# Utpb Child Care Center

Utpb Child Care Center is a licensed child care program (child care center) in Odessa, TX serving ages Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School, with 34 licensed seats. It is regulated by TX HHSC.

## Key facts
- Status: Full Permit · Operating
- Address: 4901 E University Blvd, Odessa, TX 79762

- Ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Capacity: 34
- License/permit: 1171346
- Operator: not published
- Phone: (432) 552-2737
- Website: www.utpb.edu
- Hours: 07:30 AM-06:00 PM (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
- Accepts child care subsidies: no
- Official regulator profile: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/OperationDetails?operationId=693269

## Inspection record
5 findings across 11 Texas HHSC inspections (2021-12-13 to 2026-01-29); 4 rated serious; 0 open at last record.
- 2024-12-17 — Supervision & ratios, High risk, Correction verified 2025-01-09: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months: Operation does not have a current fire inspection report available for review.  Last Fire Inspection was done on 2/13/2023. (§746.5101(a); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-5101-a))
- 2024-04-16 — Staff qualifications & clearances, High risk, Correction verified 2024-05-14: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control: A caregiver did not utilize good judgment in how she handled a child which resulted in her scratching the child with her nail. (§746.1201(1); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1201-1))
- 2024-01-17 — Supervision & ratios, Medium-low risk, Correction verified 2024-01-18: Report Number of Employees: Operation did not report the number of employees that left in 2023. (§746.303(b); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-303-b))
- 2023-03-02 — Staff qualifications & clearances, Medium-high risk, Correction verified 2023-03-16: Training Requirements for Employees and Caregivers -  24 Annual Training: Three caregivers did not have the required 24 hours of annual training available for review. (§746.1301(5)(A); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1301-5-a))
- 2021-12-13 — Supervision & ratios, Medium-high risk, Correction verified 2021-12-16: Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness: Operation did not report a Rubella Positive case within 48 hours after been notified. (§746.305(a)(4); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-305-a-4))

## Nearby programs
- [Odessa Y Learning Center](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1384834) — 1.54 km, capacity 170
- [Right at School at Lyndon B. Johnson Elem](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1527320) — 1.61 km, capacity 50
- [Camp Fire Kids Care Gonzales](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-537028) — 2.02 km, capacity 120
- [Montessori School of Odessa](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1261335) — 2.57 km, capacity 51
- [Amazing Grace Early Learning Center](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1302991) — 2.61 km, capacity 209
- [Grace Kids Early Academy](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1334672) — 2.66 km, capacity 222

## Sources
- tx_hhsc_operations record 693269 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://data.texas.gov/resource/bc5r-88dy.json?operation_id=693269
- us_census_geocoder record 4901 E UNIVERSITY BLVD|ODESSA|TX|79762 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/
- tx_twc_subsidy_providers record 1171346 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-06): https://data.texas.gov/resource/wmur-pmzc.json?state_id=1171346

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Source page: https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-693269 · Kinfield — Childcare Intelligence. Facts come from public regulator records; historical inspection data is labelled. Missing data never means no issue exists.