Tender Steps Daycare & Preschool
Licensed Center in Midland, Texas. License #1734847, issued July 28, 2022.
- Address
- 2215 N Midland Dr Ste 4a, Midland, TX 79707
- Phone
- (832) 335-7805
- Licensed capacity
- 112 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:30 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- tenderstepsdaycare.com
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Accredited, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Skill Classes, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
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 August 1, 2024. From the state's provider report of July 7, 2026.
Where this is
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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 6,784 standards at Tender Steps Daycare & Preschool between February 16, 2022 and October 29, 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 | 7 | 829 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 5 | 538 | 1 |
| Personnel | 5 | 693 | 2 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 6 | 324 | 0 |
| Activities | 6 | 200 | 0 |
| Infants | 6 | 528 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 6 | 132 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 6 | 106 | 0 |
| School-age | 5 | 100 | 0 |
| Discipline | 6 | 120 | 0 |
| Naptime | 6 | 72 | 0 |
| Field trips | 5 | 55 | 0 |
| Get well care | 5 | 135 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 5 | 65 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 5 | 223 | 0 |
| Health practices | 6 | 675 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 6 | 430 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 5 | 373 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 5 | 480 | 0 |
| Pools | 5 | 132 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 5 | 339 | 0 |
| Transportation | 5 | 215 | 0 |
The table adds up to 6,764 of those standards. The remaining 20, including 3 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 26 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 29, 2026, and 8 citations.
2 of those visits began with Tender Steps Daycare & Preschool 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.
- 3High
- 3Medium High
- 2Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 8. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium November 7, 2025 Correction verified November 20, 2025
746.1309(a): Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
3 caregivers did not have the required 24 hours of annual training.
- High November 7, 2025 Correction verified November 7, 2025
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
Operation does not have a current fire inspection. Last inspection done was 8/21/2024.
- High June 11, 2024 Correction verified June 21, 2024
746.201(11): AP Ensure total number of children both at & away from center within capacity
There were 59 children in care. Over capacity by 2. Corrected at inspection when 2 children were picked up.
- High May 9, 2023 Correction verified June 1, 2023
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
While a caregiver was changing another child's diaper and her back was turned from the other children in care, a child scratched another child several times.
- Medium High January 3, 2023 Correction verified January 13, 2023
746.1203(6): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Free of other activities
A caregiver was answering a call on her personal phone in the nap room.
- Medium High January 3, 2023 Correction verified January 13, 2023
746.613(b): Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
3 children did not have updated immunization records available for review.
- Medium High May 9, 2022 Corrected at inspection
746.3415(4): Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child
A caregiver did not wash her hands after changing a child's diaper. Corrected at inspection when the caregiver washed her hands.
- Medium March 18, 2022 Correction verified March 24, 2022
746.501(a)(18): Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity
The operation has not included the promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity in 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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