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Cruz Kid Care Academy Llc

Camden, DE · Kent County
103 SOUTH STREET, Camden, DE 19934
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Capacity
97 children
Age Range
6 weeks through 12 years.
Subsidized Program
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Contact Information

📞 (302) 698-1481
103 SOUTH STREET
Camden, DE 19934
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✓ Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
823977
Issued By
Delaware Department of Services For Children, Youth And Their Families
Licensor
[email protected]
District Office
State of Delaware, Office of Child Care Licensing
District Office: 302-739-5487 Last verified September 29, 2026

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About the Provider

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CRUZ KID CARE ACADEMY LLC is a Licensed Child Care Center in CAMDEN DE, with a maximum capacity of 97 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 - 5:00 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information: Financial Arrangements: Child Care Food Program;Purchase of Care;

Hours of Operation

  • Monday6:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Tuesday6:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Wednesday6:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Thursday6:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Friday6:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday Closed
  • Sunday Closed

Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Regulation Code Status
2026-04-21 Non Compliance 28U - General Qualifications Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure to have staff over 18 have a comprehensive background check and eligibility determined. Staff #2 had a pending OOS for over 45 days.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-04-21 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are completed: Staff #1 needs CPR/FA certification, Staff #2 needs OCCL health and safety training, administration of medication certification and comprehensive background check with eligibly determined, Staff #3 needs DEEDS certification, Staff #4 needs CPR/FA certification and a service letter, Staff #5 needs TB test result, Staff #5 needs service letter, Staff #7 needs administration of medication certification, OCCL health and safety certification, Staff #8 needs DEEDS certification, OCCL health and safety training, one additional reference letter
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-04-21 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure child files are completed: Child #1 needs a health appraisal, immunization with lead blood test result, Child #2 and Child#3 needs immunization.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-04-21 Non Compliance 45U - Hazardous Materials Completed
Corrective Action: Updated radon test result is needed for child care space.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-04-21 Non Compliance 49U - Indoor Space Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure walls are in good repair. Repair the walls in the purple room and teal room from peeling paint. Send picture.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-04-21 Non Compliance 53U - Outdoor Area Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure fall zones on the outdoor play area have enough mulch.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-04-21 Non Compliance 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure prohibited items are not in the cribs with infants. Sound machines were observed in or on the crib with loop strings and three infants were observed in the crib with bibs while sleeping. (This was corrected when staff removed the sound machine from the crib and the bibs from the infants.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2026-04-21 Non Compliance 57U - Equipment Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure enough equipment are available for children in each classroom. In the toddler 2 classroom five books were observed on the shelf in the classroom, later the shelf had more books, then the books were reduced. Send photo
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-04-21 Non Compliance 63U - Administration of Medication Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure all medication administration record are completed for over the counter and prescribed medications.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-04-21 Non Compliance 72U - Feeding of Infants Completed
Corrective Action: Updated monthly infant feeding schedule for all infants in care.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-04-21 Non Compliance 74U - Lesson Plans Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure the lesson plans include social emotional. Provide lesson plans that include the social emotional.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-04-21 Non Compliance 8U - License Renewal Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure to submit renewal application 60 days before license expiration. (This was corrected when licensee provided a renewal application during the visit)
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2025-04-09 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Complete files are needed for the following staff: Staff #1 needs an annual safe sleep, annual abuse and neglect, OCCL health and safety training, health appraisal with TB, release of employment and adult abuse check Staff #2 needs orientation, adult abuse check and OCCL health and safety training Staff #3 needs annual abuse and neglect, orientation, OCCL health and safety training, adult abuse check, health appraisal with TB and release of employment Staff #4 needs a CPR/FA certification, orientation, administration of medication certification, OCCL health and safety training, job description, adult abuse check and CHU letter of eligibility. Staff #5 needs CPR/FA certification, DEED certification, orientation, one additional reference letter CHU letter of eligibility, adult abuse check, health appraisal with TB, release of employment Staff #6 needs CPR/FA certification, administration of medication certification, orientation, OCCL health and safety training, two reference letter
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-04-09 Non Compliance 36U - Staff Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff's exact departure is documented on the attendance record. In the PS/PK classroom staff did not sign out of the classroom and were not present in the classroom. Provide the attendance record for the classroom from 4-10-2025 to 4-17-2025
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-04-09 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure child files are completed: Child #1 needs a health appraisal with immunization Child #2 needs blood lead test result Child #6 needs health appraisal with immunization Child #8 needs, blood lead test result Child #10 needs health appraisal with immunization and blood lead test result Child#13 needs health appraisal with immunization
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-04-09 Non Compliance 42U - Documenting Children's Progress Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure an annual developmental plan is available for each child in care.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-04-09 Non Compliance 43U - Children's Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure to document the exact arrival of children in care. In the Three- year old classroom one child was not sign in. Provide OCCL with attendance for the classroom from 4-10 to 4-17.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-04-09 Non Compliance 45U - Hazardous Materials Completed
