BOYS & GIRLS CLUB @ SMYRNA CLAYTON

Inspection history

A violation means a licensing specialist found that a Delaware licensing rule wasn't met. The state gives the program a date to correct each one and records when it was corrected. Complaint results use the state's own terms, as published. Read the official record for details.

Visits with violations

All 5 visits with violations in the state's file (which starts November 12, 2021), newest first, with 30 violations in all. The state's file lists only visits where a rule was cited, so visits where nothing was cited are not shown. Each violation shows the state's short title for the rule, its regulation code, the date the state set for the fix and the correction status as published.

1. August 19, 2026 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 5 violations

   • Staff Attendance

     Regulation code 36U · Correct by August 19, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, August 19, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Ensure staff attendance includes exact hours worked in each classroom or area. Staff #1 in Room #1 and Staff #2 in Room #5 prefilled their departure time on the attendance records. This was discussed with staff and corrected when staff agreed to comply in the future.

   • Children's Attendance

     Regulation code 43U · Correct by August 19, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, August 19, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Ensure child attendance is recorded to include exact arrival and departure times. Room #2 had 15 children present, but 17 children were signed in. Room #4 had 15 children present, but only 14 were signed in. Room #5 had 15 children present, but only 14 were signed in. This was discussed and corrected when the attendance records were updated.

   • Indoor Space

     Regulation code 49U · Correct by September 2, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, August 25, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Ensure walls are cleanable and in good repair. Clean the carpet in Room #1. Repair the metal strip under the last bathroom stall in the boy's bathroom. Repair the broken and loose tiles in the Preschool classroom bathroom. Repair the wall under the window in Room #2. Ensure electrical outlets are covered. Several outlets in Room #1 need outlet covers.

   • Outdoor Area

     Regulation code 53U · Correct by September 2, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, August 20, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Ensure the outdoor play area is clean. Remove the trash and debris from the outdoor play area.

   • Activity Schedule

     Regulation code 76U · Correct by September 2, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, August 19, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Post a daily schedule in Room #3.

2. August 13, 2025 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 10 violations

   • Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision

     Regulation code 27U · Correct by August 13, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, August 13, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Ensure proper supervision is provided at all times. Upon arrival, this specialist observed five school-age children leave the outdoor play area, unsupervised and entered the building. The children were then seen walking to a staff member who was seated at a table inside the gym. This was discussed and corrected when staff agreed to comply in the future. Ensure proper staff-to-child ratios are maintained through the assignment of qualified staff. A staff member who is not 18 years old, and has not been fingerprinted and determined eligible was observed alone with a group of four school-age children in the gym. A second staff member who is qualified as an aide was observed taking two children to the bathroon in the gym. This was discussed and corrected when staff agreed to comply in the future.

   • Personnel Files

     Regulation code 30U · Correct by August 27, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, September 24, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Ensure staff files are complete. Two staff need CPR and first aid certification. One staff needs first aid certification. Five staff need to update their administration of medication training/certification. One staff needs a DEEDS Early Learning qualifications certificate. One staff needs a professional development plan. One staff needs to complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals. Four staff need additional references. One staff needs an eligibility letter. One staff needs an adult health appraisal with TB results. One staff needs a health appraisal. Two staff need service letters.

   • Child Files

     Regulation code 40U · Correct by August 27, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, August 15, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Ensure child files are complete. One child needs screen time permission.

   • Indoor Space

     Regulation code 49U · Correct by August 27, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, August 22, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Ensure floors, walls, and counter surfaces are cleanable.. The wall under the soap dispenser in the boys bathroom needs to be repaired. Ensure toilets are in good repair. Repair the broken toilet in the boys bathroom. Provide individual labeled storage spaces for the children in Room 109. The children's belongings were observed touching on a cart due to no other storage option. Ensure electrical outlets are covered. The power strip in Room 4 needs covers in all open outlets. Ensure trash is covered. Room 109's trash can is not covered. Discontinue the use of air fresheners. Room 4 needs to remove the can of air freshener.

   • Kitchen and Food Preparation

     Regulation code 50U · Correct by August 20, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, August 15, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Ensure food storage areas are clean. Clean the bottom shelf of the refrigerator.

   • Toilet Facilities

     Regulation code 51U · Correct by August 27, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, September 17, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Ensure all bathrooms have an operable window or ventilation fan. This specialist was unable to determine if the ventilation fans in the girls and the boys bathrooms were working properly. Ensure paper towels are available in the bathroom. The bathroom located in the preschool classroom needs paper towels. The hand-drying device was not operating. Ensure the bathrooms are clean. The boys bathroom has a strong urine odor. Clean the bathroom to eliminate the odor. A used feminine hygiene product was observed along the window sill behind the bathroom stall in the girls bathroom. Clean the bathroom and remove the feminine hygiene product. Repair the faucet on the first sink in the boys bathroom. This faucet is loose and moving.

