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Z & Z Early Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Wilmington, Delaware 19806

1315 North Union Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19806. (302) 655-1962.

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 21 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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?

3 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Apr 14, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.

21 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

21 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

21 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.

Apr 14, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review8 violations
  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are complete. Job description, references, application, declaration, drug/alcohol, adult abuse, release of employment, service letters needed for Staff #1. PD plan, annual safe sleep and abuse needed for Staff #2. CPR/FA, med cert, needed for Staff #3. Med cert needed for Staff #4, #6. Annual safe sleep and abuse, orientation, OCCL 7 hr training, application, Job description, references, application, declaration, drug/alcohol, adult abuse, health appraisal/TB, release of employment, service letters needed for Staff #5, #7.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 23, 2026.

  • Hazardous Materials

    “Ensure radon tests are completed every 5 years.”

    Rule 45U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 20, 2026.

  • Heating and Cooling

    “Ensure heating/cooling equipment is clean and free of dust/dirt (vents).”

    Rule 48U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 20, 2026.

  • Indoor Space

    The inspectors’ words, 112 words

    “Ensure indoor space is cleanable and safe. The kitchen has ceiling tiles that need to be replaced. Ceiling tiles in older toddler, Pre-k need to be replaced or cleaned. Older and younger toddler rooms have lights out, need to be replaced. Paint is chipped and needs to be repaired in the younger and older toddler, Pre-k and infant rooms throughout; walls and sills. Group carpets/rugs need to be removed or replaced in younger and older toddler and PreK rooms; tripping hazard. The group gym mat in the younger toddler room needs to be repaired or replaced (not cleanable). Pre-k bathroom wall near the vent needs repair. Pre-k classroom trash lid is broken.”

    Rule 49U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 30, 2026.

  • Kitchen and Food Preparation

    “Ensure prep area & fridge/freezer are clean and safe. The freezer side has rust at the bottom (inside). Needs to be cleaned or replaced. Prep area and cabinets need to be cleaned. The trash can has no lid.”

    Rule 50U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 18, 2026.

  • Outdoor Area

    “The outdoor area needs fall zones covered with mulch. Structure (larger) has a crack on top of the tunnel, which needs to be repaired/removed.”

    Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 4, 2026.

  • Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments

    “Ensure sleep accommodations are met. Crib sheets need to be tight-fitting. Ensure to maintain 18 inches apart while sleeping. Rest equipment (mats) in toddler classrooms is torn and need replaced or repaired to be cleanable.”

    Rule 56U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 29, 2026.

  • Feeding of Infants

    “Ensure infant feeding schedules are updated monthly.”

    Rule 72U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 29, 2026.

Apr 8, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations
  • Staff Qualifications

    “EC Administrator needs I/T training certification.”

    Rule 24U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 23, 2025.

  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs 4 references. Staff #2 needs OCCL 7 hour training, 4 references. Staff #3 needs OCCL 7 hour training. Staff #4 needs orientation, application/resume, job description, references, declaration, drug/alcohol statement, adult abuse check, release of employment, service letter attempt.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 24, 2025.

  • Heating and Cooling

    “Ensure heating/cooling vents are cleaned; all classrooms.”

    Rule 48U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 22, 2025.

  • Indoor Space

    “Ensure indoor space is in good repair. Ceiling tile needs replaced in Pre-K 1; falling.”

    Rule 49U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 22, 2025.

  • Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments

    “Ensure rest equipment is non-absorbant and cleanable. Toddler and Pre-K 1 mats are torn. Pre-K 2 room cots were stacked w/sheets; be sure they don not touch. Ensure safe sleep for infants; sheets need to be tight fitting.. Correct by 4.14.25.”

    Rule 56U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 23, 2025.

  • Feeding of Infants

    “Ensure infant feeding schedules are updated monthly; 2 children were not updated.”

    Rule 72U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 23, 2025.

Apr 10, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review7 violations
  • Personnel Files

    “Submit the following to complete staff files: CPR/First Aid for staff # 2, 4, 5, 7, 8. Administration of Medication for staff # 8. Professional Development for #4, 8. Orientation #8. OCCL Health and Safety Training for #7, 8. Job descriptions for # 8. Two References for #4, 8 and one reference for #2. Declaration and Drug and Alcohol for #6. Adult Abuse Registry Check for # 2, 7, 8. Health Appraisal for #1. Release of Employment for #1, 8. Service Letters for #1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 10, 2024.

  • Children’s Attendance

    “Record exact times of arrivals for all children in the Two’s and Three-Five Year Old Rooms. This was corrected at visit.”

    Rule 43U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 10, 2024.

  • Indoor Space

    “Ensure that all outlets are covered in the Infant Room. This was corrected at visit. Ensure that all trash cans in the the Infant Bathroom have are foot operated lids. Repair the missing floor coverings in the kitchen.”

    Rule 49U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 10, 2024.

  • Kitchen and Food Preparation

    “Ensure that the refrigerator in the Infant Room is 41 degrees Fahrenheit or below.”

    Rule 50U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 10, 2024.

  • Outdoor Area

    “Repair the loose spindle on the wooden railing leading into the playground from the building. Also, replace the missing spindle in the same area.”

    Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 9, 2024.

  • Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments

    “Replace torn mats in the Two’s Room”

    Rule 56U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 11, 2024.

  • Diapering and Soiled Clothing

    “Replace changing mat in the Infant Room.”

    Rule 61U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 8, 2024.

All 3 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 14, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review8 violations cited
Apr 8, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations cited
Apr 10, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review7 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child Care Center.
  • Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 5 years.
  • Takes part in: Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
  • Licence number 1023271.
  • Capacity: 65 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?

  • 2 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: No Evidence to Substantiate (2).
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.

On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Sep 21, 2026OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to SubstantiateOn September 4, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding allegations of lack of supervision and allegations of staff not respecting the needs of a child. Based on staff interviews and documents reviewed, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for lack of supervision. Staff all stated they walk around the classroom during nap and stand in the doorway during bathroom use. Based on staff interviews and documents reviewed, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not respecting the needs of a child. Staff members stated they asked Child #1 if another child touched them inappropriately, and staff reported Child #1 said no. All staff interviewed denied using any inappropriate behaviors with a child.
Jul 19, 2024OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to SubstantiateOn May 20, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding concerns of operating rooms over measured capacity and not having sleep equipment 18” apart. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because children s sleeping equipment was observed to be placed at least 18 inches apart and classrooms were not observed to be operating over capacity.

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
Z & Z Early Learning Center This child care providerNot given
Shirley’s Little Friends, LLCNot given
Kind Mind KidsNot given
Tower Hill SchoolNot given
Shirley’s Little FriendsNot given
Ursuline Academy Lower SchoolNot given
Boys & Girls Club @ Joseph E. Johnson ElementaryNot given
Lacc Learning Center @ Lewis ElementaryNot given
Riverview PlaceNot given
Kind Mind Kids at Immanuel Church HighlandsNot given
Katherine ManningNot given
The Little Campus, LLCNot 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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