Delaware records · Sussex County · Lincoln
HAPPYLAND CHILDCARE SITE #1
Licensed Large Family Child Care · Lincoln, Delaware
Records presented as of November 5, 2026The operation, as the state lists it
- License number
- 1494009
- Operation type
- Licensed Large Family Child Care
- Address
- 18073 JOHNSON ROAD, Lincoln, DE 19960
- Licensed capacity
- 12
- Ages served, as listed
- 1 year through 12 years.
- Hours, as listed
- 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM
- State programs listed
- Child Care Food Program;Purchase of Care
The record in numbers
| Compliance visits | 6 |
| Complaint investigations | 1 |
| Citations recorded | 18 |
| Citations with correction completed, per the state | 18 |
| Citations with correction still pending, per the state | 0 |
| Record span | April 20, 2022 – November 6, 2025 |
How to read this record
A compliance visit is a licensing visit by an OCCL specialist. When the specialist finds a regulation has not been met, the visit record carries a citation: the regulation's code and short description, the specialist's corrective-action note describing what was found, and the correction record — the date correction was due, whether the state has marked it completed, the date it was corrected, and how. A complaint investigation begins with a complaint; its record carries the state's result and the investigator's written conclusion. Delaware does not grade citations by risk or severity, so no grade is shown — the specialist's note is the substance of the record. One visit can produce several citations. A citation the state later records as corrected stays in the history; that is what a licensing record is.
Record by year
| Year | Visits & investigations | Citations recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 7 |
Visits and investigations, newest first
4 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure health appraisals are updated every 13 months, and a blood lead screening result is on file. One child needs a blood lead result on file. Two children need an updated health appraisal on file.
Correction status: Completed · corrected November 11, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due November 28, 2025
Ensure trampolines are not accessible to the children.
Correction status: Completed · corrected November 11, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due November 28, 2025
Ensure hands are washed before eating.
Correction status: Completed · corrected November 6, 2025 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due November 6, 2025
Esure staff files are complete. One staff member needs the Health and Safety for Child Care Professionals training.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 1, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due November 28, 2025
2 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs an updated health appraisal and immunization records.
Correction status: Completed · corrected November 25, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due December 2, 2024
Ensure hazards outdoors are not accessible. The wood table needs to be repaired, replaced, or removed due to the lack of stability.
Correction status: Completed · corrected November 25, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due December 2, 2024
1 regulation cited at this visit.
A renewal application must be submitted 60 days prior to the license expiration.
Correction status: Completed · corrected November 15, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due November 29, 2024
4 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure a comprehensive background check is completed every five years. The licensee's last comprehensive background check expired June 5, 2023.
Correction status: Completed · corrected November 21, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due November 24, 2023
Ensure child files are complete. Three children need a blood test result, one child needs an updated physical.
Correction status: Completed · corrected November 21, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due November 24, 2023
Ensure a monthly feeding log and daily log are completed for one child.
Correction status: Completed · corrected November 6, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due November 24, 2023
Provide documentation that insurance is current and valid.
Correction status: Completed · corrected November 27, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due November 24, 2023
4 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure staff files are complete. Four staff need an adult abuse registry check. One staff needs CPR and first aid training. One staff needs administration of medication training or the OCCL health and safety course. One staff needs a health appraisal on OCCL's form.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 14, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due November 17, 2022
Ensure the outdoor area is free from hazards. Repair, replace, or remove the plastic tire swing that is cracked.
Correction status: Completed · corrected November 18, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due November 17, 2022
Ensure child files are complete. Seven children need a blood lead test result. Two children need days enrolled. One child needs hours attending care, a health appraisal, and immunization record.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 15, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due November 17, 2022
Ensure an annual fire marshal inspection is completed.
Correction status: Completed · corrected November 22, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due November 17, 2022
A complaint investigation. The state's result is shown above, and the investigator's conclusion follows.
OCCL received a complaint on April 12, 2022, regarding improper staff-to-child ratio, staff not documenting their attendance, improper release of a child, not following the parent handbook, feeding the children expired food, not following the posted menu, and not following diapering procedures. An investigation began on April 20, 2022, and concluded on April 26, 2022. This complaint is substantiated for improper staff-to-child ratio, staff not documenting their attendance, improper release of a child, and not following the posted menu. Ms. McPhatter was not following proper staff-to-child ratios on 11 of the 15 days OCCL reviewed. Ms. McPhatter stated Child #2 left the facility with Staff #2, and when the child s file was reviewed, Staff #2 was not on the child s emergency card as an authorized pick up. Attendance records were incomplete because Ms. McPhatter was not signed in on any records. Also, after March 21, 2022, it is unclear which staff were present, and there were days staff were not signed out. Ms. McPhatter was not following the posted menu because she was changing the menu and was not documenting the changes. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegations of not following diaper procedures, feeding the children expired food, and not following the parent handbook because Ms. McPhatter stated diapers are checked hourly and changed as needed, no expired food was observed, and Ms. McPhatter followed her handbook by giving the Reporter five days to find alternative care.
3 regulations cited at this visit.
Complete files are needed for eight children. Lead screening test results are needed for Child #1,3,5,6,7,8,9,10.
Correction status: Completed · corrected June 23, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due May 6, 2022
Ensure the hot water in the child care bathroom is below 120 degrees. Send picture to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · corrected April 21, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due April 25, 2022
Purchase a thermometer for the refrigerator. Send picture to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · corrected June 2, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due April 25, 2022
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