Valley Oak Tree No.1

841 S TEXAS AVE, Mercedes, TX 78570 · Hidalgo County

2cited violations

1serious

5inspections & investigations

0enforcement actions

Program

Type: Licensed center
Licensed capacity: 57
Ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours: 07:00 AM-05:30 PM
Director / administrator: Sonia Martinez
Phone: (956) 565-6409
Regulated since: Apr 12, 1993
HHSC IDs: Operation 100054 · number 195588
Official record: HHSC Child Care Search

Violations by category

Illness & medication 1
Other 1

Year by year

Year	Violations	Serious	Main categories
2024	1	0	Other (1)
2022	1	1	Illness & medication (1)

Inspections, investigations & assessments

Nov 25, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Dec 9, 2024 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Other
  Loose fill surfacing needs to be maintained in the playground slide structure.
  
  HHSC 746.4907(d) — Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2025-01-03. Correction verified 2024-12-16.
HHSC inspection history
Jan 18, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Jan 24, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Feb 15, 2022 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Illness & medication Serious
  Out of all children's files reviewed only one had no immunizations on file. (NOTE: Corrected during inspection as the parent sent in the information.)
  
  HHSC 746.613(a) — Required Immunizations
  
  HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected at inspection. Corrected 2022-02-15.
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 Valley Oak Tree No.1, 841 S TEXAS AVE, Mercedes, TX 78570-3529 (operation ID 100054, operation number 195588), 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.