Rancho Del Cielo Head Start

3 OLD EBONY ST, Brownsville, TX 78520 · Cameron County

3cited violations

0serious

6inspections & investigations

0enforcement actions

Program

Type: Licensed center
Licensed capacity: 70
Ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours: 07:30 AM-03:30 PM
Director / administrator: Faviola Fernandez
Phone: (956) 350-8889
Regulated since: Feb 25, 2003
HHSC IDs: Operation 211609 · number 820203- 4070
Official record: HHSC Child Care Search

Violations by category

Supervision & ratios 1
Staff background & training 1
Records & paperwork 1

Year by year

Year	Violations	Serious	Main categories
2024	1	0	Supervision & ratios (1)
2022	2	0	Staff background & training (1), Records & paperwork (1)

Inspections, investigations & assessments

Mar 23, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Apr 4, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
May 1, 2024 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Supervision & ratios
  Observed one classroom removed without the operation providing notification to licensing. NOTE: CORRECTED AT INSPECTION as notification was provided along with updated floor plan.
  
  HHSC 746.301(2) — Notification of Change in Space
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected at inspection. Corrected 2024-05-01.
HHSC inspection history
May 24, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
May 16, 2023 Report · No deficiencies cited (self-report)

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Aug 29, 2022 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Staff background & training
  Employee no longer employed has not been inactivated. Last day of employment was 8/5/2022. NOTE: CORRECTED AT INSPECTION as employee was inactivated at the time of inspection.
  
  HHSC 745.651(1) — Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected at inspection. Corrected 2022-08-29.
- Records & paperwork
  Controlling person list is not being kept current. Previous director no longer present at this center has not been removed as a controlling person.
  
  HHSC 746.305(a)(7) — Report Change in Controlling Person
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2022-08-29. Correction verified 2022-08-30.
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 Rancho del Cielo Head Start, 3 OLD EBONY ST, Brownsville, TX 78520-9481 (operation ID 211609, operation number 820203- 4070), 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]

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.