Licensed child care center · public record
Blest Beginnings
Abilene, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
4 state inspections, last 2 years
7 deficiencies on the state’s summary
6 high or medium-high risk
October 21, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued January 28, 2014
- Capacity
- 83 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu · 08:15 AM-02:30 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- No
- Conditions on the permit
- No
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 1520981
Where
2500 S 27th St
Abilene, TX 79605
Deficiencies by risk level
The state’s own summary counts for this operation, as published in the HHSC operations file.
Citations on the record
Each standard the state found not met, newest first, with its risk level and when it was corrected.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| October 6, 2026 | High | 746.2426(a)(2) - Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device - Remove the infant from the device and place the infant in a crib as soon as possible State’s note: “Two infants were observed sleeping in bouncers. Staff moved the infants into cribs bringing the operation into compliance.” |
| October 6, 2026 | Medium High | 746.1301(a)(3)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing State’s note: “A caregiver who has had unsupervised access to children in care did not have first aid training.” |
| April 17, 2023 | Medium | 746.2203(b) - Written Activity Plans - Plan Followed by Caregiver State’s note: “It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that the activity plan was not followed by former caregivers.” |
| April 17, 2023 | High | 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control State’s note: “It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that former caregivers failed to utilize good judgment with children in care.” |
| April 17, 2023 | High | 746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity State’s note: “It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that young children in care were not properly supervised.” |
| April 17, 2023 | High | 746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk State’s note: “It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that two young children in care were unsupervised by the caregivers on two separate occasions. Neither incident was reported to Child Care Regulation by the former caregivers or any operational staff.” |
| April 17, 2023 | Medium High | 746.3415(4) - Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child State’s note: “It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that gloves were not discarded after use and handwashing did not occur after each diaper change with the caregivers and children in care.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- October 21, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- October 6, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- November 19, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 18, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 10, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- February 29, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- May 16, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 24, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 19, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 17, 2023 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- September 7, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected Blest Beginnings?
Texas HHSC's file lists 4 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on October 21, 2026. 1 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Blest Beginnings have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 7: 4 high-risk, 2 medium-high-risk, 1 medium-risk. Each one is listed below with its date and whether it was corrected.
Is this a rating?
No. This page shows the State of Texas's own public records, summarized. It is not a rating, a review or our opinion. Ask the operation or HHSC about anything here.
About this record. Public record from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation: the operations file, the inspections file and the non-compliance file on data.texas.gov, read daily. We summarize the state’s counts and quote its words; we don’t rate, rank or review anyone. For the official record or a complaint, go to HHSC Child Care Regulation. Is this your operation, and is something wrong? Tell us.
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