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Licensed Child Care Center · Newark, Delaware
Records presented as of November 5, 2026The operation, as the state lists it
- License number
- 498512
- Operation type
- Licensed Child Care Center
- Address
- 300 DARLING STREET, Newark, DE 19702
- Licensed capacity
- 200
- Ages served, as listed
- 2 years through 10 years.
- Hours, as listed
- 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
The record in numbers
| Compliance visits | 3 |
| Complaint investigations | 1 |
| Citations recorded | 5 |
| Citations with correction completed, per the state | 5 |
| Citations with correction still pending, per the state | 0 |
| Record span | September 14, 2023 – September 11, 2025 |
How to read this record
A compliance visit is a licensing visit by an OCCL specialist. When the specialist finds a regulation has not been met, the visit record carries a citation: the regulation's code and short description, the specialist's corrective-action note describing what was found, and the correction record — the date correction was due, whether the state has marked it completed, the date it was corrected, and how. A complaint investigation begins with a complaint; its record carries the state's result and the investigator's written conclusion. Delaware does not grade citations by risk or severity, so no grade is shown — the specialist's note is the substance of the record. One visit can produce several citations. A citation the state later records as corrected stays in the history; that is what a licensing record is.
Record by year
| Year | Visits & investigations | Citations recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
Visits and investigations, newest first
1 regulation cited at this visit.
Ensure staff files are complete. Submit service letter or 2 documented attempts for Staff #4 to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · corrected October 1, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 10, 2025
3 regulations cited at this visit.
Submit updated liability insurance.
Correction status: Completed · corrected October 16, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 16, 2024
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs a DEEDS certificate and adult health appraisal. Staff #6 and 10 must be re-fingerprinted. Staff #9 needs their Health and Safety training. Staff #10 needs a DEEDS certificate, Administration of Medication training, and Health and Safety training. Staff #12 needs 2 documented attempts for the service letter.
Correction status: Completed · corrected October 16, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 16, 2024
Ensure child files are complete. Submit a full health appraisal with immunizations for Child #3 and 11.
Correction status: Completed · corrected October 16, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 16, 2024
A complaint investigation. The state's result is shown above, and the investigator's conclusion follows.
On August 5, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding lack of supervision and not having proper security procedures for the entrance. An investigation was conducted on August 9, 2024. This complaint is substantiated for lack of supervision based on an interview conducted. Administrator #1 stated Child #1 was left alone in the office with no direct supervision. This complaint is substantiated for not having proper security procedures for the entrance based on an interview conducted noting there is an occasional issue of the door not latching properly when parents close it. Administrator #1 stated if it is closed properly, it locks automatically.
1 regulation cited at this visit.
Ensure all staff files are complete. Staff #1 and #2 need an adult health appraisal with TB results. Staff #3 needs a DEEDS certificate. Staff #4 need their health and safety training and fingerprinting eligibility results. Staff #5 need their health and safety training.
Correction status: Completed · corrected October 16, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 16, 2023
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