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DBS Kids LLC

4322 Justice Ave, Lubbock, TX 79407 · Lubbock County
Conditions on permitAccepts child care subsidies

DBS Kids LLC is a licensed child care center in Lubbock, TX, licensed for up to 395 children and serving infants through school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 2016. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 18 times and investigated 9 reports. Inspectors recorded 10 citations, 4 of them high-risk, most often for sleep safety (3 of 10). None of them came in the last 12 months. 10% were corrected during the inspection itself. Its last 10 inspections found no violations. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #77 of 102 centers in Lubbock and better than 55% of licensed centers statewide.

Inspection record

Better than 55%of 9,147 Texas licensed centers, comparing risk-weighted citations per inspection. About typical
Tied for #77 of 102 centers in Lubbock
4High risk
4Medium High risk
2Medium risk
0Medium Low risk
0Low risk
10 citations from 18 inspections and 10 reports since Oct 1, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Dec 5, 2025

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Dec 5, 2025 · Inspection · no citationApr 7, 2025 · Inspection · no citationDec 20, 2024 · Inspection · no citationAug 21, 2024 · Inspection · no citationJul 25, 2024 · Inspection · no citationJul 11, 2024 · Assessment · citation foundJun 28, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundMay 30, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundMay 9, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundJan 3, 2024 · Inspection · no citationSep 14, 2023 · Inspection · no citationSep 7, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationAug 28, 2023 · Inspection · no citationJul 24, 2023 · Inspection · no citationJul 20, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundJul 14, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationApr 25, 2023 · Inspection · no citationApr 3, 2023 · Inspection · citation foundJan 17, 2023 · Inspection · no citationSep 2, 2022 · Inspection · no citationAug 30, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationAug 23, 2022 · Inspection · no citationAug 19, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationJul 14, 2022 · Inspection · no citationApr 5, 2022 · Inspection · no citationApr 1, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationFeb 25, 2022 · Inspection · no citationFeb 9, 2022 · Inspection · citation found
Citation foundNo citation

What inspectors cited most

Sleep safety3
Caregiver conduct2
Records & paperwork2
Other standards1
Food & feeding1
Health & medication1

Citations, newest first

HighJul 11, 2024InspectionCaregiver conduct
Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control §746.1201(1)
Based on the evidence obtained during a DFPS investigation, a caregiver was not demonstrating self-control when they were yelling shut up in the presence of children in care.
HighJun 28, 2024Found during an investigationCaregiver conduct
Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control §746.1201(1)
Based on the evidence obtained caregivers did not use good judgement when patting a child's back hard, causing bruising and petechiae. The child expressed discomfort by crying and asking them to stop and they did not.
Correction verified Aug 21, 2024
MediumJun 28, 2024Found during an investigationSleep safety
Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Force Child to Sleep §746.2905(1)
Based on evidence found by DFPS, a child in care was forced to sleep when caregivers, at different times, put the bottom part of their legs over a child's body, to try and keep the child still to fall asleep.
Correction verified Aug 21, 2024
MediumMay 30, 2024Found during an investigationOther standards
Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two §746.2207(a)
Based on the evidence obtained during an investigation, operation staff allowed a child under the age of two to participate in screen time on 2 separate occasions.
Correction verified Jun 25, 2024
Medium HighMay 9, 2024Found during an investigationRecords & paperwork
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Share Information with Incoming Caregivers §746.1203(10)
Based on the evidence obtained during an investigation, operation staff failed to ensure that they communicated with one another prior to leaving a classroom all incidents and injuries involving a child in care resulting in parents not being notified timely of the incidents. .
Correction verified Jun 25, 2024
HighJul 20, 2023Found during an investigationSleep safety
Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device - Remove the infant from the device and place the infant in a crib as soon as possible §746.2426(a)(2)
It was found during the investigation that caregivers were allowing infants to sleep in a swing.
Correction verified Aug 28, 2023
HighApr 3, 2023InspectionSleep safety
AP Infants Sleep on Backs or Must Have Completed and Signed Sleep Exception Form for the Infant §746.2427
In the infant classroom, there was a 3 month child asleep that was placed on there tummy who is not independently able to roll on there back. CI: This was corrected at the inspection as the child was place on there back.
Corrected during the visit
Medium HighFeb 9, 2022InspectionFood & feeding
Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional §746.3819
There was no food allergy plan avaiable for review for a child with a known food allergy.
Correction verified Feb 10, 2022
Medium HighSep 8, 2021Found during an investigationRecords & paperwork
Parental Notification of Communicable Disease §746.307(d)
During the investigation, it was determined that the operation did not properly notify parents within 48 hours of receiving notification of a communicable disease within the operation.
Correction verified Feb 25, 2022
Medium HighSep 8, 2021Found during an investigationHealth & medication
Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness §746.305(a)(4)
During the investigation, it was determined that the operation did not report a notifiable communicable disease to Licensing within 48 hours of being notified.
Correction verified Jan 3, 2022

About this center

Licensed capacity395 children
Ages servedInfant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours06:00 AM-06:00 PM
DaysMon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Licensed sinceApr 29, 2016
DirectorDiana McPherson
Phone8067978890
State operation #1624702- 5231

Common questions

Does DBS Kids LLC take infants?

Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants through school-age children.

What are DBS Kids LLC’s hours?

6 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.

Does DBS Kids LLC accept child care subsidies?

Yes, according to its state licensing record.

How much does DBS Kids LLC cost?

Texas does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask DBS Kids LLC for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-day price at licensed centers in the South Plains area, which includes Lubbock, is $33.80 a day for infants, $32.80 a day for toddlers and $31.80 a day for 3-year-olds (2025 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey).

Has DBS Kids LLC had any serious violations?

Inspectors recorded 4 high-risk citations since 2021. The most recent was on Jul 11, 2024: “Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control.” Each one is listed in full above.

How does DBS Kids LLC compare with other daycares in Lubbock?

It is tied for #77 of 102 centers in Lubbock by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 55% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).

When was DBS Kids LLC last inspected?

Dec 5, 2025. No violations were found during that visit.

Licensed centers nearby

Citations are quoted from Texas HHS inspection records. Many are corrected the same day, and a citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall.

To see the official record, search operation 1624702- 5231 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.