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MET Head Start/Early Head Start Hardin

Licensed Center in Liberty, Texas. License #1720222, issued September 29, 2021.

Address
12195 B Highway 146 N, Liberty, TX 77575
Phone
(936) 298-7500
Licensed capacity
68 children
Licensed for
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten
Hours
07:00 AM-03:00 PM
Days
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Child care subsidies
Not accepted

Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, Snacks Provided.

Openings

This program has not told us about its openings. We only publish what a program confirms itself, so there is nothing here yet. Ring them to ask.

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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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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 3,869 standards at MET Head Start/Early Head Start Hardin between February 28, 2022 and July 22, 2026 and recorded 6 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 rulesVisitsStandards checkedViolated
Scope, administration, and communication44810
Record keeping44383
Personnel22900
Ratios and group sizes42160
Activities41400
Infants43570
Toddlers3660
Pre-kindergarten2360
School-age3600
Discipline4800
Naptime3360
Field trips4440
Get well care3810
Nighttime care4520
Nutrition and food care2890
Health practices33381
Safety practices42981
Physical facilities32240
Outdoor safety21920
Pools3780
Fire safety21350
Transportation31320

The table adds up to 3,863 of those standards. The remaining 6, including 1 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.

Ask about an opening

This goes to MET Head Start/Early Head Start Hardin and nobody else. They reply to you directly: we do not sit in the middle of it, and we never pass your details on or sell them.

We email you a copy, and tell you honestly whether it reached them. Texas HHSC has no email address on file for about two programs in five, and for those the phone number above is the faster route.

Tell me about new inspections

One short message each time Texas HHSC records an inspection here, saying that it happened and linking to the record. We do not tell you what the inspector found: a finding without whether it was corrected is misleading, and that pair belongs on the page rather than split across an email.

We ask for nothing but the address, and we send a confirmation first. Your list is never shown to this program, never sold, and every message has a link to stop. An inspection is routine: programs are visited on a schedule and after a complaint, and a visit is not a finding.

State inspection record

HHSC records 8 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on July 22, 2026, and 6 citations.

222526
visitsvisits where something was found8 recorded visits since October 2017. More visits does not mean a worse program: how often the state comes depends on the license type, the program's age and whether anyone complained.
  • 2Medium High
  • 3Medium
  • 1Medium Low

Every citation below records a correction.

Citations

Showing all 6. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.

  1. Medium July 22, 2026 Correction verified August 20, 2026

    746.603(a)(3): Children's Records - Health Statement

    Five out of six children records were observed to not have the required health statements signed by a medical professional at the time of inspection.
  2. Medium High July 22, 2026 Correction verified August 20, 2026

    746.605(16): Required Admission Information - Water Activity Permission

    Six out of six children files were observed to not have the water consent completed on admission forms at the time of inspection.
  3. Medium July 22, 2026 Correction verified August 20, 2026

    746.605(10): Required Admission Information - Physician Information

    Three out six children files were observed to not have the physician information completed and available for review at the time of inspection.
  4. Medium Low January 24, 2025 Correction verified January 27, 2025

    746.303(b): Report Number of Employees

    A Review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data from January 22, 2025, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.
  5. Medium High August 20, 2024 Correction verified August 21, 2024

    746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    The outdoor playground needs the grass mowed. The Director said she could get it mowed by Friday.
  6. Medium February 28, 2022 Corrected at inspection

    746.4135(b): Children's Products- Annual Certification

    The consumer product certification expired on 1/4/2021. The Director corrected this at the time of the inspection.
Do you have a child enrolled here?

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There are no reviews on this site and we are not adding them. We publish the state's inspection record and facts families confirm, not opinions. Your address is never shown publicly; it goes to the program so they can confirm you, and nowhere else.

About this record

Every figure on this page comes from the Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation open data published at data.texas.gov, reproduced as the state recorded it. We do not grade, score or rank programs. A citation is a finding by a state inspector on a given day; it is not a judgment about a program today, and the correction status beside each one is part of the record. This page reflects data retrieved on November 8, 2026. Full methodology.

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