YWCAre at Preston Smith
Licensed Center in Lubbock, Texas. License #233729- 750, issued June 21, 1988.
- Address
- 8707 Dover Ave, Lubbock, TX 79424
- Phone
- (806) 792-2723
- Licensed capacity
- 70 children
- Licensed for
- Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 03:00 PM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, After School Care, Snacks Provided.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
No Texas Rising Star rating
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This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
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 16 areas it checked 3,116 standards at YWCAre at Preston Smith between January 12, 2022 and August 25, 2026 and recorded 6 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 16 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 315 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 298 | 3 |
| Personnel | 3 | 473 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 126 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 184 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 82 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 30 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food service | 3 | 128 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 278 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 212 | 0 |
| Active play | 3 | 342 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 84 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 192 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 113 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,110 of those standards. The remaining 6, including 2 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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Tell me about new inspections
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State inspection record
HHSC records 9 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 25, 2026, and 6 citations.
- 2High
- 3Medium High
- 1Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 6. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High November 28, 2023 Correction verified November 29, 2023
744.605(6): Required Admission Information-Emergency Contact
1 out of 6 records reviewed was missing a listed Emergency Contact Person.
- Medium High August 23, 2022 Correction verified August 30, 2022
744.605(16): Required Admission Information-Food Allergy Emergency Plan
3 out of 3 children listed with doctor diagnosed food allergies did not have a Food Allergy plan on file.
- Medium High August 23, 2022 Correction verified August 29, 2022
744.1301(3)(A): Training Requirements for Employees - Pediatric First Aid
1 caregiver out of 4 records reviewed did not have First Aid certification and was left unsupervised with a group of children.
- Medium August 23, 2022 Correction verified August 26, 2022
744.901(5): Required Personnel Records- Training Hours
Annual training hours for July 2021 to July 2022 were not available for review during the inspection for the Site Director.
- High January 12, 2022 Correction verified February 9, 2022
744.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
It was found during the investigation a child was left on the playground unsupervised for approximately 30 minutes.
- High January 12, 2022 Correction verified February 9, 2022
744.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
It was found during the investigation the operation did not notify Licensing within the required timeframe.
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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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