Children First Learning Center
Licensed Center in Waco, Texas. License #524557, issued January 15, 1999.
- Address
- 2004 Barnard St, Waco, TX 76701
- Phone
- (254) 714-1889
- Licensed capacity
- 59 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-05:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, Snacks Provided.
Openings
This program has not told us about its openings. We only publish what a program confirms itself, so there is nothing here yet. Ring them to ask.
Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 3-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since January 21, 2026. From the state's provider report of March 24, 2026.
Where this is
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The pin is where the US Census geocoder placed this address. About one in eight is interpolated along a street rather than resolved to a building, so treat it as the right block rather than the right doorway. How we source this.
What inspectors checked
Texas HHSC records how many individual standards it evaluated in each area of the rules, and how many it found violated. Across 22 areas it checked 3,911 standards at Children First Learning Center between November 10, 2021 and March 11, 2026 and recorded 10 violations. Those correspond to the citations listed above that were recorded from 2021 onward; anything older than that is in the citation list but not in these counts.
The 22 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 4 | 479 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 2 | 220 | 2 |
| Personnel | 2 | 290 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 1 |
| Activities | 4 | 136 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 354 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 72 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 298 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,898 of those standards. The remaining 13, including 4 of the violations, were recorded under the state's own catch-all heading, “Individual Standards Evaluated”, which names no area. They are reported here rather than folded into an area above, because the state did not say which area they belong to and we are not going to decide for it.
A high number of standards checked is not a compliment and a low one is not a criticism: how many apply depends on a program's size, its ages served and what the inspector was there to look at. We publish the two counts the state published and do not turn them into a score. This data begins in 2021, which is later than the inspection history above it.
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Tell me about new inspections
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We ask for nothing but the address, and we send a confirmation first. Your list is never shown to this program, never sold, and every message has a link to stop. An inspection is routine: programs are visited on a schedule and after a complaint, and a visit is not a finding.
State inspection record
HHSC records 10 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on March 11, 2026, and 10 citations.
One of those visits began with Children First Learning Center reporting something to the state itself rather than HHSC finding it. We publish that because it is part of the record and the state records it separately, not because it is good or bad: a program with none may have had nothing to report. 3,674 of the 12,933 programs listed here have at least one.
- 5Medium High
- 5Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 10. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium March 11, 2026 Correction verified March 18, 2026
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
There was 1 infant in care that did not have updated infant feeding instructions on file.
- Medium High March 10, 2025 Correction verified March 17, 2025
746.305(a)(3): AP Report a Child In Care Showing Signs and Symptoms of Illness Requiring Hospitalization
It was determined the operation did not report to Child Care Regulation within the required time frame.
- Medium September 26, 2024 Correction verified October 10, 2024
746.501(a)(20): Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights
The Operational Policy was reviewed and the following sections were not observed in the handbook: Parent Rights, Infant Safe Sleep, Hearing/Vision Screening, Policy Changes, Insect Repellant/Sunscreen, Employee Vaccinations and Gang Free Zone.
- Medium High September 26, 2024 Correction verified October 7, 2024
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
There was 1 child with a documented food allergy and there was not a Food Allergy Plan on file for review.
- Medium High September 26, 2024 Correction verified October 3, 2024
746.5205(1): Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
The last documented fire drill was completed in July 2024.
- Medium High September 26, 2024 Correction verified October 10, 2024
746.1613(a)(5): Naptime Child/Caregiver Ratio - Additional Employees Required
There was not an additional person in the facility during naptime. All caregivers present were counted in ratio.
- Medium September 26, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.4003(b): First Aid Kit - Supplies Not Expired
In the first aid kit there were expired antiseptic wipes. The Director threw the wipes away during the inspection.
- Medium January 25, 2023 Correction verified February 7, 2023
746.611(b): Health Statement on File within 1 Week of Admission
There were 2 children in care that did not have a health care statement on file.
- Medium High January 25, 2023 Correction verified February 7, 2023
746.1315(b): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
There were 2 caregivers that did not have a current CPR/First Aid on file.
- Medium January 25, 2023 Correction verified February 13, 2023
746.901(2): Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements
There were 2 caregivers that did not have a high school diploma on file.
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About this record
Every figure on this page comes from the Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation open data published at data.texas.gov, reproduced as the state recorded it. We do not grade, score or rank programs. A citation is a finding by a state inspector on a given day; it is not a judgment about a program today, and the correction status beside each one is part of the record. This page reflects data retrieved on November 8, 2026. Full methodology.
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