First Baptist Learning Center
A licensed child care center in Wills Point, Texas 75169
125 E James St, Wills Point, Texas 75169. (903) 873-2571.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 27, 2026.
- 4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Van Zandt County: 2
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 20 inspections on record
- 2-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 19 child care providers in Van Zandt County had 2.
20 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 11, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Withholding Active Play, at the report to the state on Sep 26, 2025
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 Jul 3, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
4 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
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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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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 27, 2026. Updated daily.
Jul 23, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
“This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. The gate separating the infant classrooms is broken and had been zip tied at the bottom of the gate. When the gate was opened it caused the fall of the caregiver.”
Sep 26, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Withholding Active Play
“This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. A child was punished by withholding the afternoon outside play time and the child was inactive for an inappropriate amount time.”
Jul 3, 2025: 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
“This standard was found to be out of compliance through an investigation. A caregiver had left an infant unsupervised for around 5 minutes in a bathroom.”
Jun 7, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
“At the inspection, 3 out of 10 personnel training files reviewed did not meet the annual training hours required by caregivers. One caregiver needs 2 hours of annual training, another caregiver needs 17 hours of for the training year and a 3rd caregiver needs 12 hours of annual training to complete their training year.”
8 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 28, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
“At the inspection, 1 out of 12 training records reviewed needed 1 hour of annual training to complete the training year.”
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Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures
“At the inspection, the operation did not include the name and address of the alternate shelter used away from the operation”
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Written Operational Policies - Benefits
“At the inspection, the operational policy was reviewed and did not include the information for the promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity.”
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Documented Annual Training-Self-Instructional 80%
“At the inspection, the training records reviewed was all on-line and no instructor led training was recorded.”
Nov 4, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Hitting with Hand or Instrument
“This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. A caregiver inappropriately disciplined a child while in care at the operation by pulling the child’s hair to get the child’s attention and pushing the child back.”
Jul 22, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Fire Extinguishers Serviced
“At the inspection, the fire extinguishers are dated June 2021 and required to be serviced.”
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Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection
“At the inspection, the current gas leak check is dated 2/27/2020 and is due for the 2 year check.”
Jun 7, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
“This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. The operation left a child unsupervised on the playground.”
All 30 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 12, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 3, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 28, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 24, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 16, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 28, 2023 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 7, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 1, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 22, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 7, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 6, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 3, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 16, 1986.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 127 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 10 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 27, 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: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 19 child care providers in Van Zandt County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 4.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Methodist Day School | 1 |
| The Village Learning Academy | 9 |
| Tamberlee Harrison Mitchell | 12 |
| Farmhouse Friends Early Learning Center | 0 |
| Karina Sanchez | Not given |
| Patty Cakes Child Care | 3 |
| First Baptist Learning Center This child care provider | 4 |
| Hope’s Little Preschool | 2 |
| Madeleine Finn | 0 |
| Legacy Preschool | 0 |
| Children’s Depot Learning Center | 3 |
| Van Learning Center | 0 |
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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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