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Nikkies Care Club

A licensed child care home in Amarillo, Texas 79106

81 N Maryland St, Amarillo, Texas 79106. (619) 964-1960.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.

The last 24 months 14 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. 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?

14 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 50 child care providers in Potter County had 4.

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Apr 9, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Handrails on Stairs and Steps of Climbing Equipment, at the inspection on Sep 3, 2025

Rated High by Texas: AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age, at the inspection on Nov 21, 2024

Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on Aug 19, 2024

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

14 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

14 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Mar 10, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Water Temperature

    “The hot water temperature in the sinks used by children exceeded more than 120 degrees Fahrenheit.”

    Rule 747.3219. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 10, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 9, 2026.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “There were cleaning supplies, suncreens, and other items that are to be kept out of reach of children that could be accessed by children in care in the restroom. The outside deck area that is had broken fence pickets and opening that pose a hazard to children as the children can fit through the gaps.”

    Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 10, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 9, 2026.

  • Measurement of Use Zone for Swings - in Front and Rear

    “The use zone for the swings was not the required 15 feet as it was 11 feet from another play equipment.”

    Rule 747.4607(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 16, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 9, 2026.

  • Chairs - Safety Straps Used if Required by Manufacturer

    “Two children were observed sitting on high chairs and were not strapped in.”

    Rule 747.4301(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 10, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 9, 2026.

Sep 3, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Handrails on Stairs and Steps of Climbing Equipment

    “There was no handrail observed on stairs steps that require a handrail as the door that had the handrail was observed that it was broken.”

    Rule 747.4401(10). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 7, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 29, 2025.

  • Animals at Home - No Contact with Chickens, Ducks, Reptiles

    “Chickens were observed freely roaming in the play area while children were outside playing and were not in a secure area that the children would not have contact with.”

    Rule 747.3705(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 12, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 27, 2025.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Children’s Records

    “One child file was not available for review at inspection.”

    Rule 747.801(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 7, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 30, 2025.

Nov 21, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies

  • AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age

    “An infant that is younger than 12 months of age was observed sleeping in crib swaddled and with an extra blanket in the crib,”

    Rule 747.2315(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 21, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 26, 2024.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The last fire drill that was practiced and documented was July/August 2024 and it is required to be practiced and documented monthly and must be exit time of 3 minutes or less.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 21, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 26, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants

    “The operational policies did not include information to parents about safe sleep for infants.”

    Rule 747.501(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 21, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 26, 2024.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Infant Feeding Instructions

    “Infant feeding instructions were not available for review for an infant that is in care.”

    Rule 747.801(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 22, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 26, 2024.

Aug 19, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

    “Two children’s files did not have the entire information in the emergency medical authorization section completed available for review.”

    Rule 747.605(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 19, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 20, 2024.

  • Must Have at Least One 3A-40BC Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher or Fire Extinguisher Approved by Fire Marshal

    “The home did not have at least one 3A-40BC classified fire extinguisher.”

    Rule 747.5103. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 19, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 20, 2024.

  • Personnel Records

    “One staff file was not available for review upon request at inspection.”

    Rule 747.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 19, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 20, 2024.

All 8 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 9, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 10, 2026Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Sep 3, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Feb 21, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jan 17, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 26, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Nov 21, 2024Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Aug 19, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Mar 10, 2025.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 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 .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 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: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 50 child care providers in Potter County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 14.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 50 in Potter County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Trinity Lutheran Child Development Center14
Carrie Johnson16
Bright Minds Academy at Medi Park4
Amarillo College Medipark Campus Hagy Center for Young Child0
Mini Maac15
Building Minds Preschool0
Siera Martinez0
Pro 22:6 Children’s Center11
Sugar Shack17
Nikkies Care Club This child care provider14
Cherri Taylor4
Little Home Daycare3

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 Oct 24, 2026.

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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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