Boys & Girls Club @ Smyrna Elementary School
A licensed child care center in Smyrna, Delaware 19977
121 South School Lane, Smyrna, Delaware 19977. (862) 285-0650.
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The short answer
Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Nov 4, 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 Mar 18, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
12 violations cited in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
12 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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 4, 2026. Updated daily.
Mar 18, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. One child needs blood lead screening results.”
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Administration of Medication
“Ensure the Medication Administration Record (MAR) is complete. Child #1 has an inhaler on site. The MAR for the inhaler was not signed by the parent/guardian.”
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Emergency Planning
“Purchase an emergency water supply.”
Mar 20, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs a professional development plan. Two staff members need administration of medication training and/or certification. One staff member needs CPR and first aid certification. One staff member needs orientation. Two staff members need OCCL health and safety training. Two staff members need employee declaration. Two staff members need eligibility letters. Two staff members need an adult abuse registry check. Three staff members need adult health appraisals with TB results. Two staff members need release of employment history and corresponding service letters.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Two children need blood lead screening results.”
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First Aid Kits
“Purchase bandage tape, first aid guide, gauze pads, pencil/note pad, plastic bag, roll gauze, safety pins, splints, triangle bandage, and tweezers for the first aid kit.”
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Emergency Planning
“Purchase additional emergency supplies that include enough foods that will not spoil, and bottled water to serve to enrollment for up to 24 hours. This specialist observed two 12 pack cases of 8 oz water bottles and two 12 pack boxes of pop tarts.”
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Staffing
“Designate and train a staff member who is at least a SASA in the day-to-day operations for when the SAA is absent.”
May 17, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete Staff #1 needs FA/CPR certification and a professional development plan Staff #2 needs a professional development plan”
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Staff Attendance
“Ensure staff attendance is documented on a daily basis. One staff month was not signed in. This was corrected at the visit when the staff member signed in.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete Child #1 needs a health appraisal with immunizations Child #4 needs a health appraisal with immunizations Child #5 needs a health appraisal with immunizations Child #6 needs a health appraisal with immunizations Child #7 needs a health appraisal with immunizations Child #8 needs days and hours to attend”
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License Renewal
“Renewal applications are due 60 prior to license expiration. OCCL received the renewal application on 07/28/2024”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 3 violations cited |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 5 violations cited |
| May 17, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 4 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: Kindergarten through 10 years.
- Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed), Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Licence number 580491.
- Capacity: 64 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- No complaint investigations in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 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?
- 2023: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
- 2021: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 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 4, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Club @ Smyrna Elementary School This child care provider | Not given |
| Gift of Love Early Learning Center | Not given |
| Little Kid’s Swagg Learning Center, LLC | Not given |
| Patrice Battaglia | Not given |
| Elizabeth E. Walls | Not given |
| Iris Coleman-Buckner DBA Mini Miracles Playschool, LLC | Not given |
| Cadence Academy Preschool-Smyrna | Not given |
| Children & Families First Head Start Smyrna | Not given |
| Rainbow Xpress Learning Academy, LLC. | Not given |
| Georgina Ruiz | Not given |
| C4d Kidz Nursery | Not given |
| Kirsten Swift | Not given |
| Brightpath Smyrna | 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 4, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 4, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews (pnbd-85r6).
Released Nov 4, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
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