Licensed Child Care Center
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Brightpath Smyrna
Smyrna, DE
· Kent County
616 W GLENWOOD AVE,
Smyrna, DE 19977
Quick Facts
Capacity
144 children
Age Range
6 weeks through 12 years.
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
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Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
1510388
Issued By
Delaware Department of Services For Children, Youth And Their Families
Licensor
District Office
State of Delaware, Office of Child Care Licensing
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About the Provider
BRIGHTPATH SMYRNA is a Licensed Child Care Center in SMYRNA DE, with a maximum capacity of 144 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 weeks through 12 years.. It is open Monday - Friday, 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information:
Financial Arrangements: Child Care Food Program;Purchase of Care; Reported Injuries & Deaths: 2023: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.; 2024: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.; 2025: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.; 2022: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.;
Hours of Operation
- Monday6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Tuesday6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Wednesday6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Thursday6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Friday6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulation Code | Status |
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| 2026-06-09 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Four staff need Administration of medication training. One staff needs CPR/ First Aid. Four staff nee PD plan. One staff needs review of safe sleep and abuse/neglect. Eight staff need OCCL's Health and Safety training. Six staff need job descriptions. Six staff need references. One staff needs adult abuse registry check. Four staff need health appraisal with TB. Seven staff need release of employment. Five staff need service letters. | |||
| 2026-06-09 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Two children need blood lead screening results. Three children need updated infant feeding statements. Nine children need updated MAR. | |||
| 2026-06-09 | Non Compliance | 53U - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure there is enough material under the fall zones on playground. Ensure gates are self-closing/ self-latching. | |||
| 2026-06-09 | Non Compliance | 59U - Hand Washing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure handwashing is conducted with staff and child after using the bathroom or changing diapers. | |||
| 2026-06-09 | Non Compliance | 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure classrooms have a cleanable surface for changing diapers. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2026-06-09 | Non Compliance | 77U - Infant and Toddler Care | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure pressure mounted gates are not used. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2025-06-10 | Non Compliance | 24U - Staff Qualifications | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure the center's administrator has specialized training in infant/toddler and school age care. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-06-10 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Two staff need DEEDs certification. Four staff need CPR/First Aid training. Four staff Administration of Medication training. Three staff need OCCL's Health and Safety training, One staff needs two additional hours of training in health and safety. One staff needs two additional references. Six staff need health appraisals with TB results. Five staff need service letters with two documented attempts. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-06-10 | Non Compliance | 38U - Parents Right to Know | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure Parents Right to Know log is completed with new and touring families. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-06-10 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Three children need updated infant feeding statements. Three children need mat permissions. One child needs updated health appraisal. One child needs updated immunizations. One child needs blood lead screening results. Ten children need developmental plans. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-06-10 | Non Compliance | 45U - Hazardous Materials | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure radon testing is completed every five years. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-06-10 | Non Compliance | 57U - Equipment | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure classrooms have enough materials for the children to use. Four classrooms need blocks. Three classrooms need musical instruments. One classroom needs art supplies. Three classrooms need manipulatives. Two classrooms need science items. Two classrooms need dramatic play items. Two classrooms need sensory items. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-06-10 | Non Compliance | 72U - Feeding of Infants | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure infant feeding statements are updated monthly. Two children need updated statements. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-06-12 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Three staff need CPR/First Aid training. Seven staff need PD plan. Four staff need annual review of safe sleep. Four staff need annual review of abuse and neglect. One staff needs orientation. Five staff need OCCL's Health and Safety training. One staff needs application/resume. One staff needs a job description, Seven staff need references. One staff needs Employee Declaration. Three staff need letters of eligibility on file. Two staff need adult abuse registry. Two staff need adult health appraisals. Two staff need adult health appraisals with TB results. One staff needs a release of employment, Seven staff need service letters. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-06-12 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. One child needs hours of attendance. One child needs updated immunizations. Three children need blood lead screening results. One child needs Parents Right to Know on file. Five children need a development plan. One child needs mat permission. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-06-12 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure floors, walls and other surfaces are clean and in good repair, Walls in room 106 had several areas of drywall in need of repair. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-06-12 | Non Compliance | 53U - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure fall zones are covered with at least 9 inches of mulch. Specialist noted the mulch was compact and sparse in spots. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-06-12 | Non Compliance | 63U - Administration of Medication | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure to use the correct MAR form for the type of medication and use. Specialist noted several classrooms were using the wrong form sunscreen and diaper cream. Room 110 did not have MARs on file for sunscreen use. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-06-12 | Non Compliance | 67U - Transportation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure travel first aid kits are complete. Both travel bags were missing the following items: bandage tape, eye patch, roll gauze, thermometer, liquid soap, triangle bandage and the number for poison control. