Tender Care Learning
Licensed Center in Bellville, Texas. License #1791072, issued July 2, 2025.
- Address
- 128 S Mathews St, Bellville, TX 77418
- Phone
- (979) 270-5054
- Licensed capacity
- 114 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-06:00 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, Field Trips.
Openings
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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 April 10, 2025. From the state's provider report of October 28, 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 5,058 standards at Tender Care Learning between January 23, 2024 and July 20, 2026 and recorded 24 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 | 483 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 445 | 3 |
| Personnel | 4 | 619 | 6 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 144 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 360 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 76 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 180 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 452 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 308 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 300 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 270 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 196 | 3 |
The table adds up to 5,021 of those standards. The remaining 37, including 11 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 17 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on July 20, 2026, and 24 citations.
One of those visits began with Tender Care Learning 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.
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- 8Medium High
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Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 24. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High July 20, 2026 Correction verified August 17, 2026
746.1301(a)(3)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing
Four staff have expired CPR/First aid trainings certificates.
- Medium High July 20, 2026 Correction verified August 6, 2026
746.1301(a)(8)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Water Safety training
Employees water safety trainings were not available during the inspection time.
- Medium High July 20, 2026 Correction verified August 4, 2026
746.1301(a)(1)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation
Three employees were missing orientation traininigs in files.
- Medium July 20, 2026 Correction verified August 21, 2026
746.901(6): Required Personnel Records -Training Hours
Five employees did not have completed annual trainings in their files.
- Medium July 20, 2026 Correction verified August 6, 2026
746.603(a)(3): Children's Records - Health Statement
A child was missing a health statement in the file.
- Medium July 20, 2026 Correction verified August 4, 2026
746.603(a)(4): Children's Records - Immunizations
A child was missing inmunizations records in the file.
- Medium July 20, 2026 Correction verified August 6, 2026
746.1311(b): Director Annual Training - Required 6 hours
Staff caring children with special care needs did not have specific topic of training in their files.
- Medium High July 20, 2026 Correction verified August 4, 2026
746.1301(a)(7)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation training
Director's transportation trainings was observed expired during the inspection time.
- Medium High July 20, 2026 Correction verified August 4, 2026
746.1301(a)(2)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
Three employees were missing pre-service trainings during the inspection time,
- Medium May 30, 2025 Correction verified June 16, 2025
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
The infant's feeding instructions were not updated. Documentation shows the forms were updated a month ago.
- Medium May 30, 2025 Correction verified June 16, 2025
746.2505(4)(A): Furnishings and Equipment for Toddlers - Bottles & Training Cups Labeled for Each Toddler
It was observed that the children's bottles in five classrooms were not labeled.
- Medium High April 23, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.5607(d): Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Child 12 Years and Younger Must Not Ride in Front Seat
During the inspection an eleven years old child was observed riding in the front seat of the van.
- Medium High March 25, 2025 Correction verified April 10, 2025
746.4901(a): Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing
There was no observed surfacing material in use zones around and under the rotating or moving equipment.
- Medium November 1, 2024 Correction verified November 5, 2024
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
Infant feeding plans for 9 infants were not current.
- High July 31, 2024 Correction verified August 14, 2024
746.1205(a)(2): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
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.
- High June 3, 2024 Correction verified July 31, 2024
746.3001(3): Field Trips - Written List of Children
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.
- High May 3, 2024 Correction verified May 4, 2024
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
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.
- High April 29, 2024 Correction verified June 3, 2024
746.1003(1): Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance
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.
- High April 29, 2024 Correction verified June 3, 2024
746.2805: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
Based on findings during an investigation a three-year-old was inappropriately disciplined by spanking and kicking the child.
- Medium April 29, 2024 Correction verified June 3, 2024
746.701(5): Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
An incident report was not provided to the parent of the child who was inappropriately disciplined on April 29th within 48 hours.
- High April 29, 2024 Correction verified June 3, 2024
746.307(b)(4): Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
A 3-year-old child was disciplined inappropriately. The operation notified parents 4 days after the incident occurred.
- High January 23, 2024 Correction verified January 29, 2024
746.5625(a): Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
The transportation van does not have a child safety alarm installed on it.
- High January 23, 2024 Correction verified January 23, 2024
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
A caregiver was present with a pending background check. Note: The caregiver left during the inspection.
- Medium High January 23, 2024 Correction verified January 23, 2024
746.5607(b): Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Not expired or damaged in accident
Booster seats on transportation van were expired. Note: Seats were removed from van during inspection.
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About this record
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