ACTIVE POOR Compliance

Stepping Stones in Development CCC

3001 CARTER AVE, WICHITA FALLS, TX 76308

License #1675342 | Expires: Nov 26, 2018

Day Care Center
Type
99
Capacity
23
Inspections
15
Violations

Compliance Summary

12
Critical
2
Serious
1
Moderate
0
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Jan 23, 2026 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 23, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jul 30, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jul 18, 2025 OTHER Violations Found 2
May 19, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 26, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jan 24, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 14, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 4
Jun 5, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Sep 19, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 24, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jul 19, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jul 11, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 1
Jul 7, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Mar 28, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 24, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 22, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 1
Aug 15, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
May 18, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 28, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 17, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Mar 13, 2022 OTHER Violations Found 2
Sep 22, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1

Violation Details

Critical Corrected

It was discovered that a caregiver with a provisionally eligible background status, was found to have been alone in a classroom with children for a period of less than two minutes although not allowed.

Corrected: Sep 15, 2025

Critical Corrected

It was determined that a caregiver pulled a child by their arm in order to get them to stand up when they were on the ground.

Corrected: Sep 15, 2025

Critical Corrected

It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS Investigation a child in care was left unsupervised outside.

Corrected: Jan 16, 2025

Serious Corrected

It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS Investigation a caregiver who was responsible for the child that was left outside, was observed to have pulled out her personal cell phone and was looking at it while the children were coming inside. It was also determined that this same caregiver would use their cell phone while supervising the children in care.

Corrected: Jan 16, 2025

Critical Corrected

It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS Investigation that a child in care was neglectfully supervised.

Corrected: Jan 16, 2025

Critical Corrected

It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS Investigation the parent wasn't notified about the incident until several hours after the incident happened.

Corrected: Jan 16, 2025

Critical Corrected

The operation does not have a current fire inspection. The last inspection was conducted on 8/16/22.

Corrected: Jun 24, 2024

Critical Corrected

Evidence gathered during this investigation show a caregiver did not use good judgment in the way she picked up a child and carried them across the room. The caregiver also did not use good judgment when handling a child after a biting incident.

Corrected: Sep 8, 2023

Serious Corrected

There are several staff at the operation that do not have current First Aid/CPR training. A staff also needed to update their transportation training and SIDS training.

Corrected: Aug 28, 2023

Critical Corrected

Evidence gathered during this investigation shows a caregiver swatted a child on the hand. The caregiver was fired after the incident.

Corrected: Mar 21, 2023

Critical Corrected

The fire inspection has expired. The fire inspection expired on 12/1/21.

Critical Corrected

Children were napping in three separate classrooms with the caregiver sitting in the foyer outside of the classrooms. The caregiver could not supervise all three classrooms at one time. This was corrected during the inspection, when the children woke up from nap and were all grouped together in one class.

Critical Corrected

Evidence gathered during this investigation shows there was an incident regarding the use of inappropriate discipline that was not reported to Licensing within the required time frame.

Critical Corrected

Evidence gathered during this investigation shows a caregiver used inappropriate discipline on a child. The investigation shows a child was hit on the bottom and put in a chair in a rough manner.

Moderate Corrected

One caregiver does not have 24 hours of training from her past training year. Two staff do not have current training in SIDS, Shaken Body, and Understanding Early Childhood Brain Development.

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Day Care Center Capacity: 108
Data Source: texas_dfps — Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
Data is provided as-is from public government records. It may not reflect changes since the last inspection.