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Alvarez Head Start

2606 Gumwood Ave, Mcallen, TX 78501 · Hidalgo County (956) 661-4446 License #1722748 · first licensed Dec 9, 2021
17
inspections on file
7
recorded violations
3
health & safety class
Sep 1, 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 Alvarez Head Start
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Sep 1, 2026InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 2, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Oct 23, 2024InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 11, 2024InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Aug 29, 2024InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
May 22, 2024InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Apr 26, 2024InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Feb 7, 2024ReportDeficiencies cited4Agency record
Oct 25, 2023InspectionDeficiencies cited1Agency record
Nov 28, 2022InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Oct 18, 2022InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 16, 2022InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 14, 2022ReportDeficiencies cited2Agency record
Aug 31, 2022InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Aug 26, 2022ReportNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
May 9, 2022InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Dec 1, 2021InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 30, 2021
no longer in the state’s current file
InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 17, 2021
no longer in the state’s current file
InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 14, 2021
no longer in the state’s current file
ReportNo 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 7, 2024Report · 4 deficiencies cited
Health & safetyState weight: High
746.1201(4) — AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited

“Based on the information obtained during DFPS investigation it was determined a child was involved in an incident that raised to the level of neglect under the care of the operation.”

Corrected Apr 16, 2024
Health & safetyState weight: High
746.1205(a)(4) — Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

“Based on the information obtained during DFPS investigation it was determined that while two caregivers were present in the room, both caregivers were preoccupied serving lunch and facing away from the children. During this time, a child was injured and required medical attention.”

Corrected Apr 16, 2024
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.3420(4) — Hand Sanitizer - Use by Children Supervised by Adult

“Based on the information obtained during DFPS investigation it was determined that children utilized hand sanitizer without adult supervision and the hand sanitizer remained on a table and accessible to children.”

Corrected Apr 16, 2024
Health & safetyState weight: High
746.1201(1) — Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

“Based on the information obtained during DFPS investigation it was determined that staff did not use good judgement when a child was assigned the task of handing out hand sanitizer to the children and staff did not assist in providing immediate first aid when a child's eye came in contact with the hand sanitizer.”

Corrected Apr 16, 2024
Oct 25, 2023Inspection · 1 deficiency cited
StandardState weight: Medium
746.1309(e) — Documented Annual Training- Required Content

“Two out of ten staff training records reviewed are missing trainings on the following topics: -Food Allergies -Emergency Preparness -Communicable Diseases”

Corrected Nov 8, 2023
Sep 14, 2022Report · 2 deficiencies cited
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.3701 — Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“Based on the information obtained during investigation, driveway area was used for daily walks and exercises. The driveway is unlicensed space and has a gate with an 8.5in gap.”

Corrected Oct 13, 2022
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.307(b)(4) — Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk

“Based on information obtained during the course of the investigation, operation did not notify parent after a child exited fenced area of operation which led child directly to the street.”

Corrected Oct 13, 2022

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