Little Caterpillars Preschool
3403 STATE HIGHWAY 11 W, Pittsburg, TX 75686 · Camp County
Program
- Type
- Licensed child-care home
- Licensed capacity
- 12
- Ages
- Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:15 AM-05:15 PM
- Director / administrator
- Melissa Francis
- Phone
- (903) 946-4382
- Regulated since
- Jan 27, 2023
- HHSC IDs
- Operation 1417706 · number 1750829
- Official record
- HHSC Child Care Search
Violations by category
Year by year
| Year | Violations | Serious | Main categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | Staff background & training (1), Records & paperwork (1) |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | Staff background & training (1) |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | Illness & medication (1) |
Inspections, investigations & assessments
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Jul 7, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jul 31, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Sep 30, 2024 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Staff background & training
The director lacked 21 hours of training to complete last years annual training.
HHSC 747.1303(5)(A) — Training Requirements for Primary Caregiver -30 Hours Annual Training
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2024-10-30. Correction verified 2024-11-07.
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Records & paperwork
A sampling of children records were evaluated. One child's record lacked documentation of a hearing and vision statement. Four children records lacked documentation that the parents received a copy or were informed of the parents rights.
HHSC 747.603(a)(2) — Children's Records - Admission Information
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2024-11-08. Correction verified 2024-11-07.
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Staff background & training
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Nov 14, 2023 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Staff background & training
The operation has not validated their employee list since 10/2022. You may validate your employee list as often as you like, however you must validate the employee list at least once every twelve months.
HHSC 745.651(2)(B) — Background Check Validation - Once a year listed family homes, licensed, and registered child care homes must validate list of subjects
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2023-11-14. Correction verified 2023-11-14.
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Staff background & training
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Jul 31, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 19, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Nov 10, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Oct 14, 2022 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Illness & medication
A sampling of children records were evaluated. One child's immunization record was observed incomplete.
HHSC 747.603(a)(4) — Children's Records - Immunizations
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2022-11-14. Correction verified 2022-11-04.
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Illness & medication
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Aug 26, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
Get the full file
HHSC publishes inspections, investigations and assessments from October 2017 onward, with each cited deficiency and its risk weight. Investigation narratives, complaint files and older history require a public information request. The Texas Public Information Act (Texas Government Code Chapter 552) gives anyone the right to ask. You don't have to say why.
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- Send to
- HHSC Open Records Coordinator, MC-1070 · OpenRecordsRequest@hhs.texas.gov · fax 512-424-6586 · 4601 W. Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas 78751-3146 · agency instructions
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If something is happening now, report a concern to HHSC Child Care Regulation. For suspected abuse, contact your county child protective services or law enforcement.
Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation datasets on data.texas.gov. Last read Oct 1, 2026. Violation text is HHSC's own wording. The categories are ours, added to help you scan. About this data.