God’s Little Blessings Child Care
A licensed large family child care in Seaford, Delaware 19973
511 3rd Street, Seaford, Delaware 19973. (302) 727-9919.
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The short answer
Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Nov 1, 2026.
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean4
- 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.
- 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?
5 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Nov 19, 2025; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
29 violations cited in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
24 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each violation, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
Nov 19, 2025: unannounced4 violations
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Parents Right to Know Act
“Ensure tours and newly enrolled families complete the parents right to know log.”
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Fire Safety
“Ensure batteries are replaced in the CO2 alarm.”
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Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #5 needs blood lead test results”
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Feeding of Infants
“Ensure formula or breastmilk in a bottle with anything else requires a doctor’s note. Ensure all bottles of formula prepared are labeled with the child’s name. This was corrected at the visit.”
Nov 3, 2025: announced Full Compliance Review3 violations
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Outdoor Area
“Remove the tires from the outdoor play yard to ensure the safety of the children. Send photo”
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Equipment
“Walkers are prohibited. Remove the wheel from the walker or remove from the LFCCH. Send photo”
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First Aid Kit
“Ensure to have a travel first aid kit stocked and available Purchase emergency food for sheltering in place.”
Nov 6, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review14 violations
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Parents Right to Know Act
“Provide OCCL with an updated Parent Right to Know form. This was corrected at the follow-up visit dated 11/07/2024.”
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Parents Right to Know Act
“Provide OCCL with an updated Parent Right to know log”
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Children’s Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #1 needs an updated health appraisal”
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Children’s Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #1 needs an updated health appraisal”
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Hazardous Materials
“Radon testing is required every 5 years. Re-test and forward results to OCCL”
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Hazardous Materials
“Rason testing is required every 5 years. Re-test and send results to OCCL”
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Indoor Space
“Electrical inspection has expired. Renew and forward to OCCL”
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Indoor Space
“Renew the electrical inspection every three years. Electrical expired 4/2024. Forward results to OCCL”
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Kitchen and Food Preparation
“Ensure the kitchen is clean and sanitary. Clean the kitchen and surrounding area. This correction must take place by Thursday 11/7/2024. If the correction is not complete by the sdue date Specialist will have a conversation with management regarding suspension of our Child care license. Send photo ot OCCL.”
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Kitchen and Food Preparation
“Ensure the kitchen is clean and sanitary. Clean the kitchen, fridge, and surrounding area. This correction must take place by Thursday 11/7/2024. Send photo to OCCL. Ensure a thermometer is placed in the refrigerator”
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Training
“The non emergency substitute need additional components of her staff file.”
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Training
“The non emergency substitute needs 15 hours of training. 1 hour in health and safety. CPR?FA”
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License Renewal
“Renewal applications are due 60 days prior to license expiration. Send to OCCL”
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License Renewal
“Renewal applications are due 60 days prior to license renewal. This was corrected at the visit when the application was received from the provider.”
Apr 3, 2024: complaint Visit3 violations
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Daily Attendance of Children
“Ensure daily attendance is documented with exact hours of arrival and departure for each enrolled child. Send one weeks attendance.”
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Infants’ Records
“Ensure infant daily records are documented. At the visit there was no documentation of the infant daily records. Send one weeks records to OCCL”
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Feeding of Infants
The inspectors’ words, 98 words
“Infants must never have a bottle propped up for feeding. Ensure the infant is held or placed in a feeding chair when being fed. This was corrected at the visit when the infant was removed from the car seat. A licensee shall ensure infants ae held or placed in a feeding chair while being fed. Bottles are not to be propped up for feeding. The licensing specialist observed an infant in his car seat being fed by a bottle propped up with a blanket. This was corrected when the provider picked up the infant and finished feeding him.”
Nov 16, 2023: unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations
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Children’s Files
“Ensue child files are complete Child #4 needs days and hours to attend Child #5 needs days and hours to attend”
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Heating and Cooling
“Ensure the indoor temperature is between 68 - 82 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature in the facility was 85degrees. This was corrected at the visit when the provide adjusted the room temperature. Ensure the ceiling vent in front of the bathroom is cleaned. Send photo to OCCL”
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Sanitation
“Ensure soap and water solution is readily available at all times. This was corrected at the visit”
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Emergency Planning
“Ensure there is enough water for sheltering in place. Send photo or receipt”
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License Renewal
“Ensure renewal application are sent to OCCL 60 days prior to license expiration. Send renewal application with supporting documentation”
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2025 | Unannounced | 4 violations cited |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Announced Full Compliance Review | 3 violations cited |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 14 violations cited |
| Apr 3, 2024 | Complaint Visit | 3 violations cited |
| Nov 16, 2023 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 5 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Large Family Child Care.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 1 year through 12 years.
- Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed), Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Licence number 1362516.
- Capacity: 10 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 2 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: Substantiated (2).
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
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| Sep 30, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on August 28, 2025, regarding not keeping the facility clean. An investigation was conducted on September 3, 2025. This complaint is substantiated because the Specialists smelled a foul odor and observed artificial flowers, floral foam, craft pliers, and a soiled diaper on the floor in the child care room. Trash was piled up and overflowing in the child care room. There were several flies in the room. Additional concerns noted were the kitchen was dirty and had uncovered, unlabeled, and expired food in the refrigerator. Outside there was a broken gate to the playground and trash piled up and overflowing. The Specialists observed an infant asleep in a dirty pack and play, with no bottom covering. Also, a blanket and toys were in the pack and play. Additionally, the provider was not truthful when asked if there were other children in care and daily attendance had not been documented for the day. |
| Apr 30, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on March 25, 2024, regarding lack of supervision. An investigation was conducted on April 3, 2024. This complaint is substantiated for lack of supervision because Child #1 stated she and her classmates are left alone when the provider takes the trash out. A concern noted was improper feeding of an infant because the licensing specialist observed an infant in his car seat being fed by a bottle propped up with a blanket |
Who does the caring?
- Delaware doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers.
Who owns it?
- Delaware’s open data doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- No facility injuries reported. No facility deaths reported.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Providers aren’t compared: Delaware lists only the visits that found violations, so a count can’t tell a clean record from one never visited.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Sade Lankford | Not given |
| Little Sprouts Learning Academy | Not given |
| Lil Kritters Child Care | Not given |
| Little Miracles Preschool | Not given |
| Cozmic Kidz Learning Center LLC | Not given |
| Lindsey Smith | Not given |
| Charlene Wildonger | Not given |
| God’s Little Blessings Child Care This child care provider | Not given |
| Valerie Horsey | Not given |
| Laura Messick DBA the Learning Tree, LLC | Not given |
| Precious Memories Childcare and Preschool | Not given |
| Children & Families First Head Start Seaford | Not given |
What the record doesn’t say
- Delaware doesn’t grade violations by severity, so read what was cited.
- Delaware’s open data lists a visit only when a violation was cited there, so visits that found nothing aren’t shown.
- Delaware publishes five years of reviews and complaints; this page shows the last three.
- Delaware doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
- Delaware lists only the visits that found violations, so a provider with none listed may not have been visited at all: no count of violations is used to headline, filter or compare its providers.
Sources
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities (iuzd-3dbt).
Released Nov 1, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information (wb83-pkcv).
Released Nov 1, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews (pnbd-85r6).
Released Nov 1, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
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