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Brilliant Little Minds @Apc

Child care center

502 South Broad Street
Middletown, DE 19709

Report Date
Nov 1, 2026
Data Through
Nov 1, 2026
Report ID
VR-DE-1167256-2611
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Provider Category
Childcare
Location
Middletown, DE
Record Period
2025–2026
Source Documents
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01

The Essentials

Summary

Across 2 licensing visits from October 2025 to June 2026, OCCL cited 6 regulations at Brilliant Little Minds @Apc; 6 have a recorded correction.

Visits
2
2025–2026, compliance reviews and complaint investigations
Citations
6
Regulations cited by OCCL licensing staff
Corrected
6
Of 6 citations, with a recorded correction date
Complaint investigations
0
Investigations of a complaint, with their results in the report

What the Record Shows

  • 6 of 6 citations have a recorded correction date.
  • OCCL’s files list no enforcement action in this window.
  • No complaint investigation appears in this window. OCCL publishes each complaint investigation’s result, not what the complaint alleged.
  • The latest full compliance review, June 3, 2026, recorded 5 citations.
02

Chronology

Inspection History

Every visit in the record window, newest first. A citation is a licensing regulation Delaware found was not met. OCCL publishes each complaint investigation’s result, not what the complaint alleged.

  1. 2026

    Unannounced full compliance review

    5 citations

    • 26UStaffingCitedCorrected Jun 9, 2026
    • 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Jun 9, 2026
    • 41UChild Health AppraisalCitedCorrected Jun 9, 2026
    • 6ULicense RequirementsCitedCorrected Jun 9, 2026
    • 8ULicense RenewalCitedCorrected Jun 9, 2026

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  2. 2025

    60-day visit

    1 citation

    • 41UChild Health AppraisalCitedCorrected Oct 22, 2025

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

Delaware’s Office of Child Care Licensing publishes each regulation it cites, not a risk level for it.

03

Context

Patterns Worth Examining

A repeated citation can merit attention, but context and corrective action must be reviewed before drawing a conclusion.

  1. 1

    Child Health Appraisal, Cited in Two Visits

    OCCL licensing staff cited 41U in October 2025 and June 2026. The agency describes it this way: Child Health Appraisal. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

    252641U across all 2 visits, oldest to newest
04

For Your Next Visit

Questions to Ask on Your Visit

Bring these to the tour. Each one comes from something in the record; the reason is under the question.

  1. 01

    What changed after 41U was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Child Health Appraisal: cited in two visits, with no risk level published.

  2. 02

    What is the ratio in the room my child would join, and how is every child accounted for at nap time, pickup and on the playground?

    Ratios change through the day, so they are worth counting yourself on a visit.

  3. 03

    Has the center ever been on probation or had its license suspended, and what changed afterward?

    OCCL’s files list no enforcement action in this window.

05

The Evidence

Sources and Coverage

Program details, the regulations cited at compliance reviews and the results of complaint investigations are published by Delaware's Office of Child Care Licensing in its daily files on data.delaware.gov.

  • Child care providers (data.delaware.gov)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing · 1167256

    Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Oct 21, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Jun 3, 2026 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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Coverage

Record windowNovember 1, 2021 – November 1, 2026

  • This record is OCCL's list of licensed providers as of November 2026, with the compliance reviews and investigations in OCCL's files, which run from November 2021.
  • OCCL's compliance-review file lists only visits at which it cited a regulation; a visit with nothing cited is not in it, so a program may have had more visits than this record shows.
  • OCCL's notes on each citation and its written conclusion for each investigation are left out because they can describe children and staff; the regulation cited, the correction date and each investigation's result are kept.
  • Special conditions OCCL records on a license (a variance, or that a home is also a foster home) are left out, and license-exempt care is not in OCCL's list.

What This Report Cannot Tell You

Visits with nothing cited
OCCL's compliance-review file lists only visits at which a regulation was cited.
Investigation conclusions
Published by OCCL but left out of this record because they can describe children and staff.
Severity of citations
OCCL's files do not grade citations.
Staff qualifications and turnover
Not part of the published licensing record.

Historical coverage varies by agency and location. Missing records do not mean that no complaint or violation occurred.

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