Licensed Child Care Center
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Lj's Playpen Academy
Wilmington, DE
· New Castle County
2601 CARTER STREET,
Wilmington, DE 19802
Quick Facts
Capacity
115 children
Age Range
6 weeks through 12 years.
Type of Care
School-Age Care Only
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
State Rating
4
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Contact Information
📞 (302) 764-5853
Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
641907
Licensed Since
2005
Issued By
Delaware Department of Services For Children, Youth And Their Families
Licensor
District Office
State of Delaware, Office of Child Care Licensing
Reviews
Anise Skinner
2016-07-25 11:29:09
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
I have used this provider for less than 6 months
Owner unprofessional when dealing with mothers. Staff very unprofessional and ghetto. Do not send your babies there. There daily report of what a child does throughout the day is not accurate. Staff not filling in the sheets correctly. If the temperature is a certain temperature outside the close the facility. The license and inspection needs to reevaluate this facility. Definitely not a 4 star, it's more like a no star.
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Arnasia
2014-06-13 03:17:20
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I love kids and love learning and helping out so that kids can be smart and learn new things
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About the Provider
LJ'S PLAYPEN ACADEMY is a Licensed Child Care Center in WILMINGTON DE, with a maximum capacity of 115 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 weeks through 12 years.. It is open Monday - Friday, 6:30 AM - 11:00 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
- Monday6:30 AM - 11:00 PM
- Tuesday6:30 AM - 11:00 PM
- Wednesday6:30 AM - 11:00 PM
- Thursday6:30 AM - 11:00 PM
- Friday6:30 AM - 11:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulation Code | Status |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 24U - Staff Qualifications | Completed |
| Corrective Action: The one's teacher does not have a DEEDS certificate and was alone with 2 children. the two's and three's teachers do not have a DEEDS certificate and had 6 children. Have Staff #1, 2, and 3 apply for their DEEDS certificates and send a picture of application submission to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 26U - Staffing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure there is one staff member trained in day to day operations and send documentation to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure proper ratio's and supervision are maintained. The one's teacher does not have a DEEDS certificate and was alone with 2 children. The two's and three's teachers do not have a DEEDS certificate and had 6 children. Have Staff #1, 2, and 3 apply for their DEEDS certificates and send a picture of application submission to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 28U - General Qualifications | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff are fingerprinted and determined eligible before start of employment. Staff #7 and 8 started employment without being determined eligible by the Criminal History Unit. Review regulation 28 and send a signed acknowledgement of this regulation to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #2 needs annual review of safe sleep and OCCL's Health and Safety Training. Staff #3 needs a professional development plan, orientation form, and 4 references and a returned service letter or 2 documented attempts at sending the service letter. Staff #4 and 5 need a professional development plan. Staff #6 needs a professional development plan, review of safe sleep, OCCL Health and Safety training, job description, release of employment and service letter or 2 documented attempts. Staff #7 needs an attempted service letter or 2 documented attempts. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 36U - Staff Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff sign in/out is accurately documented in each classroom. Staff do not sign in/out for each classroom as there is only a building attendance sheet. Submit documentation showing staff signing in and out of each classroom to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Submit date of enrollment/hours and days of attendance for Children #2, 3, 4, 5, and 7. Submit health appraisal for Child #3, along with immunizations and their blood lead screening. Submit blood lead screening for Child #7. Submit infant feeding schedule for Children #2, 4, and 5. Submit developmental plans for Children 1-7. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 43U - Children's Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure accurate attendance is being maintained. The infant room did not have a sign-in/out sheet. There were 4 children signed in the ones room, but only 2 children were present. One child was removed and not signed out. The two's room had 7 children signed in and 6 children were present. The fours room had 6 children signed in and 5 children present. Send 2 weeks attendance for all classrooms to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 45U - Hazardous Materials | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure hazardous materials are stored inaccessible to children. The ones/infant classroom had ant/mice poison traps in the cabinet, which was not locked. There was bug spray in the hallway of the ones classroom. Take a picture of hazards stored and locked away to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 48U - Heating and Cooling | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure the heating system is properly installed. The movie room downstairs reads 59 degrees, and the library/fours room reads 62 degrees. Send a picture of thermometer showing appropriate temperature to OCCL. Ensure there are no floor heaters available. There was one floor heater in the fours room. Send a picture of heater removed from the classroom to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Replace ceiling tiles and wooden table in the library and send a picture to OCCL. Place lid on trashcan in the library and send to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all open foods are labeled. The mixed fruit in the kitchen was open and not labeled. Send a picture of labeled fruit to OCCL. Ensure food/milk is not expired. The kitchen had a couple of expired cans of fruit and milk. Send picture of food/milk with up to date expirations. