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Licensed child care center · public record

Sunshine Headstart Center

Copperas Cove, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.

3 state inspections, last 2 years
5 deficiencies on the state’s summary
2 high or medium-high risk
May 12, 2026 most recent inspection

The operation

Type
Licensed child care center
State permit
Full Permit, issued September 14, 1994
Capacity
34 children
Ages served
Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 07:45 AM-03:00 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
506487

Where

1105 Leonhard St
Copperas Cove, TX 76522

Deficiencies by risk level

  • High 1
  • Medium-high 1
  • Medium 3
  • Medium-low 0
  • Low 0

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.

InspectionRiskStandardCorrected
May 13, 2025Medium High746.5101(b) - Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
State’s note: “The annual fire inspection was not conducted at the operation. The last fire inspection was conducted on 05/07/2024.”
May 27, 2025
May 19, 2022Medium746.4135(b) - Children's Products- Annual Certification
State’s note: “The CPSC form had not been certified for the current year.”
July 1, 2022
May 19, 2022Medium746.1309(e) - Documented Annual Training- Required Content
State’s note: “Out of four staff records reviewed, four records were missing additional training content.”
September 23, 2022
May 19, 2022High746.5101(a) - Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
State’s note: “The operation did not have a current fire inspection.”
July 1, 2022
May 19, 2022Medium746.1311(e) - Director Annual Training - Additional required topics
State’s note: “The Director was missing four of the required six additional training topics.”
September 23, 2022

Recent inspections and visits

How many times has the state inspected Sunshine Headstart Center?

Texas HHSC's file lists 3 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on May 12, 2026. 1 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.

Does Sunshine Headstart Center have deficiencies on its record?

The state's summary for this operation lists 5: 1 high-risk, 1 medium-high-risk, 3 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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