Licensed Child Care Center
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The Child Craft Company
Seaford, DE
· Sussex County
26396 SEAFORD ROAD,
Seaford, DE 19973
Quick Facts
Capacity
137 children
Age Range
3 years through 11 years.
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
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Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
29816
Issued By
Delaware Department of Services For Children, Youth And Their Families
Licensor
District Office
State of Delaware, Office of Child Care Licensing
Reviews
Super
2021-05-21 15:20:19
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
I have used this provider for more than 6 months
Does not work with children who do no not fit their "definition" of a child learner. Lacks up to date practices regarding social-emotional learning and staff overturn is ridiculous. Staff lack professional development. It needs to be brought to the 21st century and they would continue their reputation of being a top notched school in the area.
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About the Provider
THE CHILD CRAFT COMPANY is a Licensed Child Care Center in SEAFORD DE, with a maximum capacity of 137 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 3 years through 11 years.. It is open Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information:
Financial Arrangements: Purchase of Care;
Hours of Operation
- Monday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Tuesday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Wednesday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Thursday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Friday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulation Code | Status |
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| 2025-10-14 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure supervision is provided at all times. Upon arrival, a staff person was observed exiting the classroom of eight children to answer the door. Later, this Licensing Specialist observed a child exit the same classroom, walk down the hallway, and enter the kitchen, unsupervised. Retrain Staff #5 on proper supervision of children. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Telephone |
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| 2025-10-14 | Non Compliance | 28U - General Qualifications | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure an eligibility determination from a comprehensive background check is received before the start of employment. Upon arrival, a new staff person was observed in the classroom with the Administrator without an eligibility determination on file. This was corrected at the visit when the new staff person left the center. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2025-10-14 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Four staff need CPR/First Aid training. Three staff need an updated professional development plan. One staff needs a review of child abuse/neglect, orientation, job description, references, employee declaration/drug and alcohol statement, release of employment history, and service letters. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-10-14 | Non Compliance | 38U - Parents Right to Know | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure Parent's Right to Know log is reviewed with and signed by each newly enrolled family and any family touring the center. Obtain signatures. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-10-14 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Two children need an updated health appraisal and immunizations. Two children need an updated health appraisal, immunizations, and blood lead level test result. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-10-14 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure walls are in good repair. Repair hole around pipes in kindergarten girl's bathroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-10-14 | Non Compliance | 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure refrigerators maintain a temperature of 41 degrees F or below and freezers maintain a temperature of 0 degrees F or below. Adjust the refrigerator in Room #1 and the left freezer in the kitchen to the proper temperature. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-10-14 | Non Compliance | 58U - Sanitation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure a soap and water bottle is available in the classrooms for proper cleaning and sanitation. Add soap and water bottles. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-10-16 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs to complete CPR/First Aid and receive out-of-state background check. One staff needs a second attempt at obtaining a Service Letter. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-10-16 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Two children need an updated Health Appraisal, immunizations, and blood lead level test result. Two children need a blood lead level test result. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-10-16 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure sinks supply both hot and cold water. This was corrected at the visit when the hot water was turned back on. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2024-10-16 | Non Compliance | 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure the refrigerator in each classroom and those in the kitchen are maintained at a temperature of 41 degrees F or below. Ensure the freezers in the kitchen are maintained at a temperature of 0 degrees F or below. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-10-16 | Non Compliance | 51U - Toilet Facilities | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure each bathroom has an operable ventilation fan. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-10-16 | Non Compliance | 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure nap mats are non-absorbent and cleanable. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-10-18 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Six staff need to complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-10-18 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Four children need an updated health appraisal. Two children need immunization records. Two children need blood lead level results. One child needs a development plan. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-10-18 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure baseboards are in good repair. The baseboard in the boy's bathroom is falling off the wall and needs to be repaired. