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Kool Kids Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Wilmington, Delaware 19802

2215 North Washington Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19802. (302) 543-7314.

Delaware’s own record, on data.delaware.gov

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The short answer

Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Oct 23, 2026.

The last 24 months 12 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean4
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

4 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Jan 13, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.

12 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

12 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

12 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

Hover or focus a month to read it.

No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each violation, in its source’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.

Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

Jan 13, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations

  • Staffing

    “Ensure in the absence of the Administrator, an ECT is in charge and trained. Send staff DEEDS certificate and trained in day-to-day operations form.”

    Rule 26U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 12, 2026.

  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #2 needs first aid/CPR and OCCL Health and Safety training. Staff #3 needs a job description, 2 reference letters, and adult abuse registry check. Staff #4 needs OCCL Health and Safety training. Staff #5 needs to be re-fingerprinted.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Feb 20, 2026.

  • Documenting Children’s Progress

    “Developmental plans needed for Child #1, 2, 5, 9, and 10. Send to OCCL.”

    Rule 42U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Feb 13, 2026.

Feb 3, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation

  • Annual Training

    “All full time staff must have at least 18 annual training hours including at least two hours in Health and Safety. Staff #1 needs 15 hours, Staff #2 needs 18 hours, Staff #5 needs 13 hours.”

    Rule 33U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 17, 2025.

Jan 21, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations

  • Personnel Files

    The inspectors’ words, 98 words

    “Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #2 needs first aid/CPR, PD plan, annual reviews of safe sleep and child abuse and neglect. Staff #3 needs orientation and adult abuse registry check. Staff #4 needs orientation, 7-hour OCCL Health and Safety training, 2 references, release of employment, and 1 service letter (or 2 additional references). Staff #5 needs annual review of child abuse and neglect. Staff #6 needs review of safe sleep, orientation, 7-hour OCCL Health and Safety training, 2 references, declaration and drug/alcohol statement, release of employment, and 1 service letter, or 2 additional references. Send to OCCL.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 17, 2025.

  • Child Files

    “Ensure child files are complete. Developmental plans for Child #7 and 9. Infant feeding statement for Child #7 and other infants. Send to OCCL.”

    Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 17, 2025.

  • Emergency Planning

    “Ensure there is adequate water on-site in case of an emergency. Send a picture to OCCL.”

    Rule 66U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Feb 25, 2025.

Jan 8, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations

  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are complete. Annual review of abuse and neglect is needed for Staff #1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. Orientation is needed for Staff #4, 5, and 6. 7-hour OCCL Health and Safety training is needed for Staff #4, 5, and 6. Application is needed for Staff #5. References are needed for Staff #4, 5, and 6. Declaration and Drug/Alcohol Statement is needed for Staff #4. Release of employment and service letters needed for Staff #4 and 6. Annual safe sleep is needed for Staff #2.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Feb 27, 2024.

  • Parents Right to Know

    “Ensure Parents Right to Know log is complete. Send a copy to OCCL.”

    Rule 38U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Feb 27, 2024.

  • Child Files

    “Ensure child files are complete. Blood lead screening needed for Child #3. Screen time permission is needed for Child #4. Developmental plan is needed for Child #2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10.”

    Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Feb 27, 2024.

  • Indoor Space

    “Ensure latch on preschool room is replaced. Send a picture to OCCL.”

    Rule 49U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 11, 2024.

  • License Renewal

    “Ensure the City of Wilmington business license is up-to-date and not expired. Send a copy to OCCL.”

    Rule 8U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 15, 2024.

All 4 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jan 13, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations cited
Feb 3, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation cited
Jan 21, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations cited
Jan 8, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child Care Center.
  • Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 12 years.
  • Takes part in: Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
  • Licence number 1005371.
  • Capacity: 72 children.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Delaware acted against it?

  • No complaint investigations in the last three years.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • Delaware doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers.

Who owns it?

  • Delaware’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • No facility injuries reported. No facility deaths reported.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Providers aren’t compared: Delaware lists only the visits that found violations, so a count can’t tell a clean record from one never visited.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

12 compared
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Kool Kids Learning Center This child care providerNot given
Chosen Children Child Care, LLCNot given
Donna NicholsNot given
Carter’s Child Care and Learning CenterNot given
Shining Stars Childcare Inc.Not given
My Children Childcare Center, LLCNot given
Lily DollardNot given
Little Hearts Childcare, LLCNot given
Little Legends Learning & Family Development CenterNot given
Boys & Girls Club @ Warner ElementaryNot given
Brandy MooreNot given
The Choir School of DelawareNot given

What the record doesn’t say

  • Delaware doesn’t grade violations by severity, so read what was cited.
  • Delaware’s open data lists a visit only when a violation was cited there, so visits that found nothing aren’t shown.
  • Delaware publishes five years of reviews and complaints; this page shows the last three.
  • Delaware doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
  • Delaware lists only the visits that found violations, so a provider with none listed may not have been visited at all: no count of violations is used to headline, filter or compare its providers.

Sources

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing. Delaware’s own record is on data.delaware.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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