Sandra F. Phillips
A licensed family child care in Blades, Delaware 19973
305 South Cannon Street, Blades, Delaware 19973. (302) 382-8822.
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The short answer
Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Oct 23, 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?
3 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Oct 6, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
18 violations cited in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
18 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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 Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Oct 6, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review8 violations
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Parents Right to Know Act
“Update the Parent Right to Know log for children in care.”
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Children’s Files
“Complete files are needed for Child#4, Child#5 and Child#6. Health appraisals are needed for Child#1, Child#2 and Child#3.”
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Daily Attendance of Children
“Ensure to document the exact arrival and departure time for children in care.”
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Infants’ Records
“Ensure to document daily infant log for two infants in care for Child #4 and Child #6”
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Emergency Planning
“Conduct and log fire drill for October”
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Feeding of Infants
“Ensure Monthly feeding schedule are completed. Complete month feeding schedule for Child#4 and Child#6. Ensure to label all infant bottles.”
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Activities and Interactions
“Update and post daily schedule for child care hours.”
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License Renewal
“Ensure to submit renewal application 60 days before the license expiration.”
Oct 9, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations
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Parents Right to Know Act
“Update parent right o know log to include Staff #5.”
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Children’s Files
“Complete file is needed for Child #6. Child #6 needs a lead blood test result.”
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Fire Safety
“Tag the fire extinguisher.”
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Pets
“Pet vaccinations are needed for two dogs.”
Oct 15, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations
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Use of a Substitute
“Update the parent right to know log to include newly children enrolled.”
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Children’s Files
“Complete files are needed for the following children: Child # 1 needs a health appraisal and blood lead test results. Child # 2 needs a health appraisal, immunization and blood lead test results Child # 3 needs health appraisal and blood lead test results Child #6 needs a health appraisal, immunization and blood lead test results Child #7 needs a health appraisal, and blood lead test results”
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Fire Safety
“Tag the fire extinguisher.”
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Pets
“Pet vaccination is needed for four dogs”
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Training
“Complete 12 hrs. annual training with one hour of health and safety training.”
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License Renewal
“Ensure to submit the renewal application 60 days from the license expiration.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 8 violations cited |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 4 violations cited |
| Oct 15, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 6 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed 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 190036.
- Capacity: 9 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 1 complaint investigation in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: No Evidence to Substantiate (1).
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On April 21, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding lack of supervision. An investigation was conducted on May 5, 2026. There is no evidence to substantiate the complaint because Provider #1 acknowledged being in the kitchen while the children were in the living room next to the kitchen. Provider #1 stated they separated the children, removed the recliner which caused a blind spot, and notified the parents at pick-up. |
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?
- 2026: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 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 Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Sandra F. Phillips This child care provider | Not given |
| 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 | 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 Oct 23, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information (wb83-pkcv).
Released Oct 23, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews (pnbd-85r6).
Released Oct 23, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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