DeWitt County Cuero Head Start and Early Head Start
Licensed Center in Cuero, Texas. License #1660697- 11191, issued March 29, 2018.
- Address
- 312 Dunn St, Cuero, TX 77954
- Phone
- (361) 661-3846
- Licensed capacity
- 24 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:45 AM-03:15 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- exploreink.org
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, Snacks Provided.
Openings
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This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
Where this is
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What inspectors checked
Texas HHSC records how many individual standards it evaluated in each area of the rules, and how many it found violated. Across 22 areas it checked 3,739 standards at DeWitt County Cuero Head Start and Early Head Start between December 1, 2021 and June 2, 2026 and recorded 11 violations. Those correspond to the citations listed above that were recorded from 2021 onward; anything older than that is in the citation list but not in these counts.
The 22 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 358 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 331 | 2 |
| Personnel | 3 | 442 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 3 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,711 of those standards. The remaining 28, including 5 of the violations, were recorded under the state's own catch-all heading, “Individual Standards Evaluated”, which names no area. They are reported here rather than folded into an area above, because the state did not say which area they belong to and we are not going to decide for it.
A high number of standards checked is not a compliment and a low one is not a criticism: how many apply depends on a program's size, its ages served and what the inspector was there to look at. We publish the two counts the state published and do not turn them into a score. This data begins in 2021, which is later than the inspection history above it.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 16 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on June 2, 2026, and 11 citations.
One of those visits began with DeWitt County Cuero Head Start and Early Head Start reporting something to the state itself rather than HHSC finding it. We publish that because it is part of the record and the state records it separately, not because it is good or bad: a program with none may have had nothing to report. 3,674 of the 12,933 programs listed here have at least one.
- 3High
- 3Medium High
- 4Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 11. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium Low June 26, 2025 Correction verified July 10, 2025
746.901(5): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)
Four our of four personnel files evaluated lacked a pre employment affidavit on file.
- Medium June 26, 2025 Correction verified July 10, 2025
746.5205(4): Documentation of Drills
There was no documentation of drills available at the time of the inspection.
- Medium High June 26, 2025 Correction verified July 10, 2025
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
A child with a diagnosed food allergy lacked a food allergy plan on file.
- Medium May 3, 2024 Correction verified June 4, 2024
746.301(2): Notification of Change in Space
Based on information gathered and video evidence, children were playing on the porch, which is not licensed space.
- High May 3, 2024 Correction verified June 4, 2024
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
Supervision was not appropriate, which led to a child exiting the porch area and running into the road before the caregiver could get the child.
- Medium High October 17, 2023 Correction verified October 30, 2023
746.3701: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
There are two areas in the outdoor area where the lattice has an opening larger than six inches.
- Medium October 17, 2023 Correction verified October 30, 2023
745.651(2)(A): Background Check Validation ? Every 3 months each operation, other than a licensed, registered, or listed home, must validate current list
The employee list has not been validated in the past three months.
- High October 17, 2023 Correction verified October 30, 2023
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
Operation allowed a person to be present at the operation before receiving notice from the CBCU regarding the person's eligibility.
- High October 12, 2023 Correction verified November 15, 2023
746.307(b)(4): Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
Based on information gathered, all parents were not notified immediately that their child may have been placed at risk when a child brought a pocket knife to the operation.
- Medium High December 1, 2021 Correction verified December 2, 2021
746.605(6): Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
One child's record reviewed did not have the complete designated contact information on the admission form at the time of inspection.
- Medium December 1, 2021 Corrected at inspection
746.4003(a): First Aid Kit - Incomplete Kit
First Aid Kit in classroom 2 was missing the following items: Cotton Balls, Disposable Gloves, and Band aids. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection with those items being placed in the first aid kit.
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About this record
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