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EXPANDING OUR KID'S WORLD INC.

Child care center · 3460 SOUTH DUPONT BOULEVARD, Smyrna, DE 19977 · License 571662

4Compliance score
Poor

Capacity 134. Infant through School-Age Accepts subsidy

Violation history (16)

SeverityDateStandard / narrativeCorrected
?Tue Jun 16 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are complete. Nine staff need CPR with skills demonstration. One staff needs annual review of child abuse/neglect, orientation, OCCL's Health and Safety Training, employee declaration and drug/alcohol statement, adult abuse registry check, and release of employment history. One staff needs OCCL's Health and Safety Training, an application or resume, release of employment history, and references. One staff needs an annual review of child abuse/neglect, orientation, OCCL's Health and Safety Training, application or resume, release of employment history, and two more references. One staff needs review of child abuse/neglect, orientation, OCCL's Health and Safety training, job description, references, employee declaration and drug/alcohol statement, and release of employment history.
Yes
?Tue Jun 16 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 77U - Infant and Toddler Care
Ensure styrofoam objects are not used with infants and toddlers. Replace styrofoam food service products with an acceptable alternative.
Yes
?Tue Jun 16 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 53U - Outdoor Area
Ensure exit gate on outdoor play area is unlocked while children are in care. This was corrected at the visit when the gate was unlocked and the center agreed to comply in the future.
Yes
?Tue Jun 16 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a health appraisal.
Yes
?Wed Jun 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 38U - Parents Right to Know
Ensure Parent's Right to Know log is reviewed with and signed by each newly enrolled family or any families touring the facility. Review and obtain necessary signatures.
Yes
?Wed Jun 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are complete. Two staff needs a signed professional development plan. One staff needs an adult health appraisal. One staff needs a signed employee declaration. One staff needs an adult health appraisal with TB screening.
Yes
?Wed Jun 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure child files are completed. One child needs emergency card information, including emergency transportation permission.
Yes
?Wed Jun 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 49U - Indoor Space
Ensure walls and surfaces are in good repair. Repair walls where the paint is peeling in the green and blue rooms. Repair baseboard in the blue room bathroom.
Yes
?Wed Jun 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Ensure staff utilize a non-porous surface for diaper changing. The diaper mat in the green room was ripped and a cloth cover was being used in the infant room. This was corrected at the visit when the mat in the green room was replaced and the cloth cover in the infant room was removed. Ensure staff and children's hands are washed after each diaper change. This Specialist observed a staff person change three children's diapers without washing his/her own hands or the child's hands. This was corrected at the visit when it was addressed with the staff person and they all washed hands.
Yes
?Wed Jun 05 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 59U - Hand Washing
Wash hands after each diaper change, as required. This was corrected at the visit when the staff person in the one-year-old classroom washed her hands.
Yes
?Wed Jun 05 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs an Adult Health Appraisal with TB screening.
Yes
?Wed Jun 05 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 74U - Lesson Plans
Ensure all lesson plans contain language/literacy activities. Add language/literacy activities to the two-year-old lesson plan.
Yes
?Wed Jun 05 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 45U - Hazardous Materials
Ensure any cleaning supplies or hazardous materials are stored out of children's reach. Ensure air fresheners are not used in child care spaces. Shaving cream and disinfectant wipes were observed being accessible in the Blue Room. Air fresheners and cleaning supplies were accessible in the bathrooms in the school-age building.
Yes
?Thu Jun 08 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Ensure diaper changing mats are ripped-free. Both diaper-changing mats were replaced at the visit.
Yes
?Thu Jun 08 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure children files are completed. Blood Lead screening results for Child #3, 5, and 12.
Yes
?Thu Jun 08 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff file are completed. Orientation for Staff #1.
Yes

Severity 5 = most serious. Source: official state record.

Inspections (4)

4 inspection record(s) on file from DE-OCCL.

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