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-06-22 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: All staff files must be complete. -a professional development plan is needed for two staff. -The OOCL 7-hour Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Professional is needed for 14 staff. -A job description is needed for one staff. -Reference letters are needed for five staff. -The Delaration and Drug/Alcohol Prohibition form is needed for one staff. -An eligibility letter is needed in the staff file for two staff. -Adult abuse registry check is needed for four staff. -A release of employment history form is needed for five staff. -Service letters or proof service letters were sent twice, are needed for five staff. -A full file is needed for Staff #23. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-06-22 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: All child files must be complete. -A blood lead screening result is needed for one child. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-06-22 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Shampoo the carpet in the your three-year-old room. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-06-22 | Non Compliance | 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: The thermometer in the refrigerator must read 41 degrees F. or below, It read 44 degrees F. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-06-22 | Non Compliance | 8U - License Renewal | Completed |
| Corrective Action: A renewal application must be submitted 60 days prior to license expiration. Please send to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-12-20 | Non Compliance | 24U - Staff Qualifications | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure the administrator has a DEEDS 3.0 certificate with the required school-age specialized training. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-12-20 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1, Staff #2, Staff #4, Staff #6, Staff #7, Staff #9, Staff #11, Staff #12, Staff #16, Staff #18, and Staff #19 needs professional developmental plans. Staff #3 needs two references, and second attempts for service letters. Staff #8 needs CPR/First Aid, administration of medication, orientation, two references, and second attempts for service letters. Staff #10 needs two references, and second attempts for service letters. Staff #13 needs a second attempt for service letters. Staff #17 needs two references, health appraisal with TB, release of employment, and corresponding service letters. Staff #18 needs administration of medication, two references, and a health appraisal with TB. Staff #20 needs criminal history determination, a health appraisal with TB, and service letters. Staff #19 needs criminal history determination. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-12-20 | Non Compliance | 36U - Staff Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure attendance documents the exact arrival and departure for all staff. According to attendance, Staff #9 was alone with up to 14 children, the youngest was one-year-old. Staff #10 signed out of the classroom at 8:37 a.m. but the children remained signed in until 8:41 a.m. The ten older one-year-olds were also signed onto another classrooms attendance record. This was discussed and corrected. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2022-12-20 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Child #2 needs an infant feeding schedule. Child #5 needs a health appraisal with immunizations. Child #6 needs a developmental plan. Child #8 needs a developmental plan. Child #9 needs a lead test result. Child #10 needs a developmental plan, screen time and transportation permission. Child #11 needs a developmental plan. Child #12 needs a developmental plan, screen time and transportation permission. Child #13 needs lead test results. Child #14 needs a developmental plan, screen time and transportation permission. Child #15 needs health appraisal with immunization, and parents right to know permission. Child #16 needs a developmental plan. Child #17 needs a developmental plan. Child #18 needs a developmental plan. Child #19 needs a developmental plan. Child #20 needs parents right to know permission. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-12-20 | Non Compliance | 43U - Children's Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure attendance documents the exact arrival and departure for all children. According to attendance, Staff #9 was alone with up to 14 children, the youngest was one-year-old. Staff #10 signed out of the classroom at 8:37 a.m. but the children remained signed in until 8:41 a.m. The ten older one-year-olds were also signed onto another classrooms attendance record. This was discussed and corrected. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2022-12-20 | Non Compliance | 45U - Hazardous Materials | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure incense/ candles are not on site. This was discussed and corrected when two glade air wick wax fragrances were removed from the classroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2022-12-20 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all areas are clean and in good repair. Clean the toilet rooms in school-age and the preschool classroom. Repair the cracked window sill in the school-age classroom. Replace the broken trashcan lid in the school-age and three-year-old classroom. Repair the baseboard in the closed classroom. Repair the broken tile in the three-year-old classroom. Remove the torn stroller. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-12-20 | Non Compliance | 53U - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure fall zones are protected. Add mulch to ensure 9-inches of mulch is present around fall zone areas. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-12-20 | Non Compliance | 58U - Sanitation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure each classroom has soap/water and disinfectant. This was corrected when soap/water were added to the school-age classroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2022-09-28 | Non Compliance | 24U - Staff Qualifications | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit school-age specialization training to DEEDS for the facilities early childhood administrator. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-09-28 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: According to attendance, one staff was alone with six infants from 7:40 until 8:25 a.m. This was corrected by the arrival of a second staff member. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2022-09-28 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs CPR/ First Aid, two references, and a service letter. Staff #2 needs pending out of state check and a service letter. Staff #3 needs eligibility letter on file and a service letter. Staff #4 needs employee declaration, drug/alcohol statement, health appraisal with TB., and service letters. Staff #5 needs one reference. Staff #6 needs an eligibility letter. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-09-28 | Non Compliance | 36U - Staff Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure attendance reflects the exact location, arrival and departure for all staff. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-09-28 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Child #5 needs a developmental plan. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-09-28 | Non Compliance | 43U - Children's Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure attendance reflects the exact location, arrival and departure for all children. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-09-28 | Non Compliance | 74U - Lesson Plans | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure lesson plans are complete for all classrooms. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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