Abc Learning Center 1
A licensed child care center in Amarillo, Texas 79109
4333 SW 51st Ave, Amarillo, Texas 79109. (806) 355-8882.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Randall County: 2
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 12 inspections on record
- 3-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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?
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 59 child care providers in Randall County had 2.
12 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 28, 2026: outcome pending.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children, at the report to the state on Jan 12, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Jan 12, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2024. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 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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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.
Jan 12, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children
“Caregivers failed to treat a child with respect and patience when a child failed to follow directions, when asked to get off the bike.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“Based on information obtained a child was dragged to the office.”
All 19 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026 | Assessment | Outcome pending |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 19, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 23, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 1, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 6, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 9, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 8, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 12, 2024 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 14, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 4, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 12, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 22, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 29, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 1, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 23, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 23, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 20, 2020.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 200 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.
- 6 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
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: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 59 child care providers in Randall County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 2.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Jacqueline Faye Gallegos | Not given |
| Wee Care | 0 |
| Abc Learning Center 1 This child care provider | 2 |
| Marketta Lynn Flowers | Not given |
| Carey Starks | Not given |
| Happy Days Childcare and Preschool | 5 |
| Treehouse Childrens Academy | 12 |
| Storyland Preschool & Child Care Center | 3 |
| Stephen Mcneil | Not given |
| Two Little Feet | 2 |
| New Beginnings Preschool & Child Development Center | 2 |
| Camp Learn | 1 |
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
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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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