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Tega Kids

A licensed child care center in Lubbock, Texas 79407

4525 Milwaukee Ave Ste 800, Lubbock, Texas 79407. (806) 866-9765.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025. Most serious: 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?

1 deficiency cited in the last three years

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

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 22, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Oct 7, 2025

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

1 deficiency by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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
Source:

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.

Source:

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

Oct 7, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “During the inspection, it was found that the most recent fire inspection report was dated 4/30/2024.”

    Rule 744.3501(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 21, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 9, 2025.

4 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 22, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know how many children responsible for

    “It was found during the inspection that two caregivers did not know how many children they were responsible for.”

    Rule 744.1205(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 22, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 29, 2023.

Mar 7, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Training Requirements for Employees - Orientation

    “The operation did not provided staff/caregivers with orientation regarding the current new location.”

    Rule 744.1301(1)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 10, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 10, 2023.

  • Documentation of Drills

    “The operation did not maintain the drill documentation as it was not made avaiable for review.”

    Rule 744.3559(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 10, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 10, 2023.

Jan 11, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Illegal Operation - Not Licensed

    “Evidence obtained during the investigation supports the allegation that the operation was providing child care services, that are subject to regulation by Child Care Regulation, without the appropriate child care permit.”

    Rule HRC42.041(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 17, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 17, 2023.

All 11 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 22, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Oct 7, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 25, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 4, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 3, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 29, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 22, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 20, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 7, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 11, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 11, 2023Report to the state1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 24, 2023.
  • Licensed for ages: Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 204 children.
Source:

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.
  • 1 report to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

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 1.
Source:

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
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Tree House Childrens Academy on 19th1
Dbs Kids LLC5
Dbs Aftercare at Westwind0
Rock Solid Athletics2
Andrea OntiverosNot given
Kaisha WeatherlyNot given
Patricia Wentzel0
Tega Kids This child care provider1
Depot Express 50
Kidz Kare6
Nickcol MartinezNot given
Bethany Harman1

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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Replies

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How to read a record

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An example nursing home

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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