Texas Daycare Report: October 2026 report

188 child care permit records: 103 new operations got their first state permit (an Initial permit) and 85 moved from an Initial permit to a full permit. By type, 145 were child care centers and 43 were licensed child-care homes (counted, never named). September had 208, so that’s 20 fewer.

Separately, Texas HHSC registered 20 new child-care homes in the same window. A registered home is a small day care in someone’s own house, usually filed under the owner’s name, so we give the count only, never names or addresses. They aren’t in any other count here. Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation.

A few names from the records

New child care centers with an Initial permit, newest first (homes are never named):

• The Apple Tree Haus Daycare Center LLC, Sullivan City, child care center
• Anna Acres Preschool, Anna, child care center
• IF Montessori at Sugarland, Missouri City, child care center
• Play Co., Dumas, child care center
• Wonder Kids Academy LLC, Mcallen, child care center
• Cross Pointe Criss Care, Venus, child care center
• Tarrant County Kids @ Foster Elementary, Arlington, child care center
• The Learning Experience, Houston, child care center
• Ivy Kids of Harvest Green, Richmond, child care center
• Little Billies Early Learning, Rocksprings, child care center

Window: October 1 to October 31, 2026 (record dates). Counted from the same records and filters as the site’s map and home page on November 12, 2026; recent posts are recounted as late records arrive. A record is a signal, not a promise. How we read these records.