LaTarus Loving Day Home
Licensed Child-Care Home in Mesquite, Texas. License #1742428, issued December 8, 2022.
- Address
- 2721 Crooked Crk, Mesquite, TX 75181
- Phone
- (469) 665-0070
- Licensed capacity
- 12 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 05:00 AM-05:00 AM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Drop-In Care, Transportation to/from School, Weekend Care, Field Trips, Night Care.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 3-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since October 20, 2025. From the state's provider report of July 22, 2026.
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 21 areas it checked 4,033 standards at LaTarus Loving Day Home between May 26, 2022 and November 17, 2025 and recorded 3 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 21 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 4 | 373 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 364 | 0 |
| Personnel | 4 | 519 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 124 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 124 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 305 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 72 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 68 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 76 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 64 | 0 |
| Nutrition | 4 | 174 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 438 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 290 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 164 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety and equipment | 4 | 276 | 0 |
| Swimming pools | 4 | 98 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 208 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 118 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,027 of those standards. The remaining 6, 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 11 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on November 17, 2025, and 3 citations.
- 1High
- 2Medium High
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 3. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High October 25, 2022 Correction verified October 31, 2022
747.3501: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
The latch on the back gate was broken causing the gate door to be easily opened.
- High October 25, 2022 Correction verified November 28, 2022
747.3503(d): No Smoking or Use of Tobacco Including E-Cigarettes or Vaporizers
It was determined that a household member was smoking in the home during the hours of operation.
- Medium High September 15, 2022 Correction verified September 27, 2022
747.1303(4)(A): Training Requirements for Caregivers Licensed -24 hours Annual Training
One assistant caregiver had 18 out of the required 24 hours.
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About this record
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