Licensed child care center · public record
Tinker Haus Early Learning Depot
New Braunfels, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
15 state inspections, last 2 years
11 deficiencies on the state’s summary
10 high or medium-high risk
August 10, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued February 7, 2024
- Capacity
- 107 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 07:00 AM-05:30 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- No
- Conditions on the permit
- No
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 1786382
Where
961 W County Line Rd
New Braunfels, TX 78130
Deficiencies by risk level
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.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| December 17, 2025 | High | 746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk State’s note: “The operation did not notify Child Care Regulation when a child was unsupervised for an unknown amount of time in the classroom. The camera was reviewed by the director when the incident occurred, and the child was seen playing in the classroom under no distress.” |
| December 17, 2025 | High | 746.307(b)(4) - Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk State’s note: “The operation did not inform a parent immediately when a child was left in the classroom for an undetermined amount of time.” |
| December 17, 2025 | Medium | 746.707 - Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent State’s note: “An incident report was not completed at the time of the incident.” |
| December 17, 2025 | High | 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 State’s note: “Two staff did not conduct a name to face while lining the children up to go outside while in the room before opening the door and when outside on the porch area to ensure all children were accounted for before going out on the playground. This resulted in a child being left inside the classroom unsupervised for an undetermined amount of time.” |
| August 19, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3317(6) - Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Use Sanitary Holders State’s note: “The 12-15 month room was observed serving food on a bare group table setting with no individual plates/bowls.” |
| August 19, 2025 | High | 746.2426(a)(1) - Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device State’s note: “A six month old was observed sleeping in a swing which is a restrictive device upon entering the room. This was corrected when the director moved the infant out of the device.” |
| August 12, 2025 | Medium High | 746.2419(6) - Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups State’s note: “During the course of the investigation, it was determined that all bottles and cups were properly labeled. However, a caregiver failed to ensure that the correct bottle was given to the right child, resulting in an infant being fed another child's mother's breastmilk. Note: This caregiver is no longer employed.” |
| February 28, 2025 | High | 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 State’s note: “Operation staff did not do a name to face count or a sweep of the playground when transitioning from outdoor play to indoors, resulting in a child being left unattended on the playground for approximately 9 minutes. The operation terminated the caregivers responsible for the incident.” |
| February 11, 2025 | Medium High | 746.2419(6) - Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups State’s note: “A few bottles were missing the first name last initial. This was corrected when the bottles were labeled.” |
| February 11, 2025 | High | 746.1205(a)(2) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for State’s note: “At the time of inspection, the caregivers in the infant room did not know how many children were in their care. She stated there were 7 in care when there was 8.” |
| July 29, 2024 | Medium High | 746.3701 - Safety - Areas Free From Hazards State’s note: “A pair of scissors was found on the diaper changing table accessible to children. This was corrected when the scissor was put away.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- August 10, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 28, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- July 7, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 24, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- May 26, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- May 13, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- January 29, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 18, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 17, 2025 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- November 19, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- October 7, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 2, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 19, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- August 12, 2025 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- July 11, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected Tinker Haus Early Learning Depot?
Texas HHSC's file lists 15 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on August 10, 2026. 5 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Tinker Haus Early Learning Depot have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 11: 6 high-risk, 4 medium-high-risk, 1 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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