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-10-18 | Non Compliance | 53U - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure equipment in the outdoor play area is in good repair. The two "Little Tikes" equipment have broken and cracking parts and need to be removed. Ensure the right amount of protective material is under each fall zone in the outdoor play area. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-10-18 | Non Compliance | 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all nap mats are in good repair and are non-absorbent. Rips and tears were observed on the nap mats. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-10-18 | Non Compliance | 74U - Lesson Plans | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure lesson plans in each classroom include weekly opportunities for food exploration or healthy habits. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-10-26 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Complete files are needed for the following children: Child #1 and Child #3 needs a health appraisal and a blood lead test Child #4, Child #6 and Child #9 needs a date of enrollment Child #12 needs a blood lead test | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-05-12 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Complete files are needed for the following staff members: Staff #1 needs administration of medication certification. Staff #2 needs CPR/FA certification, annual abuse and neglect, orientation, job description, two reference letters Staff #3 needs annual abuse and neglect, two reference letters, employee declaration, drug/ alcohol statement, adult abuse check and a health appraisal with TB. Staff #4 needs CPR/FA certification, orientation, job description, employee declaration. Staff #5 needs a service letter. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-05-12 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Complete files are needed for the following children: Child #3 needs blood lead testing result Child #6 needs date of enrollment Child #8 and 9 needs a health appraisal with immunization and blood lead testing result | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2021-10-28 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Child #5, 9, and 11 needs a health appraisal. Child #17 needs transportation permission. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2021-10-28 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all garbage cans have lids. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2021-10-28 | Non Compliance | 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure refrigerator is 40 degrees or colder and the freezer is 0 degrees or colder, an a working thermometer is in the fridge and freezers. Room #5 freezer reads 25F degrees, The refrigerator in the following rooms read over 40 degrees; room #1 56 degrees, room 2 43 degrees, and room #9 55 degrees. Room #1, 2, 3, and 9 had no thermometer in the freezer. Room #3, 4, and 5 had no thermometer in the refrigerator. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2021-10-28 | Non Compliance | 53U - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure outdoor play structure are in safe condition. A log cabin structure has a roof and other panel not attached and propped up on the fence. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2021-10-28 | Non Compliance | 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure rest equipment is labeled. The equipment in all classrooms is numbered, but no number chart or indicators of what mat goes to what child. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2021-10-28 | Non Compliance | 18U - General Human Resources and Personnel Policies | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff handbook is completed and meet OCCL's regulations. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2021-10-28 | Non Compliance | 23U - Center Policies-Parent/Guardian Handbook | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure parent handbook reflects current company policies/guidelines and meets OCCL regulations. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2021-10-28 | Non Compliance | 24U - Staff Qualifications | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure sufficient staffing is available for answering the door, and taking children to the bathroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2021-10-28 | Non Compliance | 26U - Staffing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure at least an EC teacher is trained in day-to-day operations in the absence of ECA/ECC. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2021-10-28 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff/child ratios are maintained. When LS Donovan and LS McPhatter knocked on the door staff #7 left room #1 to open the door, leaving eight children in the room alone without a qualified staff member. At 12:06 pm Staff #7 left the classroom to check on child #4 to see if they used the bathroom leaving seven children alone in the classroom. Ensure while staff are providing direct care, staff is not responsible for other duties. Staff #7 answered the door and then called on her personal cell phone to get the director to come from upstairs. This was discussed and corrected with staff, and they agreed to comply. Additionally, two staff members who are qualified as an aide were alone with children in classroom 5 and 9. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2021-10-28 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs administration of medication, annual review of abuse and neglect, annual training hours, and a professional development plan. Staff #2 needs CPR/First Aid, administration of medication, professional development plan, annual training hours, annual review of abuse and neglect. Staff #3 needs administration of medication, professional development plan, and annual review of abuse and neglect. Staff #4 and 5 needs administration of medication, professional development plan, annual review of abuse and neglect , an orientation, job description, two reference letters, drug and alcohol statement, adult abuse check, health appraisal with TB results, release of employment, and a service letter. Staff #6 and 7 needs administration of medication, professional development plan, annual review of abuse and neglect, and annual training hours. Staff #8 and 9 needs administration of medication, annual review of abuse and neglect, an orientation, job des | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2021-10-28 | Non Compliance | 38U - Parents Right to Know | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure parents right to know log is complete with all enrolled children and anyone who tours. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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