The state child care records for Amarillo include 121 operations, with 62 licensed centers and 59 home-based operations. From 2023-10-10 through 2026-10-10, records show 988 citations across all operation types. Among licensed centers, 50 had at least one citation during that window, and 12 had none. The operations are located across 14 ZIP codes in the city.
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Provider totals and citation counts include all providers, including providers omitted from listings for personal-name privacy or suppression requests.
Citations dated October 10, 2023 to October 10, 2026.
| Provider type | Providers |
|---|---|
| Licensed Centers | 62 |
| Licensed Child-Care Homes | 10 |
| Listed Family Homes | 26 |
| Registered Child-Care Homes | 23 |
| Risk weight | Citations |
|---|---|
| High | 330 |
| Medium High | 413 |
| Medium | 217 |
| Medium Low | 12 |
| Low | 16 |
| Unknown | 0 |
| Standard | Title | Citations | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 746.1205 | Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity | 44 | 19 |
| 745.8641 | Requirements during probation | 37 | 4 |
| 746.3701 | Safety - Areas Free From Hazards | 24 | 10 |
| 746.1201 | Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control | 19 | 11 |
| 746.3407 | Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment | 19 | 7 |
| 746.1601 | Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children | 16 | 10 |
| 745.641 | AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation | 12 | 10 |
| 746.2206 | Written Activity Plan - Outdoor Play Opportunities | 12 | 3 |
| 746.2805 | Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling | 12 | 9 |
| 746.3417 | Children Handwashing Before Eating | 12 | 3 |
| ZIP | Providers |
|---|---|
| 79109 | 25 |
| 79106 | 20 |
| 79110 | 20 |
| 79119 | 11 |
| 79118 | 9 |
| 79102 | 8 |
| 79103 | 6 |
| 79101 | 5 |
| 79107 | 5 |
| 79104 | 4 |
This standard covers caregiver supervision, including staying near children and being aware of their activities through sight or hearing. Selected narratives describe children left without supervision on a playground or leaving a classroom without the caregiver staying nearby.
This standard covers requirements an operation must follow while on probation. Selected narratives describe reviews of probation conditions, including mentor meetings and meeting documentation.
This standard covers keeping areas used by children free from hazards. Selected narratives describe sharp edges on playground trash, exposed metal, a broken classroom shelf, and a crack in a bathroom floor.
This standard covers employees’ and caregivers’ competence, judgment, and self-control when caring for children. Selected narratives describe a caregiver lifting a child by an arm and a caregiver pushing a table toward a child to restrict the child’s movement.
This standard covers maintenance of buildings, grounds, and equipment. Selected narratives describe broken steps and ramp boards, damaged fencing, and bird droppings on playground equipment within children’s reach.
This standard covers the number of children a caregiver may supervise in a group. Selected narratives describe classrooms where the number of children per caregiver exceeded the limit for the children’s age group.
This standard covers receiving the required background check notification before allowing a person to be present at an operation. Selected narratives describe caregivers and people doing repairs being present without an eligible background check notification.
This standard covers outdoor play opportunities in written activity plans. Selected narratives describe plans that omitted outdoor time and classrooms offering outdoor play only in the afternoon, without morning opportunities when weather permitted.
This guide's text was drafted automatically, checked against the state records by a second automated reviewer, and spot-checked by hand; all counts are computed directly from the state data. It may contain errors. The official state record is authoritative. Records reflect only deficiencies published by the state after due process. This page does not rate or rank providers.
Data as of October 10, 2026. Corrections and removal requests