INK/Karnes City
Licensed Center in Karnes City, Texas. License #1704410, issued December 9, 2020.
- Address
- 1025 E Main Ave, Karnes City, TX 78118
- Phone
- (830) 428-3544
- Licensed capacity
- 36 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten
- Hours
- 07:45 AM-03:45 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, Snacks Provided.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
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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 4,414 standards at INK/Karnes City between December 14, 2021 and October 19, 2026 and recorded 8 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 | 4 | 487 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 5 | 542 | 1 |
| Personnel | 5 | 725 | 1 |
| 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 | 4 | 48 | 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 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 1 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 2 |
| Transportation | 4 | 181 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,395 of those standards. The remaining 19, including 2 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 17 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 19, 2026, and 8 citations.
3 of those visits began with INK/Karnes City 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.
- 4Medium High
- 3Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 8. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium September 3, 2026 Correction verified October 19, 2026
746.2907(a): Alternate Activity for Non-sleeping Children
Based on information gathered, it was determined that a child who did not want to nap was not provided a quiet activity as an alternative to napping.
- Medium High September 11, 2025 Correction verified September 23, 2025
746.4305: Fenced Outdoor Activity Space
There was approximately a ten inch hole between the bottom of the picket fence and ground on the older toddler playground.
- Medium Low September 17, 2024 Correction verified October 4, 2024
746.1309(g): Documented Annual Training-Self-Instructional 80%
3 out of 10 employees have 100% of their annual training required as self instructed.
- Medium September 17, 2024 Correction verified October 4, 2024
746.901: Required Personnel Records
6 out of the 10 staff members did not have their hire date, diploma, sign policies, and orientation information for review at the time of inspection.
- Medium High November 6, 2023 Correction verified November 10, 2023
746.5101(b): Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
The last fire inspection was conducted on 02/01/2022.
- Medium High November 30, 2022 Corrected at inspection
746.3301(f): Nutrition and Food Service - Drinking Water Available and Served
There was no drinking water available for children in the outdoor play area. This was corrected at inspection when water was served to the children.
- Medium December 14, 2021 Correction verified December 17, 2021
746.501(a)(18): Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity
The operational policies did not contain the indoor/outdoor policy.
- Medium High December 14, 2021 Corrected at inspection
746.5207(a)(4): Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Designated Location Inside
The designated location inside the building was not labeled on the emergency evacuation and relocation diagram. Note: This was corrected at inspection as the designated location was labeled on the diagram during inspection.
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About this record
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