Tender Care Day Care

A licensed child care home in Fate, Texas 75132

105 Norma Gene, Fate, Texas 75132. (903) 413-8825.

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The short answer

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

6 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Rockwall County: 2
1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
8 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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?

6 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 58 child care providers in Rockwall County had 2.

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 21, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Jun 3, 2026

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

When those deficiencies happened

2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

2 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.

Jun 3, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment

“This standard was evaluated as part of an DFPS Investigation and found to be deficient. Prohibited Punishment occurred to children in care.”

Rule 747.2705(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 10, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 21, 2026.

Sep 4, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

Required Admission Information - Physician Information

“Three children did not have the required emergency information.”

Rule 747.605(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 26, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 18, 2025.

Nov 7, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies

Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training - Primary, Assistant, and Substitute Caregivers

“Both the primary caregiver and the assistant caregiver does not have the current training.”

Rule 747.1313(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 12, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 12, 2023.
Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training -skill based and hands on

“Both the primary caregiver and the assistant caregiver does not have the current training.”

Rule 747.1313(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 12, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 12, 2023.
Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“The operation does not have the emergency practices done for the current year.”

Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 30, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 30, 2023.
Children’s Records Accessible - to Licensing

“The youngest infant Sawyer does not have the admission records on file as the parent did not submit it yet to the operation.”

Rule 747.601(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 21, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 21, 2023.

4 deficiencies older than three years

Dec 14, 2021: inspection4 deficiencies

Training Requirements for Caregivers Licensed -24 hours Annual Training

“The assistant caregiver did not have the required 24 clock hours of training for the past year.”

Rule 747.1303(4)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 25, 2022.
Caregivers Annual Training-6 hours of required topics

The inspectors’ words, 129 words
“Neither caregiver had the training in the 6 hours on the required topics which are (1) Emergency preparedness; (2) Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, including immunizations; (3) Administering medication, if applicable, including compliance with 747.3603 of this chapter (relating to What authorization must I obtain before administering a medication to a child in my care?); (4) Preventing and responding to eme)rgencies due to food or an allergic reaction; (5) Understanding building and physical premises safety, including identification and protection from hazards that can cause bodily injury such as electrical hazards, bodies of water, and vehicular traffic; and (6) Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials including compliance with 747.3221 of this chapter (relating to Must caregivers wear gloves when handling blood or bodily fluids containing blood?).”

Rule 747.1305(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 28, 2022.
Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

“The primary caregiver did not have the required 30 clock hours of annual training.”

Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 31, 2022.
Primary Caregiver Annual Training - More Than 5 Years Experience

“You must complete at least three of the annual training hours in management techniques.”

Rule 747.1309(e)(2). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 31, 2022.

All 9 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Jul 21, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 4, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 3, 2026	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Sep 4, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Oct 30, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 14, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Nov 7, 2023	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited
Dec 8, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Dec 14, 2021	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Nov 7, 2011.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
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.
1 report 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?

Not rated in Texas Rising Star.

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

How does it compare nearby?

Among 58 child care providers in Rockwall County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 6.

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

11 of the 58 in Rockwall County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
YMCA @ Vernon Royse City	0
YMCA @ Herndon Royse City	0
Tender Care Day Care This child care provider	6
Stonebrook Learning Center	12
Rock Summer Rocks	1
Discovery School of Fbc Heath	4
Crystal Liberis	Not given
Primrose School of Rockwall	2
Giggles & Grins	4
Natascha Maxwell	Not given
Royse City Isd Childcare Center	9
Horizon Lighthouse Children’s Academy	6

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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