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Kids Kastle

A licensed child care center in Waco, Texas 76710

4901 Cobbs Dr, Waco, Texas 76710. (254) 772-5636.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 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 132 child care providers in McLennan County had 6.

7 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 6, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone, at the inspection on May 12, 2026

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

11 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 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.

May 12, 2026: inspection6 deficiencies
  • AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone

    “One of the caregivers did not have a background check submitted. This was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver left the operation.”

    Rule 745.621(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 12, 2026.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training

    “Four caregivers were missing abuse and neglect training, one was missing SIDs and shaken baby training and medciation training, and one caregiver was missing emergency preparedness training, communicable diseases training, food allergy training, building and physical premises training, and handling hazardous materials training.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 26, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 18, 2026.

  • Medication Authorization - Signed and Dated

    “Two children did not have medication authorization signed by the parents for their medication.”

    Rule 746.3803(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 15, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 22, 2026.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “Monthly fire drills had been conducted, but children were unable to exit within three minutes. Fire extinguishers were also not checked monthly. The director checked the fire extinguishers during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 15, 2026. Correction verified: May 15, 2026.

  • Required Postings-Licensing notices with instructions to post

    “The operation did not post their permit renewal letter. This was corrected during the inspection when the letter was printed out and posted.”

    Rule 746.401(11). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 12, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records

    “Out of 10 staff records reviewed, two were missing diplomas, two were missing pre-employment affidavits, one was missing a notarized employement affidavit, one was missing a statement that they completed orientation, and eight were missing copies of their photo identification.”

    Rule 746.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 19, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 24, 2026.

Sep 9, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
  • Nutrition and Food Service - Follow Meal Patterns

    “The menu showed that children only received crackers for snack.”

    Rule 746.3301(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 16, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 7, 2025.

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

    “One child had an allergy emergency plan that was signed by the physician but not the parent. This was corrected during the inspection when the parent signed the plan during pick up.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 9, 2025.

  • First Aid Kit - Incomplete Kit

    “The first aid kit was missing tweezers and a first aid guide.”

    Rule 746.4003(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 16, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 11, 2025.

Sep 24, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing

    “One caregiver did not have first aid and CPR training and three caregivers’ first aid and CPR training had expired.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(3)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 27, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 26, 2024.

  • Children’s Records Maintained

    “Out of ten children’s files reviewed, one was missing a physician’s health statement, one needed updated immunizations, and nine were missing a date of admission.”

    Rule 746.603(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 8, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 27, 2024.

3 deficiencies older than three years
Nov 15, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies
  • Director Annual Training - Additional required topics

    “Director did not complete no the required annaul no clock hours.”

    Rule 746.1311(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 1, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 28, 2022.

  • Medication No Longer Used

    “One child had an expired epipen. One child had an expired prescribed medication.”

    Rule 746.3809. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 18, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 18, 2022.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

    “One staff personnel file did not have notarized affidavit. This was corrected by the director having the staff sign the affidavit and notarized at the operation.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 15, 2022.

All 7 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 6, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 12, 2026Inspection6 deficiencies cited
Sep 9, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Sep 24, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 20, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Nov 15, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Feb 1, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 23, 1985.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 136 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.
  • 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 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 132 child care providers in McLennan County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 11.
Source:

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

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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