   • Outdoor Area

     Regulation code 53U · Correct by August 27, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, September 24, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Remove the shovel from the preschool outdoor play area. Provide a cover for the trash can in the preschool outdoor play area. Ensure the gates to the preschool outdoor play area are self-closing and self-latching. The front gate has a self-latching mechanism, but does not self-close. The back gate has a push bar mechanism that is in the children's reach. This gate needs a self-closing and self-latching mechanisms, that are out of the children's reach. Replenish the mulch in all areas where the equipment and swings are designed for the children's feet to leave the ground with 9 inches of mulch.

   • Sanitation

     Regulation code 58U · Correct by August 20, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, August 14, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Ensure soap/water and sanitizer/disinfectant is available. Room 5 needs sanitaizer/disinfectant.

   • First Aid Kits

     Regulation code 65U · Correct by August 27, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, August 14, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Purchase bandage tape, eye patch, first aid guide, gloves, pen and note pad, plastic bags, roll gauze, safety pins, scissors, thermometer, triangle bandage or sling, and tweezers for the travel first aid kit in the white van.

   • Lesson Plans

     Regulation code 74U · Correct by August 27, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, August 25, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Ensure lesson plans contain daily opportunities for physical, social-emotional, language/literacy, and cognitive development activities for the preschool classroom. Ensure a monthly activity plan is posted and shows school-age children working on projects that require extended time to complete in such topics as science, math, social studies, language arts, cooking, drama, creative arts, or music for all school-age classrooms.

3. August 5, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 7 violations

   • Personnel Files

     Regulation code 30T · Correct by August 31, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, September 24, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Ensure staff files are complete. Six staff need CPR and First Aid certification. One staff needs a professional Development plan. One staff needs an annual review of abuse and neglect. Four staff need orientation. Three staff need Health and Safety For Child Care Professionals training. One staff member needs an application, resume, or personal data sheet. Three staff need a job description. Eight staff need the appropriate amount of references. Two staff need an employee declaration and a drug and alcohol statement. One staff needs a letter of eligibility on file. One staff needs an adult abuse check completed. four staff need an adult health appraisal on OCCL's format, and five staff need a TB test result. Two staff need a release of employment history. Eight staff need initial or follow-up service letter requests from previous employers.

   • Hazardous Materials

     Regulation code 45T · Correct by August 31, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, September 6, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Provide each classroom and bathroom with at least a labeled soap and water and a bleach and water bottle. Remove cleaners from children's reach. One classroom has a bucket of cleaners on the floor.

   • Indoor Space

     Regulation code 49T · Correct by August 31, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, September 4, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Thirty-five square feet of useable floor space for each child is required. Remove the teacher-only areas or have the areas remeasured. Clean trash can lids in all classrooms. Ensure extension cords with outlets not in use are covered, and wall outlets not in use have covers. Ensure all soft materials are clean and laundered weekly. Ensure materials and their storage are clean. At least weekly, a licensee shall ensure non-porous toys and play equipment are washed with a soap and water solution and then disinfected. Ensure stained ceiling tiles are replaced in the Pre-K classroom. Ensure the walls are good repair the peeling paint and missing wall tile in the Pre-K bathroom. Personal belongings storage areas need to be relabeled in classroom 112. Classrooms 112 and 105 have labels peeling off, attracting debris and dirt; remove the labels.

   • Outdoor Area

     Regulation code 53T · Correct by August 31, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, September 9, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Ensure the protective surface of the outdoor play area beneath and in the fall zones of climbing equipment, slides, swings, and similar equipment is of approved resilient material, which absorbs falls. Ensure protective surfaces of the fall zone extend at least six feet in all directions from the equipment. For swings, a licensee shall ensure the protective surfacing extends, in back and front, twice the height of the suspending bar unless otherwise directed by the CPSC or other recognized authority on playground safety

   • Administration of Medication

     Regulation code 63T · Correct by August 5, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, August 5, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Ensure that expired medication is returned to the guardian. Prescription medication boxes must contain a pharmacy label for each box containing medication.

   • First Aid Kits

     Regulation code 65T · Correct by August 31, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, August 6, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Ensure the travel first aid kit contains soap, water, a finger splint, an instant cold pack, and roll gauze.