Corrective Action: ensure all containers with chemicals are labeled with contents in the PS/ PK room has a zep bottle and two small blue bottles with liquid with no labels. Provide picture to OCCL with bottles labeled.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-04-09 Non Compliance 49U - Indoor Space Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure interior spaced designated for children in care use is available to children when the center is in operation. The school age classroom is currently being used as storage , the old infatn classroom is used for staorage and the toddler ones is being used for indoor play area. Set each room to meet the regulations and send pictures of the classsroom set up. Provider can also sent document to remove them as spaced used for children and reduce capacity.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-04-09 Non Compliance 53U - Outdoor Area Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure gates are self-latching, gate behind the building is not self latching.. Ensure the fall zones have proper depth to absorb falls. Send video and picture.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-04-09 Non Compliance 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure rest equipment doe not touch another child's rest equipment.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2025-04-09 Non Compliance 63U - Administration of Medication Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure to follow all administration of medication procedures. Ensure all medications are accompanied with the MAR. Ensure that medication that is no longer in used are returned to the parents. Ensuree all medication are labeled and in orgianl box. Ensure to disposed of all expired medication. Provide a written statement to OCCL about the medications observed in each classroom.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-04-09 Non Compliance 72U - Feeding of Infants Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure monthly feeding forms are updated for infants in care.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-04-09 Non Compliance 76U - Activity Schedule Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure daily schedule is followed allowing outdoor gross motor play. During the visit staff was observed taking the children to an indoor classroom instead of outside for outdoor play. Other classroom did not follow the schedule by taking the children outside for outdoorplay time.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-04-09 Non Compliance 8U - License Renewal Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure to submit the renewal application for the child care center 60 days before license expiration
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-04-29 Non Compliance 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff to child ratio is maintained at all times. In the one year old classroom, LS observed 14 one- two year old children were observed in the classroom. The youngest was one year old. This was corrected when staff remove two of the children from the classroom.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2024-04-29 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Complete file are needed for the following staff members: Staff #1 a comprehensive background check since staff have turned 18 on 4-1-2024. Staff #2 needs OCCL health and safety training Staff #3 needs OCCL health and safety training
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Document
2024-04-29 Non Compliance 36U - Staff Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff sign in and out of the classroom. In the one year old classroom a staff AP did not sign out the classroom.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2024-04-29 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Complete child file is needed: Child #14 needs a blood lead screening result.
2024-04-29 Non Compliance 43U - Children's Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure children are sign in and out of a classroom. In the one year old classroom a child was not sign out of the classroom when he went to another classroom.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2023-05-01 Non Compliance 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff follow staff to child ratio at all times. A staff member in the infant classroom walked out of the room leaving the other staff member with eight infants. ( This was corrected when the staff returned to the classroom)
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2023-05-01 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Complete files are needed for the following staff members: Staff #1 needs OCCL Health and safety training and 18 hours of annual training Staff #2 needs OCCL Health and safety training and 2 hours of annual training Staff #3 needs OCCL Health and safety training and 18 hours of annual training Staff #4 needs OCCL Health and safety training Staff #5 needs OCCL Health and safety training and 18 hours of annual training Staff #6 needs OCCL Health and safety training Staff #7 needs OCCL Health and safety training Staff #8 needs OCCL Health and safety training and 3 hours of annual training, a health appraisal with TB, CPR certification and DEEDS certification Staff #9 needs OCCL Health and safety training and 18 hours of annual training Staff #10 needs OCCL Health and safety training and 18 hours of annual training Staff #11 needs OCCL Health and safety training and 18 hours of annual training Staff #12 needs orientation, OCCL Health and safety training a health appraisal w
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-05-01 Non Compliance 36U - Staff Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff members sign in and out of a classroom. A staff member did not sign out of the pre K classroom. ( This was corrected when the staff was signed out of the classroom)
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2023-05-01 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Developmental plans are needed for all children in the center.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-05-01 Non Compliance 63U - Administration of Medication Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure to follow the administration of medication at all times. Provide MAR for all medications that is not soap and water for all classrooms.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-05-01 Non Compliance 74U - Lesson Plans Completed
Corrective Action: Provide a weekly special on the lesson plan. Add a food exploration or health habit on all lessons plans in classrooms that have children over 24 months.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-05-01 Non Compliance 77U - Infant and Toddler Care Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure choking hazards are not present in the classrooms. Remove black plastic bags from the one year old classroom. ( send pictures)
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-04-27 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Complete files for four staff members. Staff #4 professional plan Staff #6 Professional plan Staff #8 Professional plan Staff #12 CPR/ FA certification
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-04-27 Non Compliance 36U - Staff Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: A staff member documented her departure time on the attendance record in the three- year-old classroom at the time of her arrival in the classroom. Ensure to document the exact arrival and departure times at the time of arrival and departure (This was correct when staff agreed.)
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-04-27 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Lead screening result is needed for Child #9. Update infant feeding schedule for five infants.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2021-11-10 Non Compliance 28U - General Qualifications Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure to have documentation of when a staff member is eligible to be left alone with children. ( This was corrected when administrator contacted CHU to retrieve a copy of staff members eligibility letter).
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2021-11-10 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Complete files are needed for the following staff members: Staff #2 needs an adult abuse check and administration of medication certificate.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Document
2021-11-10 Non Compliance 36U - Staff Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff members document their exact hours of when there are in a classroom. In the one-year-old room, a staff member did not sign in or out on the attendance record. (This was corrected when the staff member documented her time in and out of the classroom).
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2021-11-10 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Complete child files are needed for two children. Child #4 and Child #11 needs a child appraisal.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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