South Texas Children's Home
9243 F M 2617, PETTUS, TX 78146
License #6005 | Expires: Dec 6, 1985
Compliance Summary
Inspection History
| Date | Type | Result | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 2026 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Feb 11, 2026 | OTHER | Violations Found | 1 |
| Oct 6, 2025 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Annual Inspection | Violations Found | 2 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Aug 25, 2025 | OTHER | Compliant | 0 |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Annual Inspection | Violations Found | 2 |
| May 30, 2025 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Dec 4, 2024 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Oct 23, 2024 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Oct 18, 2024 | OTHER | Compliant | 0 |
| Oct 1, 2024 | Annual Inspection | Violations Found | 2 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | OTHER | Violations Found | 1 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | OTHER | Violations Found | 2 |
| Sep 18, 2024 | OTHER | Compliant | 0 |
| Sep 4, 2024 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Aug 13, 2024 | OTHER | Compliant | 0 |
| Jul 30, 2024 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Jul 18, 2024 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Jul 1, 2024 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Jun 21, 2024 | OTHER | Violations Found | 2 |
| Jun 13, 2024 | OTHER | Violations Found | 1 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | OTHER | Violations Found | 1 |
| May 8, 2024 | OTHER | Compliant | 0 |
| Mar 16, 2024 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Jan 30, 2024 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Jul 6, 2023 | OTHER | Violations Found | 1 |
| May 25, 2023 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| May 24, 2023 | OTHER | Violations Found | 1 |
| Feb 24, 2023 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Aug 25, 2022 | OTHER | Compliant | 0 |
| Aug 2, 2022 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Jun 27, 2022 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Jun 15, 2022 | OTHER | Violations Found | 1 |
| Oct 5, 2021 | Annual Inspection | Violations Found | 1 |
| Sep 22, 2021 | OTHER | Compliant | 0 |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Apr 15, 2021 | OTHER | Compliant | 0 |
| Mar 8, 2021 | OTHER | Compliant | 0 |
Violation Details
The operation did not submit 4th Quarter 2025, EBI report to licensing.
Corrected: Feb 18, 2026
There were expired driver licenses in 4 or 6 employee files reviewed.
Corrected: Sep 10, 2025
Two first aid kits were inspected and found to be missing thermometers.
Corrected: Sep 17, 2025
Five preliminary service plans have been reviewed. The plans do not address supervision.
Corrected: Jul 18, 2025
The operation was not able to provide records to show that a fire or emergency relocation drills have been conducted for calendar 2025 for two cottages.
Corrected: Jul 18, 2025
There was a hole on the side of the wall of Hoipe Cottage that required maintenance.
Corrected: Oct 4, 2024
Two smoke alarms were not porperly maintained in 2 seperated cottages.
Corrected: Oct 4, 2024
A staff member made a comment of hitting a child in care with a shoe.
Corrected: Nov 29, 2024
Caregivers forgot a child in care at home during an outing.
Corrected: Nov 8, 2024
Preliminary service plan did not address supervision needed for children in care.
Corrected: Nov 8, 2024
Caregivers would not provide supervision checks as needed.
A child was not moved cottages after disclosing she was being bullied by another child in care.
A staff member grabbed the arm of a child in care for redirection when the child threw the finger.
The serious incident report did not have any documentation of adults present during the incident.
The Service Plan indicated a youth involved required constant supervision. In addition, change in psychotropic medication also indicated the youth required supervision as well for any health issues.
The serious incident report did not document the names of all adults involved and their role in the relation to the child.
While reviewing the serious incident report there were two deficiencies that were noted, all names of the children involved and adults that were present were not included in the report as required.
Three charts evaluated did not contain the required information for religion.
Data is provided as-is from public government records. It may not reflect changes since the last inspection.