   • Changes Affecting a License

     Regulation code 9T · Correct by August 31, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, September 24, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     A licensee shall submit a revised plan review and receive approval before making additions or renovations to the indoor areas. LS observed the previous food preparation and storage area being remodeled. Further conversation disclosed that the area's use will change.

4. Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)

5. August 11, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 4 violations

   • Personnel Files

     Regulation code 30T · Correct by September 1, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, October 23, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     The state's notes for this violation may name a person, so we don't show them here. They're in the state's published file (see Sources).

   • Child Files

     Regulation code 40T · Correct by September 1, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, August 30, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Child #11 needs a health appraisal

   • Administration of Medication

     Regulation code 63T · Correct by September 1, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, August 30, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Monthly medication logs were incomplete Medication guidelines are to be followed at all time.

   • Emergency Planning

     Regulation code 66T · Correct by September 1, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, August 30, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Carry out and have available documented monthly evacuation drills.

6. August 9, 2022 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 4 violations

   • Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision

     Regulation code 27T · Correct by August 9, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, August 9, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit

     The state's notes for this violation may name a person, so we don't show them here. They're in the state's published file (see Sources).

   • Personnel Files

     Regulation code 30T · Correct by August 26, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, September 19, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     The state's notes for this violation may name a person, so we don't show them here. They're in the state's published file (see Sources).

   • Indoor Space

     Regulation code 49T · Correct by August 9, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, August 9, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit

     The state's notes for this violation may name a person, so we don't show them here. They're in the state's published file (see Sources).

   • Kitchen and Food Preparation

     Regulation code 50T · Correct by August 9, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, September 8, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

     Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

     Ensure perishable food is kept refrigerated at 40 degrees Fahrenheit or colder or frozen at zero degrees Fahrenheit or colder. Room 111 the refrigerator was at 37 degrees, a freezer has no thermometer, a refrigerator has no thermometer, the large standing refrigerator has no thermometer. Room 125 the freezer has no thermometer, the refrigerator temperature is 44 degrees Fahrenheit.

Complaint investigations

All 3 complaint investigations in the state's file (which starts November 29, 2021), newest first, with the result and the state's summary as published.

1. Completed August 5, 2026 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern

   Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint

   The state's summary (as published)

   On June 25, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding the suspension/expulsion policy. An investigation was conducted on July 15, 2026. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because the facility documented the incident through an Accident/Injury Report and a Behavior Incident Report, provided first aid, contacted OCCL to notify them of the injury, and imposed a documented five-day suspension on Child #2 following the center's suspension policy. A concern noted was according to staff interviews and the Accident/Injury Report, Child #1 received a head injury at 3:30 pm and Child #1's parents were not notified until 4:45 pm at pick-up.

2. Completed July 28, 2026 · Result: Substantiated

   Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint

   The state's summary (as published)

   On July 13, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding lack of positive behavior supports, improper staff-to-child ratio, lack of supervision, improper sanitation, accident/injury procedures, and not using age-appropriate music. An investigation was conducted on July 15, 2026. The complaint is substantiated for improper staff-to-child ratio and improper sanitation. According to the attendance record for July 8, 2026, the preschool classroom had up to 12 children, the youngest being three with one staff member until 8:30 am when the second staff member arrived. According to staff statements, two staff stated the facility was without a sanitizer solution for a period of time and the preschool classroom floors were not being mopped daily. There is no evidence to substantiate regarding lack of positive behavior supports, lack of supervision, accident/injury procedures, and not using age-appropriate music because interviewed staff denied the allegations. A concern noted was upon reviewing attendance records for the day of the visit, LS #1 observed Staff #2 was present but had not signed into the attendance record, and Child #2 had only a check mark documented on the attendance record rather than a recorded arrival time.

3. Completed November 18, 2025 · Result: Substantiated

   Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint

   The state's summary (as published)

   On October 28, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding classroom capacity and the administrator not being respectful. An investigation was conducted on October 29, 2025. The complaint is substantiated for classroom capacity and the administrator not being respectful by using threatening tones and actions when speaking and interacting with others at the center. According to attendance records provided to LS #1, Group 1's classroom has up to twelve children present at one time, but the classroom only measures for eleven children. During interviews with staff, multiple staff members reported Administrator #1 has engaged in behavior and communication that staff members have identified as inappropriate and disrespectful.

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Sources

• Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities: program details, enforcement action and injuries report.
• Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information: visits, violations, corrections and specialist notes.
• Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews: complaint investigations, results and summaries.

All three are published by the Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on data.delaware.gov as Public Domain and cover about the last five years. State files updated November 12, 2026. We show the state's text as published. Program details last checked October 21, 2026.