Joyful Cuddles Academy
Licensed Center in Midland, Texas. License #1815324, issued December 18, 2025.
- Address
- 1106 Johnston St, Midland, TX 79701
- Phone
- (432) 599-3959
- Licensed capacity
- 101 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- joyfulcuddlesacademy.com
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Meals Provided, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Part Time Care.
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 2-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since October 21, 2026. From the state's provider report of October 21, 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 3,932 standards at Joyful Cuddles Academy between May 12, 2025 and June 11, 2026 and recorded 5 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 | 2 | 248 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 332 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 475 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 108 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 270 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Naptime | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Field trips | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Get well care | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 135 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 452 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 312 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 300 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 90 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 201 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 147 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,926 of those standards. The remaining 6, including 1 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 6 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on June 11, 2026, and 5 citations.
- 3High
- 2Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 5. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High May 29, 2026 Correction verified June 11, 2026
746.3701(9): Safety - Bodies of Water Inaccessible to Children
A mop bucket with standing water was out on the playground while children played outside.
- High May 29, 2026 Correction verified June 11, 2026
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The fire inspection expired 5/2/26.
- Medium May 29, 2026 Correction verified June 11, 2026
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
An infant not yet on table food does not have current feeding instructions. The form expired 5/27/26.
- High May 29, 2026 Correction verified June 11, 2026
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
Caregivers left a child outside on the playground with another group during transition back inside. This was corrected at inspection when the child was placed back in the classroom.
- Medium September 10, 2025 Correction verified September 11, 2025
746.503: Provide Parents With Copy of Policies
Upon reviewing children's records, 1 out of 10 records reviewed did not have acknowledgment from parent that they received a copy of the operational policies.
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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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