Boys & Girls Club @ Seaford
A licensed child care center in Seaford, Delaware 19973
310 Virginia Avenue, Seaford, Delaware 19973. (302) 628-3789.
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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 Apr 7, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
7 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
7 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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.
Apr 7, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations
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Notification to OCCL
The inspectors’ words, 93 words
“Ensure notification to the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) is completed within five days of a resignation, termination, transfer, or hiring of a school-age administrator. On January 25, 2024, another agency reported to OCCL that a new designated administrator was on site. The program stated at the April 2025 annual visit that the administrator had left in November 2024. On March 11, 2026, OCCL was made aware that there was a new on-site administrator effective April 2025, and this was confirmed in the March 11, 2026, email and during the annual visit.”
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Air Quality and Windows
“Ensure windows that are used for ventilation have screens. Room 2A had two windows open with no screens.”
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Heating and Cooling
“Ensure heating, air, and ventilation vents in the walls and ceilings are cleaned of dust. All the classrooms and bathroom vents need to be cleaned.”
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Indoor Space
The inspectors’ words, 147 words
“Ensure that walls, ceilings, and flat surfaces are clean and in good repair. Ensure storage spaces are locked, or chemicals are not accessible if unlocked. Ensure personal storage is labeled. Room 2A the closest is unlocked with chemicals accessible. The blinds need to be dusted, the window sills need to be cleaned of dust and bugs, and the walls need to be wiped down; stained ceiling tiles need to be replaced. The snack area needs ceiling tiles replaced, and residue on the tables needs to be removed. The men’s and women’s restroom walls need to be wiped down, and the peeling paint repaired. Art room repair the peeling paint and replace the ceiling tiles. The extended care room needs ceiling tile replacements, names on the carates for each child, replacement of the blinds, repair of the peeling paint, and removal of the sticky residue from the tables.”
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Changes Affecting a License
“Ensure that changes that affect the license are approved with the submission of the plan review. The game room and snack room areas have changed, with walls added during all hours of operation, creating separate care areas with required materials in place, without a plan review submitted for approval.”
Apr 21, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation
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Personnel Files
“Ensure Staff #1 has a updated professional development plan”
Apr 4, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete Staff #1 needs OCCL seven hour health and safety training and eligibility documentation in the file. Staff #2 needs fingerprint receipt in the file.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 5 violations cited |
| Apr 21, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 4, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: Kindergarten through 12 years.
- Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed), Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Delaware lists it as: Nonprofit.
- Licence number 580492.
- Capacity: 262 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 3 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: No Evidence to Substantiate (1), No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern (1), Substantiated (1). 1 more has no usable completion date.
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 |
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| Jul 28, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern | On July 9, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding not notifying parents of critical incidents as required in the handbook. An investigation was conducted on July 16, 2026. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because the center notified the parents via text-to-speech of the late arrival at 3:53 pm and provided documentation of the notification. A concern noted during this investigation was a child fell and scraped their face. However, staff did not complete a written accident or injury report or document the parent/ guardian was notified of an injury to a child s face or head. |
| Jul 28, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On July 7, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding improper staff- to-child ratios and not following procedures from the parent handbook. An investigation was conducted on July 16, 2026. This complaint is substantiated because Staff #5 observed Child #2 brushing against Child #1 in an aggressive manner and verbally inciting Child #1. Staff #5 did not report or document the incident. Furthermore, Administrator #1, Staff #1 and Staff #2 did not follow the program s policy regarding positive behavior supports and reporting accidents or critical incidents involving a child and important information regarding a child. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegation of improper staff-to-child ratio because attendance records showed staff-to-child ratio was followed. |
| Sep 30, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on September 2, 2025, regarding a lack of positive behavior supports. An investigation was conducted on September 3, 2025. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because staff denied the allegations. |
| IA Investigation: no result yet | Delaware gives no summary. |
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.
- 2024: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
- 2023: 3 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
- 2022: 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 |
|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Club @ Seaford 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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This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.
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