Learning Steps Daycare & Academy LLC

608 S ABRAM RD, Mission, TX 78572 · Hidalgo County

7cited violations

4serious

6inspections & investigations

0enforcement actions

Program

Type: Licensed center
Licensed capacity: 51
Ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours: 06:30 AM-06:30 PM
Director / administrator: Irasema Lopez
Phone: (956) 271-4181
Regulated since: Apr 9, 2025
HHSC IDs: Operation 1487331 · number 1803219
Official record: HHSC Child Care Search

Violations by category

Illness & medication 1
Supervision & ratios 1
Discipline & child guidance 1
Safety & premises 1
Other 3

Year by year

Year	Violations	Serious	Main categories
2026	1	1	Other (1)
2025	2	0	Illness & medication (1), Other (1)
2024	4	3	Supervision & ratios (1), Discipline & child guidance (1), Safety & premises (1), Other (1)

Inspections, investigations & assessments

Apr 1, 2026 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Other Serious
  There is a slide structure surrounded by 1-3 in of pea gravel.
  
  HHSC 746.4907(d) — Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2026-04-22. Correction verified 2026-04-22.
HHSC inspection history
Oct 7, 2025 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Illness & medication
  One out of six children's records reviewed is missing immunization records.
  
  HHSC 746.603(a)(4) — Children's Records - Immunizations
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2025-10-21. Correction verified 2025-10-07.
HHSC inspection history
Feb 28, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Jan 14, 2025 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Other
  A caregiver's education documentation was not translated into English.
  
  HHSC 746.1111 — Education Outside of U.S.
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2025-01-27. Correction verified 2025-01-29.
HHSC inspection history
Dec 6, 2024 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Safety & premises Serious
  The loose-fill surfacing materials (rock pebbles) were not maintained at the proper depth required for a play equipment in the outdoor playground.
  
  HHSC 746.4907(d) — Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2024-12-10. Correction verified 2024-12-09.
- Supervision & ratios Serious
  The operation did not have a working carbon monoxide detector. The carbon monoxide detector was missing the batteries.
  
  HHSC 746.5531 — Child-Care Center Must be Equipped with a Working Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection System
  
  HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2024-12-09. Correction verified 2024-12-06.
HHSC inspection history
Oct 7, 2024 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Other Serious
  The mattresses to three play yards did not have sheets.
  
  HHSC 746.2411(2)(B) — Safety Requirements for Play Yards - Snug Fitting Sheets
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2024-10-11. Correction verified 2024-10-08.
- Discipline & child guidance
  The operational policies reviewed were missing the follwoing information; Methods for increasing employee and parent awareness of issues regarding child abuse and neglect, including warning signs that a child may be a victim of abuse or neglect and factors indicating a child is at risk for abuse or neglect; and Methods for increasing employee and parent awareness of prevention techniques for child abuse and neglect;
  
  HHSC 746.501(a)(26) — Written Operational Policies - Preventing and Responding to Abuse and Neglect
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2024-10-11. Correction verified 2024-10-08.
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 Learning Steps Daycare & Academy LLC, 608 S ABRAM RD, Mission, TX 78572 (operation ID 1487331, operation number 1803219), 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, via 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.