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Special Place Daycare LLC

A licensed child care center in Corpus Christi, Texas 78404

3065 S Staples St, Corpus Christi, Texas 78404. (361) 851-5053.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2025. Most serious: Medium High. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean5
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Texas’s risk levels
Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

2 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 160 child care providers in Nueces County had 2.

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 7, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2025. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

2 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each deficiency, in Texas’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 12, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “Vents, ceiling fans and window seals throughout the facility were observed with dirt and debris. The vent hood in the kitchen was also observed with dirt and debris. A fire extinguisher in the pre-k hallway was observed with dirt and debris. Peeling paint was observed on the toddler room door.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 18, 2025.

Sep 26, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation

    “1 out of the 4 care giver’s training records evaluated was missing 2 hours of training, out of the required 16 hours of training needed within their 90 days of employment.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(1)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 27, 2024.

4 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 28, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The outdoor playground was observed to have the following hazards: a red push stroller with an active spider nest and adult spiders in access to children, a hole in the ground that is 4 in. wide by 9 in. in length and 8 in. deep, that poses a fall or tripping hazard, and a broken shelf that is damaged with warped material and in access to children.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 6, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 5, 2023.

Oct 18, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children

    “One caregiver was observed to be supervising two separate classrooms during naptime. The caregiver did not have adequate supervision of the classroom with specified age 18mos-24mos.”

    Rule 746.1203(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 18, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 2, 2022.

  • Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

    “A food allergy emergency plan for a child with a diagnosed food allergy was not available at time of inspection.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 25, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 21, 2022.

Nov 9, 2021: inspection1 deficiency

  • Naptime Child/Caregiver Ratio - Caregivers Physically Present

    “During a follow up inspection, the operation still did not have enough staff in the facility during naptime. This is a re-cite.”

    Rule 746.1613(a)(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 12, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2021.

All 8 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 7, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 12, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 26, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 28, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Nov 2, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Oct 18, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Nov 15, 2021InspectionNo violation found
Nov 9, 2021Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 13, 2019.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 33 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 0 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.

Who owns it?

  • Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 160 child care providers in Nueces County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 2.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 160 in Nueces County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
My Preschool & Child Development Center-Alameda9
Corpus Christi Community Center3
Brainstorm Childcare Learning Center38
Special Place Daycare LLC This child care provider2
Micaela TrevinoNot given
After Hour Kid Power at Menger0
Madeleine PattersonNot given
Jordan Cameron McqueenNot given
Del Mar College-Morris L Lichtenstein Jr6
Bundles of Care Pre-K Center17
First Baptist School0
Acushnet Kindercare10

What the record doesn’t say

  • Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
  • Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.

Sources

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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