Vestal Early Head Start
Licensed Center in San Antonio, Texas. License #1796746, issued October 24, 2024.
- Address
- 1102 Cantrell Dr Bldg 3, San Antonio, TX 78221
- Phone
- (210) 735-9155
- Licensed capacity
- 47 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler
- Hours
- 08:00 AM-04:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- avancesa.org
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, Snacks Provided.
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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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 4,410 standards at Vestal Early Head Start between May 22, 2024 and October 28, 2026 and recorded 10 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 | 366 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 332 | 1 |
| Personnel | 3 | 465 | 3 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 108 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 270 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 57 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 180 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 452 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 308 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 300 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 270 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 196 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,384 of those standards. The remaining 26, 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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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 October 29, 2026, and 10 citations.
4 of those visits began with Vestal 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
- 4Medium High
- 2Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 10. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High September 10, 2026 Correction verified October 9, 2026
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
Based on information gathered during this investigation, a caregiver used inappropriate discipline by grabbing a child by the arm.
- High September 10, 2026 Correction verified October 9, 2026
746.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
Based on information gathered during this investigation, the operation failed to report to Child Care Regulation within 48 hours of becoming aware of an incident in which a caregiver was accused of using inappropriate discipline.
- Medium High September 10, 2026 Correction verified October 9, 2026
746.2803(4): Discipline - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance
Based on the information gathered, the caregiver did not use positive discipline methods with a child. The video confirmed that the caregiver was standing over the child in a position of authority, directly in the child?s face. She did not redirect the child?s behavior positively.
- High August 31, 2026 Correction verified September 21, 2026
746.2805(5): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
It was determined in an investigation that a caregiver was using a prohibited form of discipline when she was observed and heard yelling at children.
- Medium High August 31, 2026 Correction verified September 21, 2026
746.2803(4): Discipline - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance
It was determined in an investigation that positive methods of discipline were not used by a caregiver. In a video, children appeared to be intimidated by the caregiver, as one child covered his eyes when the caregiver entered the room and put his head down after the caregiver talked to him.
- Medium October 1, 2025 Correction verified October 15, 2025
746.1309(a): Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
The total of required 24 hours for 2024-2025 was unavailable for review for one staff.
- Medium October 1, 2025 Correction verified October 15, 2025
746.1311(a): Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required
The total required 30 hours of training for 2023-2024 was unavailable for review.
- Medium Low September 13, 2024 Correction verified September 20, 2024
746.901(4): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)
One out of the six personnel files evaluated did not have a notarized employment affidavit on file.
- Medium High September 13, 2024 Correction verified September 20, 2024
746.1315(b): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
The director did not have current certification is CPR/First Aid on file.
- Medium High May 22, 2024 Correction verified May 31, 2024
746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
The landscaping around the outdoor playground is not fully complete therefore it is not ready for use by children.
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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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