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Child care center · Smyrna, DE
EXPANDING OUR KID'S WORLD INC.
A licensed child care center in Smyrna, Delaware, with its state inspection and complaint history from the Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL).
Program details
Program type: Licensed child care center
Address: 3460 SOUTH DUPONT BOULEVARD, Smyrna, DE 19977
Phone: (302) 659-0293
Ages served: 6 weeks through 12 years.
Age group: Infant through School-Age
Licensed capacity: 134 children
OCCL license number: 571662
Current enforcement action (as published): none listed in the state's file
Injuries reported to the state (as published): the state's file lists injuries in the last 5 years that needed medical or dental treatment. 2026: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported. 2024: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
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Inspection history
Last 3 years (November 12, 2023 to November 12, 2026, when the state's files were last updated)
- 3 visits where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
- 13 violations cited on these visits
- 3 complaint investigations completed (No Evidence to Substantiate: 2; Substantiated: 1)
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 4 visits with violations in the state's file (which starts November 12, 2021), newest first, with 16 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.
June 16, 2026 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 4 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by July 10, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, July 7, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Nine staff need CPR with skills demonstration. One staff needs annual review of child abuse/neglect, orientation, OCCL's Health and Safety Training, employee declaration and drug/alcohol statement, adult abuse registry check, and release of employment history. One staff needs OCCL's Health and Safety Training, an application or resume, release of employment history, and references. One staff needs an annual review of child abuse/neglect, orientation, OCCL's Health and Safety Training, application or resume, release of employment history, and two more references. One staff needs review of child abuse/neglect, orientation, OCCL's Health and Safety training, job description, references, employee declaration and drug/alcohol statement, and release of employment history.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by July 3, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, June 30, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a health appraisal.
Outdoor Area
Regulation code 53U · Correct by June 16, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, June 16, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure exit gate on outdoor play area is unlocked while children are in care. This was corrected at the visit when the gate was unlocked and the center agreed to comply in the future.
Infant and Toddler Care
Regulation code 77U · Correct by July 10, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, June 18, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure styrofoam objects are not used with infants and toddlers. Replace styrofoam food service products with an acceptable alternative.
June 4, 2025 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 5 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by June 27, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, June 20, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Two staff needs a signed professional development plan. One staff needs an adult health appraisal. One staff needs a signed employee declaration. One staff needs an adult health appraisal with TB screening.
Parents Right to Know
Regulation code 38U · Correct by June 27, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, June 20, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure Parent's Right to Know log is reviewed with and signed by each newly enrolled family or any families touring the facility. Review and obtain necessary signatures.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by June 27, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, June 20, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are completed. One child needs emergency card information, including emergency transportation permission.
Indoor Space
Regulation code 49U · Correct by June 27, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, June 20, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure walls and surfaces are in good repair. Repair walls where the paint is peeling in the green and blue rooms. Repair baseboard in the blue room bathroom.
Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Regulation code 61U · Correct by June 4, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, June 4, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff utilize a non-porous surface for diaper changing. The diaper mat in the green room was ripped and a cloth cover was being used in the infant room. This was corrected at the visit when the mat in the green room was replaced and the cloth cover in the infant room was removed. Ensure staff and children's hands are washed after each diaper change. This Specialist observed a staff person change three children's diapers without washing his/her own hands or the child's hands. This was corrected at the visit when it was addressed with the staff person and they all washed hands.
June 5, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 4 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by June 21, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, June 6, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs an Adult Health Appraisal with TB screening.
Hazardous Materials
Regulation code 45U · Correct by June 21, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, June 6, 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).
Hand Washing
Regulation code 59U · Correct by June 5, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, June 5, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Wash hands after each diaper change, as required. This was corrected at the visit when the staff person in the one-year-old classroom washed her hands.
Lesson Plans
Regulation code 74U · Correct by June 21, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, June 10, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure all lesson plans contain language/literacy activities. Add language/literacy activities to the two-year-old lesson plan.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
June 8, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 3 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by July 12, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, June 13, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff file are completed. Orientation for Staff #1.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by July 12, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, June 28, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure children files are completed. Blood Lead screening results for Child #3, 5, and 12.
Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Regulation code 61U · Correct by June 8, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, June 8, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure diaper changing mats are ripped-free. Both diaper-changing mats were replaced at the visit.
Complaint investigations
All 4 complaint investigations in the state's file (which starts November 29, 2021), newest first, with the result and the state's summary as published.
Completed March 3, 2026 · Result: Substantiated
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On February 11, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding health exclusions, not providing truthful information, and caring for children in unapproved space. An investigation was conducted on February 18, 2026. This complaint is substantiated for caring for children in an unapproved space, because according to Administrator #1, usually two children are brought up to the front of the center near the offices for the last 10 minutes of every day to await parent pickup. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegation the center did not provide truthful information on the daily logs. According to Staff #1, who was the staff person in the infant room on February 9, 2026, Child #1 arrived with a stuffy nose, was coughing and sneezing, but Parent #1 did not write this on the form at drop off, therefore, Staff #1 wrote it. LS #1 also confirmed it was written on the attendance record under the health check section. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegation the center did not follow their health exclusion policies, because according to Staff #1, Child #1's vomit on February 9, 2026, was not related to illness but rather their diagnosed reflux. Staff #1 stated Child #1 frequently spits up large quantities of their bottles. According to messages reviewed between Parent #1 and Staff #1, Parent #1 did not administer the proper dosage of medication to Child #1 the weekend before the incident, causing increased spit up.
Completed February 19, 2025 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary of this complaint may name a person, so we don't show it here. It's in the state's published file (see Sources).
Completed November 27, 2024 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On November 6, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding water being unavailable to children. An investigation was conducted on November 20, 2024. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because all staff interviewed stated the children bring their own water bottles to the center and they are accessible to children in the classroom and refilled as needed. Additionally, Staff #2 stated the classroom staff carry each child's water bottle in a large bucket outside for outdoor play. While at the center, Staff #1 and Staff #2 confirmed Child #1 had a contagious skin infection called molluscum. When asked how the center handled this, all staff interviewed stated they kept the rash covered with bandages or clothing, in accordance with the doctor's note in Child #1's file.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
Completed October 12, 2023 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
The Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint on October 4, 2023, regarding staff using a drug that could adversely affect job functions. An investigation was conducted on October 10, 2023. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because the staff denied the allegation, other interviewed staff denied the allegation, and the administrator stated she conducted an observation in the classroom after the issue was brought to her attention and did not observe any signs of impairment.
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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.