Dancin Dolphins Daycare

A licensed child care home in Lubbock, Texas 79404

2123 E 30th St, Lubbock, Texas 79404. (806) 401-6788.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

10 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Lubbock County: 1
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
8 inspections on record
4-Star Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 10 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: Medium High. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean5

Inspection (survey): A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation: What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Texas’s risk levels: Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
Licence status: Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity: The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

10 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 149 child care providers in Lubbock County had 1.

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 1, 2026: no violation found.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

10 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

10 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023												Dec
2024	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2025	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2026	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each deficiency, in Texas’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Apr 27, 2026: assessment1 deficiency

Records Maintained and Made Available - Pet Vaccinations

“There was one pet in the home that did not have any vet health statements or vaccines available for review when requested.”

Rule 747.801(6). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 11, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 27, 2026.

Jan 28, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

Water Temperature

“The hot water temperature in the sink used by children to wash their hands was 147.0 degrees Fahrenheit.”

Rule 747.3219. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 28, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 20, 2026.
Primary Caregiver Annual Training - Required Special Topics without specific hours

“None of the required health topics (listed on 746.1309(d)(1-6)) were observed as completed training for the annual training year of 1/25/2025 - 1/25/2026.”

Rule 747.1309(d). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 11, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 26, 2026.
Records Maintained and Made Available - Pet Vaccinations

“There was one pet in the home that did not have any vet health statements or vaccines available for review when requested.”

Rule 747.801(6). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 11, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 27, 2026.

Feb 6, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies

Sanitation of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“It was found during the inspection that there was bird feces on the majority of the play equipment outside.”

Rule 747.3203. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 6, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 12, 2025.
Animals at Center - Documentation of Vaccinations

“The operation did not have documentation on file verifying their dogs are up to date on vaccinations.”

Rule 747.3703(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 7, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 12, 2025.
Measurement of Use Zone for Slides - Greater than Six Feet No Overlap

“It was found during the inspection that the use zone in front of the plastic slides exits overlapped the use zone of the wooden play structure.”

Rule 747.4605(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 6, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 12, 2025.
Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation

“It was found during the inspection the operation did not have documenation showing they conducted a file drill for the month of January 2025.”

Rule 747.801(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 7, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 12, 2025.

Apr 18, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

Policies Comply with Rules

“The following items were missing in the Operational Policies: 747.501(6)(7)(11)(12)(13).”

Rule 747.207(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 24, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 29, 2024.
Written Activity Plan - Develop and Follow

“The operation did not have a written Activity Schedule/Plan available for review during the inspection.”

Rule 747.2102(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 24, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 29, 2024.

4 deficiencies older than three years

May 30, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

Animals at Center - Documentation of Vaccinations

“It was found during the inspection the operation did not have verification of updated vacinations for each animal in the home.”

Rule 747.3703(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 15, 2023.
Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training

“It was found during the inspection that they did not have verification of current First Aid/CPR.”

Rule 747.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 2, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 15, 2023.

Aug 3, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

Primary Caregiver Annual Training - More Than 5 Years Experience

“1 out of 1 records reviewed is missing 3 hours of management training.”

Rule 747.1309(e)(2). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 8, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 15, 2022.
Primary Caregiver Annual Training- Remaining training topics

“1 out of 1 records reviewed is missing 3 required training hours under this minimum standards.”

Rule 747.1309(f). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 8, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 15, 2022.

All 9 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Oct 1, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Apr 27, 2026	Assessment	1 deficiency cited
Feb 20, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Jan 28, 2026	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Feb 12, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Feb 6, 2025	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited
Apr 18, 2024	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
May 30, 2023	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Aug 3, 2022	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Jan 25, 2013.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 12 children.

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
0 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.

Who owns it?

Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 149 child care providers in Lubbock County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 10.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 149 in Lubbock County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Dancin Dolphins Daycare This child care provider	10
Ywcare at Harwell Elementary	0
Carver Early Learning Center	3
My Little Playhouse 2	3
Ywcare of Lubbock at Maedgen	0
Ywcare of Lubbock at Wilson	1
Shirley Yandell	0
Vicki Mceachern	0
Ywcare at Honey Elementary	0
Ywcare at Wheelock Elementary	0
Ywcare at Preston Smith	1
Ywcare at Waters Elementary	0

What the record doesn’t say

Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.

Sources

Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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