ACTIVE POOR Compliance

Little Dreamer's Daycare Center

1008 MILL RUN RD, ATHENS, TX 75751

License #1548352 | Expires: Mar 20, 2015

Day Care Center
Type
136
Capacity
15
Inspections
34
Violations

Compliance Summary

9
Critical
9
Serious
15
Moderate
1
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Nov 4, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 18, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Jan 6, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 4, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Nov 29, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Nov 30, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Oct 12, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Jul 8, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 28, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 14, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 5
Feb 23, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 8, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jan 21, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Dec 15, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 10
Oct 21, 2021 OTHER Violations Found 6

Violation Details

Critical Corrected

While doing a walk through of the infant room, 1 child was in a restrictive device inside a crib and 2 infants under 12 months had blankets on them. This was corrected when the caregivers removed the restrictive device and the blankets from the crib while I was present.

Corrected: Sep 18, 2025

Minor Corrected

The operation did not provide training hours to review.

Corrected: Oct 17, 2025

Serious Corrected

The caregivers did not have 24 hours of annual training completed within the last 12 months.

Corrected: Dec 18, 2024

Serious Corrected

The loose fill under the swing is not maintained to 9 inches.

Corrected: Dec 18, 2024

Moderate Corrected

The operation did not have the parent's rights information in the operational policy or an acknowledgment that the parents were given the information.

Corrected: Nov 18, 2024

Serious Corrected

Two diaper changing pads were observed to have tears and could no longer be sanitized properly.

Corrected: Dec 6, 2023

Moderate Corrected

The HASA was completed and the caregivers did not have the 6 required topics for training.

Corrected: Dec 27, 2023

Serious Corrected

During inspection, one caregiver was observed not having the necessary educational requirements.

Corrected: Dec 30, 2022

Moderate Corrected

During POA inspection, 6 records were reviewed and not maintained.

Corrected: Oct 26, 2022

Moderate Corrected

During POA inspection, 6 records were reviewed. 4 records were not maintained.

Corrected: Oct 26, 2022

Moderate Corrected

During the inspection, a classroom was observed with a child's television program on that was not related to the daily activity. The caregiver stated she turns it on in the morning to start the day and wait for devotion time.

Critical Corrected

During inspection, 2 infant classrooms were observed to have infants in restrictive devices. A second walk through was conducted 30 minutes later and one class had the same 2 infants in the restrictive devices and the second class had the the same children in restrictive devices and one asleep in a restrictive device. This was corrected when the caregivers removed the infants from the devices.

Moderate Corrected

During inspection it was observed the operation did not have a staff list or licensing inspection posted.

Critical Corrected

Tiesha Carter is a designated perpetrator of neglectful supervision, case #48871715, date 12/4/21, with conditions. One condition is that Tiesha is unable to supervise children alone. On 4/14/22, Tiesha Carter was observed supervising two children alone during transition to a classroom.

Moderate Corrected

During inspection, two infant rooms were observed to have infant feeding sheets that had not been updated. This was discussed with the caregivers and the person in charge.

Serious Corrected

One infant was not strapped in in a high chair table.

Moderate Corrected

Of the 5 records reviewed all 5 staff are missing 1,5,6. The operation does not administer medication so #3 is not required.

Critical Corrected

A caregiver had access to children before a background check was conducted.

Moderate Corrected

Four records were reviewed. Child #2 and Child #4 do not show the parents received the parent handbook (operational Policies).

Serious Corrected

A swing set is on the playground and required 6 inches of loose fill material is not installed.

Serious Corrected

Four records were reviewed. Child #2 and #4 do not have full info for emergency contact.

Moderate Corrected

Four records were reviewed. Child #2 and #4 do not have a health statement or parent health statement on file.

Moderate Corrected

Five records were reviewed. Staff #1 needs one more hour in one of the required topic areas. Staff #3 needs two hours.

Moderate Corrected

Of 5 records reviewed Staff #1, #2, and #3 are missing this training.

Moderate Corrected

Of the 5 records reviewed all 5 staff are missing these required trainings.

Serious Corrected

A current gas leak inspection is not available.

Moderate Corrected

Four records were reviewed. Child # 2 and #3 need addresses for their healthcare provider.

Serious Corrected

Of 5 records reviewed, staff #1, #2, and #3 do not have this training available.

Critical Corrected

Based on a DFPS investigation, it was founded that an employee did not properly utilize the installed electronic child safety alarm. The employee exited the vehicle to turn the alarm off, instead of walking through the vehicle to turn the alarm off.

Critical Corrected

This standard was evaluated as part of a DFPS investigation and it was determined that neglectful supervision occurred.

Critical Corrected

Based on a DFPS investigation, an operation employee did not use good judgment when they exited the vehicle without following transportation protocol. As a result, a child was left unattended on the vehicle for over 20 minutes.

Moderate Corrected

An incident report was not completed for a situation that placed a child at risk.

Critical Corrected

Based on a DFPS investigation, an incident that put a child at risk occurred on 10/20/21 and the operation did not notify licensing per minimum standards.

Critical Corrected

An employee parked and the left the daycare vehicle, without ensuring that each child was accounted for.

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Data Source: texas_dfps — Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
Data is provided as-is from public government records. It may not reflect changes since the last inspection.