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Mercedes Head Start

950 W 6th St, Mercedes, TX 78570 · Hidalgo County (956) 825-5132 License #1672907- 5371 · first licensed Jan 23, 2019
16
inspections on file
4
recorded violations
1
health & safety class
Mar 11, 2026
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation

Records held from Sep 1, 2021 onward. Earlier visits may exist in the agency’s own files.

Inspection history for Mercedes Head Start
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Mar 11, 2026InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Mar 3, 2026InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Feb 17, 2026ReportDeficiencies cited1Agency record
May 23, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 17, 2024InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Jul 25, 2024InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Nov 6, 2023InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Oct 24, 2023InspectionDeficiencies cited1Agency record
Oct 12, 2023InspectionDeficiencies cited2Agency record
Mar 28, 2023InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Mar 6, 2023InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Mar 1, 2023ReportNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Nov 18, 2022InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Nov 15, 2022ReportNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Nov 14, 2022InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Dec 13, 2021InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation
How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Feb 17, 2026Report · 1 deficiency cited
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.4103(b) — Policies for Release of Children - Record Identity of Person

“Based on the information gathered, two staff members failed to follow program policies and procedures to release children when releasing a child to an unauthorized individual.”

Corrected Mar 18, 2026
Oct 24, 2023Inspection · 1 deficiency cited
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.2607(1) — Activities for Pre-Kindergarten Age - Outdoor Play

“Observed that pre-kindergarten children are not engaged in outdoor play for 90 minutes a day as weather permit.”

Corrected Nov 6, 2023
Oct 12, 2023Inspection · 2 deficiencies cited
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.2607(1) — Activities for Pre-Kindergarten Age - Outdoor Play

“Observed that pre-kindergarten children are not engaged in outdoor play for 90 minutes a day as weather permit.”

Corrected Oct 19, 2023
Health & safetyState weight: High
746.1201(1) — Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

“Facility did not use good judgement when allowing 63 children and 8 staff members to be outside using one playground structure.”

Corrected Oct 19, 2023

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