Marie Saintile
A licensed family child care in Dover, Delaware 19901
1411 South Hancock Avenue, Dover, Delaware 19901. (302) 359-1747.
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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?
6 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on May 18, 2026; 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 Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
29 violations in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 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 |
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.
May 18, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Use of a Substitute
“Ensure the substitute and emergency numbers are up to date.”
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License Renewal
“Ensure an annual renewal application is submitted 60 days prior to license expiration.”
May 22, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review15 violations
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Telephones
“Ensure emergency numbers are posted and accessible for use.”
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Children’s Files
“Ensure each child’s attendance is documented at exact arrival.”
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Infants’ Records
“Ensure daily records of an infant’s feeding, sleeping, diapering, and other routine activities are documented and shared with the guardian daily.”
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Health Observations
“Ensure each child is observed on arrival for signs of communicable disease, injury, signs of ill health, and signs of child abuse or neglect.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure that candles are not in use while children are in care.”
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Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure rest equipment is labeled for each child, infants are resting in approved equipment for rest with no items in or on the equipment. LS observed the infant placed in a pack-and-play with toys inside it and blankets hanging on it. This was corrected when the child was removed after a few seconds due to waking up. A conversation was had with the provider about this, and the child playing in the pack-and-play.”
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Equipment
“Ensure the children do not have access to latex balloons. The Specialist observed a three-year-old child playing with a pink semi-deflated latex balloon. This was corrected when the Specialist removed the latex balloon.”
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Sanitation
“Ensure areas and equipment are washed with soap and water. The Specialist did not observe a bottle labeled or available with soap and water.”
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Hand Washing
“Ensure handwashing is performed after eating and at other times as stated in the regulations.”
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Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Ensure the diapering area is equipped with the required items and that a foot-activated trash can is used only for diapers. This trash can must be within arm’s reach of the changing area, lined with a plastic bag, and sanitized daily. Soap and water must be available for cleaning.”
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Emergency Planning
“Ensure the emergency plan is posted where it is accessible. The current emergency plan is in the corner behind the television.”
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Meals and Snacks
“Ensure a menu is posted and updated if the meals change. Ensure that children receive all the components of the meal. The Specialist observed, and the children confirmed that they only received water and Cheerios.”
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Activities and Interactions
“Ensure television time is no longer than one hour without permission from a guardian. Ensure that each child in care has permission for screentime.”
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License Requirements
“Ensure that infants have a monthly feeding schedule, a daily record of feedings, and bottles are labeled.”
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License Renewal
“Ensure an annual renewal application is submitted 60 days prior to license expiration.”
Oct 7, 2024: enforcement Visit2 violations
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Parents Right to Know Act
“Complete the Parent Right to Know Log for one child.”
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Children’s Files
“Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a complete file.”
Jun 10, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review7 violations
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Notification to OCCL
“Ensure changes to days and hours of care is communicated within five days to Office of Child Care licensing.”
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Parents Right to Know Act
“Ensure the Parent’s Right to Know Log is completed when parents tour or enroll your family child care.”
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Children’s Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Two children need the date of enrollment, days, and hours attending care. Two children need a completed emergency and blood lead test results.”
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Hazardous Materials
“Ensure unused or expired medication are returned or disposed of.”
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Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure sleeping equipment is not torn, top and bottom covers are used, and in good repair. The pack-n-play has a hole in it, all the nap mats are torn, and there was only a top cover for the one pack and play.”
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Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Ensure the changing mat is not torn.”
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License Renewal
“Ensure an annual renewal application is completed and submitted 60 days before license expiration.”
Mar 11, 2024: enforcement Visit2 violations
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Children’s Files
“Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a permission page. Two children need blood lead screenings. Two children need the date of enrollment, hours attending, and days attending.”
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Daily Attendance of Children
“Ensure when the children arrive, they are signed in to a daily attendance roster.”
Jan 29, 2024: enforcement Visit1 violation
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Daily Attendance of Children
“Ensure children are signed in and out daily with exact arrival and departure times. The Licensing Specialist asked attendance for the day and the provider stated she had run out of attendance forms. The Licensing Specialist requested attendance for the prior week. The provider stated she had not completed attendance due to no form. The specialist stated that she could use notebook paper and will provide her with some paper to take attendance.”
All 6 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
| May 22, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 15 violations cited |
| Oct 7, 2024 | Enforcement Visit | 2 violations cited |
| Jun 10, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 7 violations cited |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Enforcement Visit | 2 violations cited |
| Jan 29, 2024 | Enforcement Visit | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Family Child Care.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 12 years.
- Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed), Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Licence number 657735.
- 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?
- 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 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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Marie Saintile This child care provider | Not given |
| Favored Children Academy | Not given |
| Pediatric Health Choice at the Children’s Secret Garden | Not given |
| Shell’s Early Learning Center - Dover | Not given |
| Beginnings and Beyond II | Not given |
| Destined for Greatness Learning Center II | Not given |
| The Little Peoples Lfcc 2 | Not given |
| Gathering Lambs | Not given |
| All Beautiful Children Learning Academy | Not given |
| Angels of Mine Daycare | Not given |
| Cherise Vogel | Not given |
| Mercedes Shorts DBA All Shorts of Love LLC | Not given |
| Loren Fuller | 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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