Delaware records · Sussex County · Seaford
LITTLE SMILES DAYCARE LLC
Licensed Large Family Child Care · Seaford, Delaware
Records presented as of November 5, 2026The operation, as the state lists it
- License number
- 1507993
- Operation type
- Licensed Large Family Child Care
- Address
- 215 HIGH ST, Seaford, DE 19973
- Licensed capacity
- 12
- Ages served, as listed
- 3 months through 10 years.
- Hours, as listed
- 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- State programs listed
- Purchase of Care
The record in numbers
| Compliance visits | 5 |
| Complaint investigations | 1 |
| Citations recorded | 16 |
| Citations with correction completed, per the state | 16 |
| Citations with correction still pending, per the state | 0 |
| Record span | January 10, 2023 – July 2, 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 9 |
Visits and investigations, newest first
2 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure child files are complete. Three children need blood lead screening results. Three children need update immunizations. Two children need updated health appraisals. One child needs parental permissions page complete.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 12, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 31, 2026
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs reference letters and health appraisal with TB.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 8, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 31, 2026
3 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure child files are complete. Four children need blood lead screening results.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 16, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due August 1, 2025
Ensure daily logs are completed daily for infants.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 21, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 22, 2025
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs four reference letters, release of employment, health appraisal with TB results, and signed orientation.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 16, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due August 1, 2025
2 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure child files are complete. Six children need updated health appraisals. Two children need updated immunizations. Three children need blood lead screening results.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 23, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due August 12, 2024
Ensure staff has 15 hours of annual training. Staff #2 needs administration of medication certificate. Staff #3 needs annual training and administration of certification.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 23, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due August 12, 2024
A complaint investigation. The state's result is shown above, and the investigator's conclusion follows.
The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on October 30, 2023, regarding inappropriate sleeping equipment, taking part in activities that distract from providing care, and staffing. An investigation was conducted on November 7, 2023. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because staff denied the allegations, children were resting on proper napping equipment at the time of the unannounced visit, staff were present and focused on the care of the children, and attendance records show the same three approved staff were present each day. Additional concerns noted according to attendance records were, on October 30, 2023, 13 children were present from 10:00 am until 3:02 pm, and on November 1, 2023, Staff #1 was alone with seven children for approximately 25 minutes in the morning before another staff arrived.
5 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure child files are complete Child #2 needs an updated health appraisal and immunizations shot records. Child #4 needs documented blood lead test results. Child #9 needs a health appraisal, immunization shot records and blood lead test results. Child #10 and Child #12 needs a health appraisal
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 17, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due August 15, 2023
Ensure trash in the play yard is inaccessible to the chldren.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 17, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 17, 2023
Ensure the first aid kit is fully stocked with the required items. There were only band-aids in the kit.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 8, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 24, 2023
Post or have readily available update menu.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 18, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 18, 2023
Staff #1 needs 15 hours of annual training to include health and safety Staff #4 needs 8 additional annual training hours.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 18, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due August 15, 2023
4 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure business license is updated and posted.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 10, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 16, 2023
Ensure parents right to know log is complete with all children enrolled.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 14, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 30, 2023
Ensure child files are complete. Child #6 and #9 need documented days they attend care. Child #5 needs date of enrollment. Child #7 needs documented hours and days they attend care. Child #1 and 6 need health appraisal, immunizations, and lead test results. Child #5 need health appraisal and lead test results. Child #7 and 8 need lead test results.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 14, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due February 3, 2023
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #2 needs updated CPR and First Aid. Staff #3 needs two references with 1 completed service letter or 4 references total, release of employment history, OCCL approved health appraisal with TB results, employee declaration, eligibility letter, adult abuse registry, drug and alcohol statement, job description, and orientation. Staff #4 needs two references with 1 completed service letter or 4 references total, OCCL approved health appraisal with TB results, employee declaration, eligibility letter, adult abuse registry, drug and alcohol statement, orientation, and required trainings.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 14, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due February 3, 2023
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