs. There was a broken table in the bathroom of the toddler room and a metal curtain rod on the sink in another bathroom. The table was removed from the bathroom.”

Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 2, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 2, 2024.
Machine Wash Linens

“Multiple infant sheets had dirt, stains and looks of dried wet spots on the sheets. The caregivers replaced the sheets with clean ones.”

Rule 746.3407(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 24, 2024.
Children’s Products- Annual Certification

“The children product safety report had not been completed in the last two years. This was completed during the inspection.”

Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 24, 2024.
Location of Toilets

“In one classroom there was no toilet paper for the children to have indipendent use. I spoke to the director and caregiver about having toilet paper for the children.”

Rule 746.4409. Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 24, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years

Mar 29, 2023: report to the state2 deficiencies

Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

“Observed a caregiver grabbing children by the arms, yanking the children, swatting at a child, pulling a child’s hair and being rough with the children in care. This was corrected when the caregiver was taken out of the room and removed from the operation.”

Rule 746.2805(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 11, 2023.
Prohibited Punishments - Placing Child in Locked or Dark Room

“It was observed on camera that a caregiver placed a child in the bathroom as a form of disicipline. The doorway had a babygate not allowing the child to leave the bathroom.”

Rule 746.2805(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 11, 2023.

Jul 19, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

“There was a 14 month old infant in the same room with children who are 3 years old. This was corrected when the child was taken back to the infant room.”

Rule 746.1605. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 27, 2022.

Jun 30, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children

“Observed a cabinet left unlocked which had chemicals in it. The children in the classroom use the restroom and have access to the chemicals. This was corrected when the chemicals were locked.”

Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 30, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 19, 2022.
Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

“There was a dirty diaper sitting on top of the trashcan lid. This was corrected when it was placed in a trashcan with a lid.”

Rule 746.3407(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 30, 2022.

Apr 8, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

“A 7 month old infant was sleeping in a bouncy seat. The caregiver removed the infant from the seat as licensing entered the room.”

Rule 746.2426. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 8, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 18, 2022.
Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps

“An infant was sitting in a highchair table and was not strapped into the seat. This was corrected when the caregiver removed the child from the seat.”

Rule 746.2407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 8, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 18, 2022.

Mar 2, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency

Prohibited Punishments - Withholding Active Play

“It was found that a caregiver places children in a crib for up to one minute for discipline. Any equipment that a child is not able to freely remove themselves from is considered a restrictive device.”

Rule 746.2805(9). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 29, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 8, 2022.

All 31 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Oct 16, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 1, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 29, 2026	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Sep 29, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 18, 2026	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Sep 17, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Aug 26, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Aug 20, 2026	Report to the state	6 deficiencies cited
Jul 9, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 26, 2026	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Nov 19, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Nov 7, 2025	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Nov 6, 2025	Report to the state	No violation found
Sep 23, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 15, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Nov 8, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 29, 2024	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
Oct 25, 2024	Report to the state	2 deficiencies cited
Feb 2, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Jan 24, 2024	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited
Apr 11, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 31, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 29, 2023	Report to the state	2 deficiencies cited
Oct 4, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 27, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 19, 2022	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jun 30, 2022	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
May 10, 2022	Report to the state	No violation found
Apr 18, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Apr 8, 2022	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Mar 2, 2022	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 8, 1999.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 62 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.
7 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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?

Not star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: SUSA).

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 12 child care providers in Milam County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 26.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 12 in Milam County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Tiger Learning Center - Rockdale Isd	0
Tiger Town Learning Center	16
Kristal Montelongo	Not given
Bailee Hilton	1
Love and Learning Center of Milam County This child care provider	26
Rockdale Head Start Center	0
Monicas	2
Cameron Head Start Center	4
Future Leaders Learning Center L.L.C	5
Cameron Isd	0
Little Yoemen Learning Center	13
St Paul Lutheran Church and School	4

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 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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).
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).
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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