Avance-sa Ehs @ Mirasol Center

611 SW 28TH ST, San Antonio, TX 78237 · Bexar County

5cited violations

2serious

7inspections & investigations

0enforcement actions

Program

Type: Licensed center
Licensed capacity: 97
Ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten
Hours: 08:00 AM-04:00 PM
Director / administrator: Karen Medina
Phone: (210) 432-5502
Regulated since: Nov 1, 2010
HHSC IDs: Operation 654608 · number 1141386
Official record: HHSC Child Care Search

Violations by category

Supervision & ratios 1
Safety & premises 1
Staff background & training 2
Other 1

Year by year

Year	Violations	Serious	Main categories
2024	2	0	Supervision & ratios (1), Safety & premises (1)
2022	3	2	Staff background & training (2), Other (1)

Inspections, investigations & assessments

Oct 2, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Oct 8, 2024 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Safety & premises
  No documentation was noted for the carbon monoxide or the smoke detector inspections.
  
  HHSC 746.5537(a)(2) — Electronic or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Check All Detectors Monthly
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2024-10-08. Correction verified 2024-10-15.
HHSC inspection history
Jan 19, 2024 Assessment · Deficiencies cited
- Supervision & ratios
  The operation did not report the number of employees who ceased employment in 2023 by the required date 1.15.24
  
  HHSC 746.303(b) — Report Number of Employees
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium Low. Corrected 2024-01-21. Correction verified 2024-01-23.
HHSC inspection history
Nov 8, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Dec 6, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Nov 28, 2022 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Staff background & training Serious
  An employee was present in a classroom without a background check conducted for operation. This was corrected at inspection when the employee was sent home and advised to return only if/when a cleared response is received.
  
  HHSC 745.641 — AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
  
  HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2022-11-28. Correction verified 2022-12-06.
- Other Serious
  The director is not listed as a controlling person.
  
  HHSC 745.903(2) — Controlling Person - Submit Controlling Person Form to Licensing within two days after a person becomes a controlling person. See TAC 745.901
  
  HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2022-11-28. Correction verified 2022-12-06.
HHSC inspection history
Jan 6, 2022 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Staff background & training
  Director's CPR/First Aid expired March 2021 and has been renewed.
  
  HHSC 746.1315(a) — Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2022-01-06. Correction verified 2022-01-20.
HHSC inspection history

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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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Letter text

Dear Open Records Coordinator,

Under the Texas Public Information Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 552, I request copies of the following Child Care Regulation records for Avance-SA EHS @ Mirasol Center, 611 SW 28TH ST, San Antonio, TX 78237-2164 (operation ID 654608, operation number 1141386), for January 1, 2019 to the present:

1. Every inspection, assessment and investigation report, including the deficiencies cited and the operation's corrective actions.
2. Every complaint and self-report intake and its finding.
3. Every corrective or adverse action (evaluation, probation, suspension, revocation, denial, administrative penalty) with related correspondence.
4. Every plan of action or correction the operation submitted, and HHSC's response.

I understand that information made confidential by law (for example the identities of children, families and reporters) may be redacted; please release the remainder. Please provide the records electronically by email. If the cost will exceed $40, please send me an itemized estimate first.

Thank you,

[Your name]
[Email] · [Phone]

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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.