SMALLS STEPPING STONE DAYCARE & PRESCHOOL, INC.

License #250535 · WILMINGTON, DE · Capacity 250

Lifetime deficiency profile

14 total deficiencies

Top rules cited at this facility

14 citations across this facility's inspection history. Top 9 below — click any rule to read the plain-English summary, evidence inspectors look for, and how to fix.

RuleTimes citedSample narrative
30U 3 Personnel Files — All staff files must be complete. Send the DEEDS certificate for three staff members. Send the health and safety training for eight staff members. Send the application for one staff member. Send the…
40U 3 Child Files — All child files must be complete. Send the documentation of the completed blood lead screening for four children.
8U 2 License Renewal — Send the completed and notarized renewal application.
50U 1 Kitchen and Food Preparation — Infant 1 & 2 refrigerators need to be replaced or repair due to not reading under 40'.
58U 1 Sanitation — Staff files need to be complete. Staff #2 annual safe sleep and annual abuse and neglect. Staff #3 need OCCL health and safety training, release of employment. Staff #4 needs release of employment and servic…
66U 1 Emergency Planning — The monthly fire drills were completed on the incorrect form. Send documentation of the completed drill for November on the Monthly Fire Prevention Inspection Checklist.
27U 1 Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision — Staff #8 was alone in the Toddler 2 classroom and has not been fingerprinted for the center. This was corrected at the visit when the administrator entered the classroom until anothe…
28U 1 General Qualifications — Ensure all staff members are fingerprinted prior to the start date. Send the fingerprinting receipt for two staff members.
63U 1 Administration of Medication — Send the completed Administration of Medication certificate for two staff members.

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Source data as of May 11, 2026 · Retrieved by AccreditReady May 11, 2026 · Source: Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing