Trinity Lutheran Child Development Center
Licensed Center in Amarillo, Texas. License #206403, issued October 21, 1985.
- Address
- 5005 W Interstate 40, Amarillo, TX 79106
- Phone
- (806) 352-9436
- Licensed capacity
- 165 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- trinityama.org
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Field Trips.
The state records conditions on this permit . What these mean.
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
No Texas Rising Star rating
Texas Rising Star is voluntary, and a program joins it by applying. It is tied to accepting child care scholarships, so most programs that are not in it never applied rather than failed. Roughly three in five licensed programs in Texas have no rating.
This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
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 5,024 standards at Trinity Lutheran Child Development Center between December 16, 2021 and August 27, 2026 and recorded 18 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 | 476 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 437 | 1 |
| Personnel | 4 | 593 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 140 | 1 |
| Infants | 4 | 357 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 74 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Naptime | 5 | 60 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 179 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 451 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 298 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 299 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 270 | 1 |
| Transportation | 4 | 181 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,975 of those standards. The remaining 49, including 14 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.
What Trinity Lutheran Child Development Center says about itself
Trinity Lutheran Church is a confessional congregation of the LCMS. Trinity Lutheran Christian School and Trinity Lutheran Child Development Center are vital ministries providing a high quality, faith-based education to children age 6 weeks through 6th grade.
Quoted from trinityama.org, read on October 25, 2026. These are the program's own words, not ours, and we neither check nor endorse them.
Ask about an opening
This goes to Trinity Lutheran Child Development Center and nobody else. They reply to you directly: we do not sit in the middle of it, and we never pass your details on or sell them.
Tell me about new inspections
One short message each time Texas HHSC records an inspection here, saying that it happened and linking to the record. We do not tell you what the inspector found: a finding without whether it was corrected is misleading, and that pair belongs on the page rather than split across an email.
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 23 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 27, 2026, and 18 citations.
One of those visits began with Trinity Lutheran Child Development 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.
- 11High
- 4Medium High
- 3Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 18. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High August 27, 2026 Correction verified September 10, 2026
746.1315(b): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
A caregiver's file was reviewed and CPR training and First Aid training in file was expired as of 6/2026.
- High August 27, 2026 Correction verified September 10, 2026
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The last fire inspection was completed 3/3/2025 and was required to be completed annually, or by 3/3/2026.
- High August 27, 2026 Correction verified September 9, 2026
746.613(a): Required Immunizations
Two children's files reviewed did not have any immunizations in file for review.
- Medium High October 15, 2025 Correction verified October 21, 2025
746.3417(3): Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
A classroom was observed and a child did not have their hands washed after their diaper was changed.
- Medium High October 15, 2025 Correction verified November 3, 2025
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
The food allergy plan for a child in care did not have the required doctor signature.
- High May 15, 2025 Correction verified July 1, 2025
746.307(b)(4): Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
Based on evidence obtained, the operation did not notify parents immediately of a situation that placed their child at risk when their child was left outside for approximately 10-15 minutes without a caregiver present. They notified the parents approximately 3 hours after the incident occurred where they should have been notified once the child was safe.
- High May 15, 2025 Correction verified July 1, 2025
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
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, the staff were unaware of the on-going activities and lacked auditory and visual awareness of a child they were responsible for after the rest of the class was taken in from outside. The child was left alone, outside on the playground, for approximately 10-15 minutes. Additionally, the child was discovered by another church staff employee who made the operation aware that the child was missing and was outside unsupervised.
- High January 25, 2025 Correction verified February 27, 2025
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
Based on evidence obtained a caregiver was unable to see the ongoing activities of children, and a child had minor injuries due to another child.
- High January 25, 2025 Correction verified February 27, 2025
746.2401(6): Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers
An infant was observed sleeping with a bib on during an observation conducted by a DFPS investigator.
- Medium August 12, 2024 Correction verified August 26, 2024
746.2207(c)(4): Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times
A group of children were observed participating in screen time during nap/rest time during an observation conducted by a DFPS investigator.
- Medium June 26, 2024 Correction verified July 1, 2024
746.2203(a): Written Activity Plans
Three classrooms did not have activity plans available for review at inspection.
- Medium High June 26, 2024 Correction verified July 1, 2024
746.1301(a)(1)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation
Two staff did not have orientation in file as required for review.
- High June 26, 2024 Correction verified July 1, 2024
746.605(12): Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
Children's files were reviewed and there were seven children that did not have the emergency medical authorization complete in file. Three children's files were missing information for the emergency contact listed and one child was missing phone numbers for the people of release provided by the parent. Three children's files did not have the required parent signature on the child admission form.
- High May 16, 2024 Correction verified June 26, 2024
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, an individual has been frequently and regularly present with direct access to children without an eligible background check notification.
- Medium June 13, 2023 Corrected at inspection
746.4135(b): Children's Products- Annual Certification
The annual product certificate was not updated.
- High March 29, 2023 Correction verified June 13, 2023
746.1201(4): AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
DFPS investigates and determines that a staff member at the operation is found Reason to Believe for abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a child in care.
- High March 29, 2023 Correction verified June 13, 2023
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
A caregiver grabbed a child and caused bruising.
- High August 23, 2022 Correction verified September 9, 2022
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
A caregiver failed to use good judgment when she grasped a child by the upper arm when directly the child to a table and chair for re-direction that resulted in an injury that required medical treatment.
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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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