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 51U - Toilet Facilities | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Fix faucet in the children's bathroom and send a video of running water to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 53U - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure there are no hazards outside. Remove all broken equipment on both sides of the playground, fix cracked slide, and remove all standing water. Send a picture of outdoor area to OCCL with corrections. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 57U - Equipment | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure there are science and music materials in the infant and ones room. Send a picture of materials to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure diaper changing mat is not ripped. The mat in the one year old room is ripped. Replace mats and send a picture to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 72U - Feeding of Infants | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all infant bottles are labeled. Ensure all infants have an infant feeding schedule. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 74U - Lesson Plans | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure school-age room has a calendar of activities or a lesson plan. Send a picture of calendar to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-02-20 | Non Compliance | 77U - Infant and Toddler Care | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all infants have a daily log documenting sleep checks, feeding, and diapering. Ensure there is adult seating in the infant room. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-02-14 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff/child ratios are being maintained. Staff #12 did not have an eligibility letter on file and was alone with children. This was corrected a the visit when Administrator Mathis placed a copy of Staff #12 s ineligibility letter in the file, and LS Hackett reminded Administrator Mathis that Staff #12 cannot be alone with children. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-02-14 | Non Compliance | 28U - General Qualifications | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff have eligibility determination or a provisional eligibility notification on file. This was corrected at the visit when Staff #12 s ineligibility letter was placed in the file. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-02-14 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #3, 9 and 4 need a copy of their fingerprinting receipt in file. Staff #10 need their health and safety training. Staff #11 and 12 need 2 documented attempts at sending service letters. Ensure Staff #1, 5, 7, 8, and 13 are re-fingerprinted as soon as possible. Fingerprnts will expire before license expiration. Send Out-Of-State background check for Staff #6 to CHU. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-02-14 | Non Compliance | 38U - Parents Right to Know | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit parents right-to-know log. This was corrected at the visit. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-02-14 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Children #1,3,4,9, and 11 need developmental plans. Children #4, 9, and 11 need blood lead results. Child #3 needs an infant feeding schedule, Child #11 needs transportation and screen time permissions, Children #5 and 9 need an undated immunization record and health appraisal. Child #11 needs emergency card information, days/hours of attendance, and date of enrollment. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-02-14 | Non Compliance | 48U - Heating and Cooling | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure there are no space heaters. One space heater was observed in the infant room. This was corrected at the visit. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-02-14 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all ceilings are in good repair in the theater, infant, ones', and twos' rooms. This was corrected at the visit. Ensure the kitchen ceiling is repaired. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-02-14 | Non Compliance | 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all rest equipment is labeled in the infant, ones, twos, and three's room. This was corrected at the visit. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2023-02-14 | Non Compliance | 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all diaper changing mats are non-porous. This was corrected at the visit. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-02-14 | Non Compliance | 72U - Feeding of Infants | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all bottles are labeled. This was corrected at the visit. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2023-02-14 | Non Compliance | 77U - Infant and Toddler Care | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure the walkers in use do not have wheels. This was corrected at the visit. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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