INK Port Lavaca EHS/HS
Licensed Center in Port Lavaca, Texas. License #1774180- 11191, issued May 16, 2024.
- Address
- 900 N Virginia St, Port Lavaca, TX 77979
- Phone
- (210) 216-1638
- Licensed capacity
- 40 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten
- 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, Field Trips.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
No Texas Rising Star rating
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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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The pin is where the US Census geocoder placed this address. About one in eight is interpolated along a street rather than resolved to a building, so treat it as the right block rather than the right doorway. How we source this.
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 5,586 standards at INK Port Lavaca EHS/HS between May 26, 2023 and May 12, 2026 and recorded 12 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 | 478 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 5 | 556 | 1 |
| Personnel | 4 | 617 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 144 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 360 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 5 | 110 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 76 | 0 |
| School-age | 5 | 100 | 0 |
| Discipline | 5 | 100 | 0 |
| Naptime | 5 | 60 | 0 |
| Field trips | 5 | 55 | 0 |
| Get well care | 5 | 135 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 180 | 0 |
| Health practices | 5 | 565 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 306 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 300 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 5 | 480 | 0 |
| Pools | 5 | 132 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 5 | 338 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 196 | 0 |
The table adds up to 5,556 of those standards. The remaining 30, including 9 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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Tell me about new inspections
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State inspection record
HHSC records 22 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on September 2, 2026, and 12 citations.
2 of those visits began with INK Port Lavaca EHS/HS 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.
- 4High
- 5Medium High
- 2Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 12. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High May 12, 2026 Correction verified July 16, 2026
746.2803(4)(C): Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Redirecting Behavior
Based on video footage, a caregiver did not use positive methods of redirecting children's behavior when she is seen picking up a child, bringing the child to the carpet, and making the child sit down. In addition, she is seen aggressively moving two children who were already sitting on the carpet.
- Medium High April 19, 2024 Correction verified April 26, 2024
746.1605(1): Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
Infants were observed outside together with older children. The youngest child in the group was 6 months old. The oldest child in the group was 35 months old. There is more than an 18 month difference between the youngest and oldest child.
- High April 12, 2024 Correction verified April 12, 2024
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.
- Medium High April 11, 2024 Correction verified May 21, 2024
746.1203(4): Provide care consistent with child's habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs
Based on information gathered, a child with special needs was not provided appropriate care consistent with their needs. Caregivers failed to plan to accommodate for the child's individual needs and attempted to force the child to do what typical peers were doing despite it being inconsistent with their abilities.
- High April 11, 2024 Correction verified May 21, 2024
746.1201(2): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children
Based on video evidence, a caregiver did not relate to a child with patience when she is seen physically making a child pick books up from the floor in a rough manner.
- Medium April 11, 2024 Correction verified May 21, 2024
746.2205(a)(4): Written Activity Plan - No Long Waiting Periods
Based on video surveillance, children were observed sitting at the table with no activity for a long period of time.
- High April 11, 2024 Correction verified May 21, 2024
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
Based on video evidence, three different caregivers were observed to have grabbed a child by the arm in a rough manner. One incident resulted in the child being lifted off of the ground.
- High April 11, 2024 Correction verified May 21, 2024
746.2805(5): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
Based on information gathered, a caregiver has been heard yelling at children in an inappropriate tone.
- Medium March 8, 2024 Correction verified March 19, 2024
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
Three infant feeding instructions have not been updated in the past 30 days.
- Medium High November 16, 2023 Correction verified January 8, 2024
746.1301(a)(3)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing
During the course of the DFPS investigation, it was determined that a caregiver lacked current first aid and CPR training.
- Medium Low August 28, 2023 Correction verified August 30, 2023
746.901(4): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
One out of four personnel files evaluated lacked an employee affidavit on file.
- Medium High May 26, 2023 Correction verified May 30, 2023
746.3701: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
Grass on the playground exceeded six inches in some areas.
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About this record
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