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Laura Holmes

A licensed family child care in Smyrna, Delaware 19977

103 North Canvasback Court, Smyrna, Delaware 19977. (302) 632-9722.

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The short answer

Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Oct 23, 2026.

The last 24 months 17 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Every month

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?

4 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Dec 4, 2025; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.

17 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

17 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

17 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

Dec 4, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations

  • Parents Right to Know Act

    “Ensure to complete the Parents Right to Know log and forward and OCCL”

    Rule 21P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 8, 2025.

  • Kitchen and Food Preparation

    “Purchase a thermometer for the refrigerator”

    Rule 31P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 8, 2025.

  • Administration of Medication

    “Have an MAR completed for Child #3 Send to OCCL”

    Rule 42P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 13, 2026.

  • License Renewal

    “Renewal applications are due 60 prior to license expiration. Forward renewal to OCCL”

    Rule 8P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 8, 2025.

Jan 15, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation

  • Indoor Space

    “Ensure to complete an updated electrical inspection. Send results to OCCL”

    Rule 29P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 12, 2026.

Dec 3, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations

  • Parents Right to Know Act

    “Ensure the parents right to know log is updated. Send to OCCL”

    Rule 21P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 15, 2025.

  • Daily Attendance of Children

    “Record attendance daily with exact hours of arrivall and departure. Send on weeks attendance to OCCL.”

    Rule 24P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 15, 2025.

  • Fire Safety

    “Monthly evacuation drills are required. Send proof of drills to OCCL”

    Rule 30P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 15, 2025.

  • Emergency Planning

    “Montly evacuation drills are required. Provide OCCL with documentation”

    Rule 45P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 15, 2025.

  • Feeding of Infants

    “Written feeding schedules and daily feeding documentation is required for the infant. Forward the feeding schedule and documentation of daily feeding, diapering etc.”

    Rule 51P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 15, 2025.

  • License Renewal

    “Renewal applications are due 60 days prior to license expiration. Send to OCCL w/ supporting documentation.”

    Rule 8P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 15, 2025.

Dec 8, 2023: unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations

  • Children’s Files

    “Ensure child files are complete Child #6 needs an updated health appraisal”

    Rule 22P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 27, 2023.

  • Daily Attendance of Children

    “Ensure attendance is documented daily with exact hours of arrival and departure. Send one weeks attendance to OCCL”

    Rule 24P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 27, 2023.

  • Fire Safety

    “Ensure monthly fire inspections are completed and documented”

    Rule 30P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 27, 2023.

  • Emergency Planning

    “Ensure fire drills are carried out and documented. Send latest fire drill to OCCL”

    Rule 45P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 27, 2023.

  • Meals and Snacks

    “Ensure a two week menu is planned, dated and posted. Send updated menu to OCCL”

    Rule 50P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 27, 2023.

  • License Renewal

    “Renewal applications are due 60 days prior to license expiration. Provide OCCL w/renewal application and supporting documentation”

    Rule 8P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 27, 2023.

All 4 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Dec 4, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations cited
Jan 15, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation cited
Dec 3, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations cited
Dec 8, 2023Unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Family Child Care.
  • Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 12 years.
  • Licence number 29775.
  • Capacity: 9 children.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Delaware acted against it?

  • No complaint investigations in the last three years.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

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.
Source:

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.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

13 compared
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Laura Holmes This child care providerNot given
Gift of Love Early Learning CenterNot given
Little Kid’s Swagg Learning Center, LLCNot given
Patrice BattagliaNot given
Elizabeth E. WallsNot given
Iris Coleman-Buckner DBA Mini Miracles Playschool, LLCNot given
Cadence Academy Preschool-SmyrnaNot given
Children & Families First Head Start SmyrnaNot given
Rainbow Xpress Learning Academy, LLC.Not given
Georgina RuizNot given
C4d Kidz NurseryNot given
Kirsten SwiftNot given
Brightpath SmyrnaNot 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

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing. Delaware’s own record is on data.delaware.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.

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An example nursing home

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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