First Steps Learning Center
Licensed Center in Brownsville, Texas. License #1730010, issued June 8, 2022.
- Address
- 4519 Paredes Line Rd, Brownsville, TX 78526
- Phone
- (956) 525-7245
- Licensed capacity
- 100 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-08:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School.
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 4-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since April 23, 2026. From the state's provider report of September 25, 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 5,511 standards at First Steps Learning Center between December 22, 2021 and May 6, 2026 and recorded 8 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 | 474 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 437 | 0 |
| Personnel | 4 | 571 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 132 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 351 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 70 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Naptime | 5 | 60 | 0 |
| Field trips | 5 | 55 | 0 |
| Get well care | 5 | 135 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 5 | 65 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 5 | 222 | 0 |
| Health practices | 5 | 563 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 5 | 362 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 5 | 373 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 5 | 480 | 0 |
| Pools | 5 | 126 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 5 | 339 | 1 |
| Transportation | 5 | 215 | 1 |
The table adds up to 5,494 of those standards. The remaining 17, including 6 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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State inspection record
HHSC records 18 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on May 13, 2026, and 8 citations.
- 4High
- 3Medium High
- 1Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 8. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High August 20, 2025 Correction verified October 2, 2025
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
During the investigation, it was found that a new employee was allowed to have contact with children before receiving the background check results.
- High August 20, 2025 Correction verified October 2, 2025
746.1201(2): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children
Based on information gained during the investigation, an employee at the operation told a child "You got a problem with Me? You don't like me? I don't like you either."
- Medium August 20, 2025 Correction verified October 2, 2025
746.2207(a): Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two
A caregiver in the infant room used an IPAD to play Mickey Mouse Club House for a 12 month old infant.
- High August 20, 2025 Correction verified October 3, 2025
746.2805(9): Prohibited Punishments - Withholding Active Play
Based on the information gathered during the investigation, children are not allowed to play outdoors when they misbehave.
- High August 20, 2025 Correction verified October 2, 2025
746.2805(5): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
Based on information gained during the investigation caregivers yell at children in care.
- Medium High May 17, 2022 Correction verified May 18, 2022
746.5307(b): Fire Extinguishers Serviced
Fire extinguisher in the vehicle used for transportation has not been serviced. Last serviced on 11/2020.
- Medium High May 17, 2022 Correction verified May 24, 2022
746.5603(c): Types of Vehicles Used to Transport Children - Be Maintained Safely
The double doors in the transportation vehicle do not open and are not maintained at the time of inspection.
- Medium High May 17, 2022 Corrected at inspection
746.3805(c)(4): Medication Records - Name of Employee Who Administered
Name of caregiver giving medication to the child did not have the full name of the employee. NOTE: CORRECTED AT INSPECTION as full name of employee giving medication was updated.
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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 7, 2026. Full methodology.
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