Delaware records · New Castle County · Townsend
NATURE AND NURTURE ACADEMY
Licensed Large Family Child Care · Townsend, Delaware
Records presented as of November 5, 2026The operation, as the state lists it
- License number
- 902252
- Operation type
- Licensed Large Family Child Care
- Address
- 887 UNION CHURCH RD, Townsend, DE 19734
- Licensed capacity
- 11
- Ages served, as listed
- 2 years through 5 years.
- Hours, as listed
- 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
The record in numbers
| Compliance visits | 2 |
| Complaint investigations | 1 |
| Citations recorded | 2 |
| Citations with correction completed, per the state | 2 |
| Citations with correction still pending, per the state | 0 |
| Record span | December 5, 2023 – June 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 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
Visits and investigations, newest first
A complaint investigation. The state's result is shown above, and the investigator's conclusion follows.
On April 29, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding allegations of unqualified staff and mixing school-age students with the preschool children. An investigation began on April 29, 2025, and concluded on May 5, 2025. Based on staff interviews and files reviewed, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint regarding unqualified staff because staff files documented all staff were qualified for their positions in the large family child care home per DELACARE regulations. Based on staff interviews and observation, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint regarding the mixing of age groups because all staff stated the two programs use some of the same spaces but are kept separate at all times by a schedule.
1 regulation cited at this visit.
Ensure child files are complete. -Health appraisals are needed for Child #8. #16, #17, and #21. -Immunizations and Lead Screening are needed for Child # 17 and #21. Please send documentation to OCCL by July 7, 2024.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 3, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 8, 2024
1 regulation cited at this visit.
Ensure all child files include health appraisal, immunization, and blood lead screening results. Child #2,3,10 need updated health appraisal. Child #2,7,10 need immunization records. Child # 3,6,10,13 need blood lead results.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 5, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 5, 2024
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