Seeds of Greatness Early Learning Center
A licensed child care center in New Castle, Delaware 19720
190 Quigley Blvd, New Castle, Delaware 19720. (302) 276-1447.
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The short answer
Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Oct 26, 2026.
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?
1 visit with violations in the last three years, the latest on Dec 11, 2024; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
1 violation cited in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
1 violation in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2024. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
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Hover or focus a month to read it.
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.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
Dec 11, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs four references. Staff #2 needs annual review of sleep safe and child abuse and neglect. Send documentation to OCCL by January 10, 2025.”
The one visit on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 violation 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 1213866.
- Capacity: 135 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 5 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: No Evidence to Substantiate (3), Substantiated (2).
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On August 22, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding allegations of failing to have a custody order in Child #1 s file and a lack of respectful communication. An investigation was conducted on September 4, 2025. Based on interviews conducted and documents reviewed, there is no evidence to substantiate the complaint for failing to have a custody order in Child #1’s file, because LS #1 observed the document in Child #1’s file, dated as received on the date of enrollment, July 8, 2025. Based on interviews conducted and documents reviewed, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint regarding a lack of respectful communication, as Administrator #1 and Staff #1 both stated Administrator #1 was not rude to Parent #2. Administrator #1 collaborated with both parents to facilitate effective communication for Child #1 s growth and development. |
| Oct 17, 2024 | IA Investigation: Substantiated | Delaware gives no summary. |
| Oct 16, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | OCCL s investigation of regulatory non-compliance began after clearance from other agencies was received. On May 9, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding improper discipline. This incident was self-reported to OCCL and to the Child Abuse and Neglect Report Line by the facility on May 8, 2024. Staff #1 was terminated from employment on May 7, 2024. On July 12, 2024, OCCL received information Staff #1 would be substantiated at Level 2 physical abuse on the Child Protection Registry. On August 27, 2024, OCCL received information Staff #1 had been arraigned and the case closed with adult arrest. Based on the documentation received, this complaint is substantiated for improper discipline. |
| May 13, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On April 19, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding lack of supervision and lack of respectful communication. Based on staff interviews and observations at the visit, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for lack of supervision and lack of respectful communication. |
| Mar 15, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On March 4, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding lack of supervision and failure to provide a written accident/injury report. An unannounced visit was conducted on March 7, 2024. There is no evidence to substantiate the complaint for lack of supervision and failure to provide a written accident/injury report based on the interviews and documentation received during the investigation. |
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?
- 2023: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
- 2022: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 26, 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.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Rebekah Mercer | Not given |
| Sherell Thomas | Not given |
| Joy Harvey | Not given |
| Boys & Girls Club @ New Castle | Not given |
| YMCA of Delaware/New Castle | Not given |
| Latoya Jackson | Not given |
| Brickhouse Care Academy Corporation | Not given |
| Sara Hayton | Not given |
| Comforts of Home Preschool LLC | Not given |
| Teachable Moments | Not given |
| Seeds of Greatness Early Learning Center This child care provider | Not given |
| Lorraine Cali | Not 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
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities (iuzd-3dbt).
Released Oct 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information (wb83-pkcv).
Released Oct 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews (pnbd-85r6).
Released Oct 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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This copy of the record was made on Oct 27, 2026.
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