# First Friends Preschool at Tbc

First Friends Preschool at Tbc is a licensed child care program (child care center) in Amarillo, TX serving ages Pre-Kindergarten, School, with 64 licensed seats. It is regulated by TX HHSC.

## Key facts
- Status: Full Permit · Operating
- Address: 1601 W Interstate 40, Amarillo, TX 79109

- Ages: Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Capacity: 64
- License/permit: 543696
- Operator: not published
- Phone: (806) 372-8364

- Hours: 08:30 AM-02:30 PM (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
- Accepts child care subsidies: no
- Official regulator profile: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/OperationDetails?operationId=161302

## Inspection record
6 findings across 16 Texas HHSC inspections (2022-03-30 to 2026-09-29); 4 rated serious; 0 open at last record.
- 2026-03-04 — Supervision & ratios, High risk, Correction verified 2026-04-13: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: Based on the evidence obtained where supervision was not maintained according to the definition. (§746.1205(a)(4); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1205-a-4))
- 2025-04-23 — Supervision & ratios, High risk, Correction verified 2025-05-06: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a child was left unsupervised for a brief amount of time in their classroom while the rest of the class transitioned to the playground. (§746.1205(a)(4); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1205-a-4))
- 2023-04-25 — Staff qualifications & clearances, Medium risk, Correction verified 2023-05-15: Director Annual Training - Additional required topics: The personnel file for the last complete annual training year was lacking the health and safety topics listed under 746.1311(e). (§746.1311(e); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1311-e))
- 2022-08-24 — Fire safety & emergency drills, Medium-high risk, Correction verified 2022-09-12: Annual Sanitation Inspection: The health inspection has not been conducted since 6/8/2021.  The fire inspection has not been conducted since 3/23/2021. (§746.3401(a); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-3401-a))
- 2022-08-24 — Fire safety & emergency drills, Medium risk, Correction verified 2022-09-26: Documentation of Drills: Fire drills have not been documented during the months of January, February, or May 2022. Carbon monoxide and smoke detector checks were not documented January-May 2022.   A monthly building maintenance checklist has not been documented for January-May 2022.   Four lock down drills were not completed for the year 2021-2022. (§746.5205(4); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-5205-4))
- 2022-03-30 — Supervision & ratios, High risk, Correction verified 2022-04-20: Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children: A child was left in the building unsupervised for approximately two minutes. (§746.1203(4); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1203-4))

## Nearby programs
- [Texas Premier Childcare](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1338426) — 0.76 km, capacity 156
- [Mary Miles Learning Center](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-94161) — 1.15 km, capacity 100
- [Little Nest Cdc LLC](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1137033) — 1.17 km, capacity 131
- [Opportunity School](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-151665) — 1.65 km, capacity 97
- [Child Development Center](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-106172) — 1.65 km, capacity 180
- [First Steps](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-95538) — 1.66 km, capacity 100

## Sources
- tx_hhsc_operations record 161302 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://data.texas.gov/resource/bc5r-88dy.json?operation_id=161302
- us_census_geocoder record 1601 W INTERSTATE 40|AMARILLO|TX|79109 (corroborated, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/
- tx_twc_subsidy_providers record 543696 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-06): https://data.texas.gov/resource/wmur-pmzc.json?state_id=543696

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