2025-05-16 · 747.3203 · Medium High
Sanitation of Building, Grounds and Equipment
There were red ants in the outdoor play area used by the children.
Correction date recorded: 2025-05-19
Little Steps Daycare
Licensed Child-Care Home
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Provider details
- City / County / ZIP
- Edinburg / Hidalgo / 78541
- Capacity
- 12
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours / Days
- 07:30 AM-05:30 PM / Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
- Permit type
- Full Permit
- Permit issued
- March 4, 2014
- Operation status:
- Active
- Corrective action
- HHSC lists: No
- Adverse action
- HHSC lists: No
- Temporarily closed
- HHSC lists: No
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Summary of state inspection records
Texas HHSC records list 3 inspections dated between October 10, 2023 and October 10, 2026.
The most recent inspection in these records is dated April 15, 2026.
The same records list 1 cited deficiency dated May 16, 2025 (HHSC risk levels: 1 Medium High).
Correction status recorded by HHSC: 0 corrected at inspection, 1 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.
HHSC lists a verified correction date for 1 of these citations.
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Generated from Texas HHSC state records. Counts and dates come directly from the published state data; no descriptions were written by a model.
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Summary of the record
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Texas Health and Human Services records list 1 cited deficiency for Little Steps Daycare in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (1 Medium High).
Records list 3 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-04-15.
| Risk weight | Citations |
|---|---|
| High | 0 |
| Medium High | 1 |
| Medium | 0 |
| Medium Low | 0 |
| Low | 0 |
| Unknown | 0 |
HHSC assigns each standard a risk weight from Low to High. A deficiency is a finding that a minimum standard was not met.
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Full citation history from HHSC (2)
2025-05-16 · 747.3203 · Medium High
Sanitation of Building, Grounds and Equipment
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-05-19. Correction verified: 2025-05-19.
There were red ants in the outdoor play area used by the children.
2022-07-06 · 747.501(8)(B) · Medium
Written Operational Policies - Recommended Clothing and Footing
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2022-07-11. Correction verified: 2022-07-10.
Complete policy on Promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity was not available for review. The policy was missing: -The duration of physical activity at your home, both indoor and outdoor. -A plan to ensure physical activity occurs on days when extreme weather conditions prohibit or limit outdoor time.
Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1119526
Records reflect only deficiencies published by the state after due process. This page does not rate or rank providers. Check the official record for the latest information.
Provider data fetched: October 10, 2026.