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Tender Care Learning

Bellville, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.

5 state inspections, last 2 years
24 deficiencies on the state’s summary
16 high or medium-high risk
July 20, 2026 most recent inspection

The operation

Type
Licensed child care center
State permit
Full Permit, issued July 2, 2025
Capacity
114 children
Ages served
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 07:00 AM-06:00 PM
Accepts child care subsidies
Yes
Conditions on the permit
No
Corrective action listed
No
Adverse action listed
No
Temporarily closed
No
State operation number
1791072

Where

128 S Mathews St
Bellville, TX 77418

Deficiencies by risk level

  • High 8
  • Medium-high 8
  • Medium 8
  • Medium-low 0
  • Low 0

The state’s own summary counts for this operation, as published in the HHSC operations file.

Citations on the record

Each standard the state found not met, newest first, with its risk level and when it was corrected.

InspectionRiskStandardCorrected
July 20, 2026Medium High746.1301(a)(8)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Water Safety training
State’s note: “Employees water safety trainings were not available during the inspection time.”
August 3, 2026
July 20, 2026Medium High746.1301(a)(3)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing
State’s note: “Four staff have expired CPR/First aid trainings certificates.”
August 14, 2026
July 20, 2026Medium746.603(a)(3) - Children's Records - Health Statement
State’s note: “A child was missing a health statement in the file.”
August 3, 2026
July 20, 2026Medium746.901(6) - Required Personnel Records -Training Hours
State’s note: “Five employees did not have completed annual trainings in their files.”
August 3, 2026
July 20, 2026Medium746.603(a)(4) - Children's Records - Immunizations
State’s note: “A child was missing inmunizations records in the file.”
August 3, 2026
July 20, 2026Medium High746.1301(a)(7)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation training
State’s note: “Director's transportation trainings was observed expired during the inspection time.”
August 3, 2026
July 20, 2026Medium High746.1301(a)(1)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation
State’s note: “Three employees were missing orientation traininigs in files.”
August 3, 2026
July 20, 2026Medium High746.1301(a)(2)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
State’s note: “Three employees were missing pre-service trainings during the inspection time,”
August 3, 2026
July 20, 2026Medium746.1311(b) - Director Annual Training - Required 6 hours
State’s note: “Staff caring children with special care needs did not have specific topic of training in their files.”
August 3, 2026
May 30, 2025Medium746.2505(4)(A) - Furnishings and Equipment for Toddlers - Bottles & Training Cups Labeled for Each Toddler
State’s note: “It was observed that the children's bottles in five classrooms were not labeled.”
June 13, 2025
May 30, 2025Medium746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
State’s note: “The infant's feeding instructions were not updated. Documentation shows the forms were updated a month ago.”
June 13, 2025
April 23, 2025Medium High746.5607(d) - Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Child 12 Years and Younger Must Not Ride in Front Seat
State’s note: “During the inspection an eleven years old child was observed riding in the front seat of the van.”
At the inspection
March 25, 2025Medium High746.4901(a) - Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing
State’s note: “There was no observed surfacing material in use zones around and under the rotating or moving equipment.”
April 10, 2025
November 1, 2024Medium746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
State’s note: “Infant feeding plans for 9 infants were not current.”
November 5, 2024
July 31, 2024High746.1205(a)(2) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
State’s note: “Three seperate classroom's caregivers did not know the number of children in each classroom. School Age said there were 16, but 15 were present. Four year olds said there were 16, but 17 were present. Two year olds said there were 10, but 11 were present.”
July 31, 2024
June 3, 2024High746.3001(3) - Field Trips - Written List of Children
State’s note: “Based on investigation findings a child was left at the location of a field trip. This child's name was not written on the list because the child arrived after the field trip began.”
July 30, 2024
May 3, 2024High745.641 - AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
State’s note: “A caregiver present in the two year old classroom did not have an eligible background check. Note: The caregiver left during inspection and the background check was submitted.”
May 3, 2024
April 29, 2024High746.1003(1) - Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance
State’s note: “Based on information obtained in the investigation there is sufficient evidence to show that a Director did not ensure compliance with the minimum standards when they engaged in prohibited punishment and did not report the incident to Child Care Regulation.”
May 28, 2024
April 29, 2024High746.307(b)(4) - Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
State’s note: “A 3-year-old child was disciplined inappropriately. The operation notified parents 4 days after the incident occurred.”
May 28, 2024
April 29, 2024Medium746.701(5) - Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
State’s note: “An incident report was not provided to the parent of the child who was inappropriately disciplined on April 29th within 48 hours.”
May 28, 2024
April 29, 2024High746.2805 - Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
State’s note: “Based on findings during an investigation a three-year-old was inappropriately disciplined by spanking and kicking the child.”
May 28, 2024
January 23, 2024High746.5625(a) - Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
State’s note: “The transportation van does not have a child safety alarm installed on it.”
January 30, 2024
January 23, 2024Medium High746.5607(b) - Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Not expired or damaged in accident
State’s note: “Booster seats on transportation van were expired. Note: Seats were removed from van during inspection.”
January 30, 2024
January 23, 2024High745.641 - AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
State’s note: “A caregiver was present with a pending background check. Note: The caregiver left during the inspection.”
January 23, 2024

Recent inspections and visits

How many times has the state inspected Tender Care Learning?

Texas HHSC's file lists 5 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on July 20, 2026. 4 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.

Does Tender Care Learning have deficiencies on its record?

The state's summary for this operation lists 24: 8 high-risk, 8 medium-high-risk, 8 medium-risk. Each one is listed below with its date and whether it was corrected.

Is this a rating?

No. This page shows the State of Texas's own public records, summarized. It is not a rating, a review or our opinion. Ask the operation or HHSC about anything here.

About this record. Public record from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation: the operations file, the inspections file and the non-compliance file on data.texas.gov, read daily. We summarize the state’s counts and quote its words; we don’t rate, rank or review anyone. For the official record or a complaint, go to HHSC Child Care Regulation. Is this your operation, and is something wrong? Tell us.

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