A Special Place
Licensed Center in Needville, Texas. License #842116, issued January 28, 2005.
- Address
- 9002 Union St, Needville, TX 77461
- Phone
- (979) 793-3030
- Licensed capacity
- 234 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:00 AM-06:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- aspecialplace.wixsite.com
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
The state records conditions on this permit . What these mean.
Openings
This program has not told us about its openings. We only publish what a program confirms itself, so there is nothing here yet. Ring them to ask.
Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 4-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since January 1, 2025. From the state's provider report of October 22, 2026.
Where this is
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The pin is where the US Census geocoder placed this address. About one in eight is interpolated along a street rather than resolved to a building, so treat it as the right block rather than the right doorway. How we source this.
What inspectors checked
Texas HHSC records how many individual standards it evaluated in each area of the rules, and how many it found violated. Across 22 areas it checked 3,223 standards at A Special Place between June 16, 2022 and March 31, 2026 and recorded 7 violations. Those correspond to the citations listed above that were recorded from 2021 onward; anything older than that is in the citation list but not in these counts.
The 22 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 357 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 326 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 435 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 2 | 108 | 0 |
| Activities | 2 | 72 | 0 |
| Infants | 2 | 180 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 2 | 44 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 2 | 192 | 0 |
| Pools | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 2 | 135 | 0 |
| Transportation | 2 | 83 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,198 of those standards. The remaining 25, including 7 of the violations, were recorded under the state's own catch-all heading, “Individual Standards Evaluated”, which names no area. They are reported here rather than folded into an area above, because the state did not say which area they belong to and we are not going to decide for it.
A high number of standards checked is not a compliment and a low one is not a criticism: how many apply depends on a program's size, its ages served and what the inspector was there to look at. We publish the two counts the state published and do not turn them into a score. This data begins in 2021, which is later than the inspection history above it.
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Tell me about new inspections
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State inspection record
HHSC records 9 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on March 31, 2026, and 7 citations.
- 2High
- 2Medium High
- 2Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 7. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium April 16, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.801(18): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children's Product Certification
The children's products certification form was not observed up to date. It was corrected at the inspection time.
- Medium Low January 23, 2025 Correction verified January 23, 2025
746.303(b): Report Number of Employees
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.
- Medium High April 25, 2024 Correction verified May 25, 2024
746.4907(a)(1): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
The pea gravel used as the loose fill on the front playground and afterschool playground is not 6 inches deep. The arch climber and playstructure on the afterschool playground both require the pea gravel.
- High December 19, 2023 Correction verified January 3, 2024
746.1205(a)(1): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for
4 Caregivers in Toddler 1, Toddler 2, and Schooler classrooms did not know the age of the oldest child they were responsible for.
- High December 19, 2023 Correction verified January 3, 2024
746.1205(a)(2): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
The schooler/prek class caregiver didn't knowthe correct # of children. There were 24 and I was told 23.
- Medium High December 19, 2023 Correction verified January 3, 2024
746.1601: Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
Upon arrival there were 5 infants with 1 caregiver in the Infant 1 class. The infants were 9-11 months old. Note: A second caregiver stepped in.
- Medium May 5, 2023 Correction verified May 12, 2023
746.4135(b): Children's Products- Annual Certification
The operation has not complete their children product certification since 01/03/2022.
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About this record
Every figure on this page comes from the Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation open data published at data.texas.gov, reproduced as the state recorded it. We do not grade, score or rank programs. A citation is a finding by a state inspector on a given day; it is not a judgment about a program today, and the correction status beside each one is part of the record. This page reflects data retrieved on November 7, 2026. Full methodology.
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