Bright Beginnings Learning Academy
A licensed child care center in Wilmington, Delaware 19805
111 N Cleveland Ave, Wilmington, Delaware 19805. (302) 655-1346.
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The short answer
Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Oct 23, 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?
3 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Feb 7, 2025; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
5 violations cited in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
5 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Feb 7, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Insurance Coverage
“Ensure insurance documentation is up to date. Send a copy to OCCL by March 7, 2025.”
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs the 7-hour OCCL health and safety training. Send documentation to OCCL by March 7, 2025”
Feb 6, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff complete 7 hour OCCL health and safety training before working with children. Send Staff #1 certificate.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #2 has a note from parent for not vaccinating child. Physical stated child is not vaccinated. Send notarized Affidavit of Religious Believe for Child #2. Child #5 needs blood lead screening and results. Send to OCCL by 3/6/24”
Dec 4, 2023: complaint Visit1 violation
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General Qualifications
The inspectors’ words, 127 words
“Licensee shall ensure all staff members are fingerprinted and the licensee had received and eligibility determination or provisional eligibility notification before the start of employment. Staff member was sent home. Staff member and administrator were Informed the staff cannot work in the building until eligibility letter is received. A licensee shall ensure a staff member is fingerprinted and the licensee has received an eligibility determination or a provisional eligibility notification before the start of employment. A staff member was working at the facility who had not been fingerprinted for the center. Send a copy of the eligibility letter for the staff member to OCCL when it is received and ensure the staff member is not present at the facility until OCCL acknowledges receipt of the eligibility letter.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 6, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
| Dec 4, 2023 | Complaint Visit | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 12 years.
- Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed), Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Delaware lists it as: Profit.
- Licence number 1263742.
- Capacity: 103 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 3 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: Substantiated (2), No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern (1).
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern | OCCL s investigation of regulatory non-compliance began after clearance from other agencies was received. On February 26, 2025, the Office of Childcare Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding improper discipline. An investigation began on February 26, 2025, and concluded on January 20, 2026. After carefully reviewing information available to OCCL from other agencies and due to the passage of time since the incident allegedly occurred, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for improper discipline. A concern noted during the investigation was that OCCL was not notified of suspected abuse or neglect of a child while in care and of the known arrest of a staff member or licensee within one business day as required. |
| Jul 22, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on July 1, 2024, regarding not following infant feeding statements from parents, not having an understanding of and respect for children and their needs, and unqualified staff alone with children. An investigation was conducted on July 11, 2024. Based on documentation reviewed and interviews with staff, this complaint is substantiated for not having current infant feeding statements from parents for all infants in care. Based on interviews with staff, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for a lack of understanding of and respect for children and their needs. All staff interviewed denied that any staff kissed children on the mouth. Based on interviews with staff and observation of classrooms, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for unqualified staff alone with children. A staff member goes to the infant room to visit and breastfeed their own child but is not caring for other children. |
| Feb 2, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on November 28, 2023, regarding improper discipline, staff-to-child ratios, staff working alone without having DEEDS certification, staff sleeping in classrooms, staff not assigned to specific infants or toddlers, and not following DELACARE food requirements. An investigation began on December 1, 2023, and ended on December 6, 2023. Based on interviews conducted this complaint is substantiated for improper discipline. Although the licensing specialist did not observe improper discipline at the time of the visit, staff stated they have seen yelling by Ms. Girgis and observed Ms. Girgis bop a couple of children not hard but not appropriately. This complaint is also substantiated for incorrect ratios based on documentation that showed the infant room was out of ratio with one staff and five infants on November 27, 2023, from 9:30 10:15 am. This complaint is substantiated for not following food regulations because the posted menu for the day of the visit did not accurately reflect the food being served that day, There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for unqualified staff working alone, staff sleeping in classrooms, or staff not assigned to specific infants or toddlers. The specialist observed DEEDS certificates for all staff except one who was never alone with a group of children during the visit. All staff interviewed denied having seen staff sleeping in classrooms. Licensing specialists observed the staff who were identified as assigned to rooms to be working in the rooms identified and the administrator confirmed specific staff are assigned to infants and toddlers. Additional concerns noted were the licensee or administrator did not notify OCCL within one business day of closing the center due to repairs needed to the heater and a staff member was working at the facility before eligibility or provisional eligibility had been determined. |
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?
- 2025: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
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.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Jamise Bailey | Not given |
| Sheila’s Dreams Too Child Care LLC | Not given |
| Little Scholars Learning Academy LLC | Not given |
| Wilmington Head Start, Inc. - West 3rd Street Center | Not given |
| Seeds of Jesus Daycare, LLC. | Not given |
| Boys & Girls Club @ Clarence Fraim | Not given |
| Shante Hallmon | Not given |
| Sheila’s Dreams Child Care LLC | Not given |
| Hope House Knowledge Center | Not given |
| Wilmington Head Start, Inc. - Van Buren Street Center | Not given |
| Precious Little Hands Childcare Center LLC | Not given |
| Bright Beginnings Learning Academy This child care provider | 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 23, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 23, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews (pnbd-85r6).
Released Oct 23, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.
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