Victoria County Early Head Start
Licensed Center in Victoria, Texas. License #1760312, issued June 9, 2023.
- Address
- 1309 E Red River St, Victoria, TX 77901
- Phone
- (361) 661-3825
- Licensed capacity
- 162 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.
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 5,027 standards at Victoria County Early Head Start between December 13, 2022 and October 8, 2026 and recorded 11 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 | 475 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 437 | 0 |
| Personnel | 4 | 587 | 2 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 140 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 354 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 72 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 179 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 451 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 296 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 299 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 102 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 271 | 0 |
| Transportation | 5 | 230 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,993 of those standards. The remaining 34, including 8 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
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 22 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 8, 2026, and 11 citations.
3 of those visits began with Victoria County 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.
- 6High
- 4Medium High
- 1Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 11. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High January 9, 2026 Correction verified February 19, 2026
746.3701: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
Based on information gathered during the investigation, a mat on the playground had a large tear it in, causing a child to trip and fall.
- High July 1, 2025 Correction verified August 7, 2025
746.1205(a)(4): Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
During the course of the investigation, it was determined that a two-year-old child was left unsupervised on the playground for approximately two minutes. when the child's class returned indoors.
- High July 1, 2025 Correction verified August 7, 2025
746.2401(7): Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised
Based upon evidence collected during the course of the investigation, it was determined that an infant was left alone sleeping in a crib, unsupervised, for approximately 10 minutes when the rest of the class went outside on the playground.
- High July 1, 2025 Correction verified August 7, 2025
746.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
The operation failed to report two different incidents in which children in care were discovered to have been left unsupervised/unattended by operation staff to CCR as required.
- Medium High April 1, 2025 Correction verified April 14, 2025
746.2405(2): Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment - Crib for Each Non-walking Infant Younger Than 12 Months of Age
Three non-walking infants under the age of twelve months old were observed sleeping on a crib mattress on the floor.
- Medium High May 23, 2024 Correction verified May 30, 2024
746.1311(d): Director Annual Training - Caring for children under 24 months
The director lacked current SIDS/Shaken Baby Training.
- Medium High May 23, 2024 Correction verified May 23, 2024
746.1309(d): Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required
One out of ten personnel files evaluated lacked current SIDS/Shaken Baby training.
- High April 18, 2024 Correction verified May 23, 2024
746.1205(a)(4): Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
Based on information gathered and video evidence, a child was left unsupervised in the bathroom for approximately two minutes.
- High April 18, 2024 Correction verified May 23, 2024
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
Based on information gathered, two caregivers failed to use good judgement when they did not count children during a transition.
- High May 4, 2023 Correction verified May 11, 2023
746.2401(6): Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers
An infant was observed sleeping in the crib with a bib on.
- Medium February 7, 2023 Correction verified February 8, 2023
746.2421(a): Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional
One infant did not have written feeding instructions.
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About this record
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