Children’s Learning Center
A licensed child care center in Arlington, Texas 76015
3109 Medlin Dr, Arlington, Texas 76015. (817) 557-9477.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 16 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Tarrant County: 3
- 6 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 20 inspections on record
- Not star-rated 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?
16 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 921 child care providers in Tarrant County had 3.
20 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 29, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions, at the inspection on Oct 6, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Aug 26, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions, at the inspection on Jun 9, 2026
3 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
16 deficiencies in 10 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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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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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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Oct 6, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions
“One of the two buses does not have a working child safety alarm.”
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
“Three of the eight staff members do not have preservice of training on file.”
Aug 26, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found to be in non-compliance with The Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The operation did not report to Child Care Regulation when they became aware of concerns with supervision that may have placed children at risk on 08/25/2026.”
Jun 9, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions
“The bus child safety alarm is not in working order, the bus continues to be in the repair shop.”
May 4, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions
“The bus child safety alarm is not in working order.”
Apr 30, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Share Information with Incoming Caregivers
“Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found to be in non-compliance with The Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The director did not share with the incoming caregiver that a child was in the bathroom during the caregiver shift change.”
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Nutrition and Food Service - Drinking water available at every snack, mealtime, and during and after active play
“Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found to be in non-compliance with the Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. Water is not being provided to the preschool children during mealtimes. There was insufficient information to substantiate the allegation that water is not made available after active play.”
Apr 24, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
“Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found to be in non-compliance with The Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The director flicks a child on their ear if the child does not lay down during naptime.”
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Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
“Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found to be in non-compliance with The Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The operations playground fences required repairs. Riding toys were observed to have broken pieces, sharp chain link fence pieces protruded from the concrete right under the wooden fence. These hazards were observed to no longer be present on 05/21/2026.”
Apr 6, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions
“The bus child safety alarm is not in working order.”
Mar 27, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
“Their were two blue tricycles observed with chipped paint on the playground. They were removed during the inspection.”
Dec 9, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
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Liability Insurance Requirements - Provide Proof of Coverage Annually by Anniversary Date of Issuance
“The operation has not updated/verified liability insurance information by the annual due date. Verification was due by 10/24/2025.”
Jun 9, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - Splashing/Wading Activities
“Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found to be in non-compliance with The Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. On 06/09/2025 the operation went on a field trip to a water park where there were twenty-four children with three staff members in the wading pool areas. The youngest children on the field trip were three years olds; the operation was over ratio by six children.”
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Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Secure Each Child in Appropriate System According to Manufacturer’s Instructions
“Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found to be in non-compliance with The Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The operation transported two three-year-old children; the operation only had one forward facing child safety seat on the vehicle available for use. The operation staff did not know the weights or heights of any the fifteen children ages 4 through 7 years old that were transported; the operation could not determine if these children required more than a safety belt.”
Apr 15, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“The infant classroom was observed to be out of ratio. Their were six infants with one caregiver. The specified age group was 12 to 17 months, the classroom was out of ratio by one child. Durinig the inspection a second caregiver stepped into the classroom to bring the class into ratio/group size.”
Jan 16, 2024: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“The total number of employees who ceased working at your center in 2023 has not been reported as of 1/16/2024.”
2 deficiencies older than three years
Jul 14, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Safety - Air Conditioners, Fans, Heaters Safeguarded
“The AC unit on the smaller playground need a barrier that children can not have access to.”
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Safety - Play Materials and Equipment Safe
“It was disccused with the person director and person in charge that all of the broken bicyles need to be fix or remove them out of children’s reach.”
All 30 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 28, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 26, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 21, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 4, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 6, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 9, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| May 20, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 23, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 8, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 4, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 16, 2024 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 26, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 2, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 28, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 16, 2009.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 74 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 8 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 Oct 31, 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 star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: SUSA).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 921 child care providers in Tarrant County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 16.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Kelley Simpson | 0 |
| Ama YMCA @ Short Elementary | 11 |
| Tarrant County Kids @ Foster Elementary | 0 |
| Children’s Learning Center This child care provider | 16 |
| Merryhill School | 8 |
| Woods Chapel Baptist Early Childhood Ed | 8 |
| Saint Timothy Cumberland | 7 |
| Ridglea Hills-Westside YMCA | 0 |
| Jami Robertson | 11 |
| Gods Young Ministry (G.y.m) Childcare | 0 |
| St. Philip Preschool | 23 |
| Miller Elementary - YMCA of Arlington | 17 |
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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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