Antoinette Gordy
A licensed family child care in New Castle, Delaware 19720
339 Hackberry Drive, New Castle, Delaware 19720. (610) 656-7293.
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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?
2 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Nov 13, 2024; 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 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2024. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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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.
Nov 13, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation
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Children’s Files
“Child files were missing the following: - Child #1 needs a blood lead screening - Child #3 needs an updated health appraisal - Child #5 needs an updated infant feeding schedule that includes how many ounces/frequency of feedings and only foods that have been introduced.”
Dec 13, 2023: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations
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General Requirements
“Ensure all household members are fingerprinted within 5 days of turning 18. Submit eligibility and adult health appraisal for HHM #1.”
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Children’s Files
“Submit the following to complete children’s files: immunizations or an affidavit of religious belief and blood lead test results for one child.”
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Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure children’s sleeping equipment is stored so the bedding is not touching. Send photo to OCCL.”
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Sanitation
“Obtain a soap and water bottle for diaper changing area. Send photo to OCCL.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 4 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Family Child Care.
- 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).
- Licence number 1339738.
- Capacity: 9 children.
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: Substantiated (2).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2024 | IA Investigation: Substantiated | Delaware gives no summary. |
| May 31, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On April 19, 2024, three complaints regarding the Family Child Care Home of Antoinette Gordy, located at 339 Hackberry Drive, New Castle, DE 19710 were called into the Child Abuse and Neglect Report Line and accepted for investigation by the Institutional Abuse Unit (IAU). The complaints were sent to the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) and accepted for investigation on April 19, 2024, regarding concerns of lack of supervision. On April 19, 2024, Licensing Specialist Rukiya Davis and Licensing Supervisor Laurie Bailey delivered a Suspension Order to Ms. Gordy and began investigating this complaint. This complaint is substantiated for lack of supervision based on medical records, police records including the arrest of Substitute #1, information provided by IAU Investigator Mike Zuka, and an interview with Ms. Gordy. Medical documentation states Child #1 arrived at Nemours Children s Health Emergency Department hypothermic with signs of near-drowning, including aspiration of liquid into the lungs. Police records state Child #1 was found by Substitute #1 face down on a water-filled tarp draped over Ms. Gordy s above-ground swimming pool and stated Substitute #1 left multiple children unsupervised in Ms. Gordy s backyard while Ms. Gordy was running an errand. Ms. Gordy stated Substitute #1 was caring for the children while she went to the grocery store, and Substitute #1 came into the home to check on Child #2, who was sleeping in a pack-n-play and began preparing lunch. Ms. Gordy stated Substitute #1 left the remaining children in the backyard, and after a couple of minutes, Substitute #1 saw Child #1 s legs hanging over the edge of the swimming pool in the backyard. Ms. Gordy stated Substitute #1 retrieved Child #1 from the pool and called emergency services. Substitute #1 was arrested on April 23, 2024, and was charged with endangering the welfare of a child under the age of 18 causing injury. Additional concerns noted during this investigation include t he use of Substitute #1 in a non-emergency situation without the required trainings. Going to the grocery store or use on a regular basis requires an adult to be trained as a non-emergency substitute. Substitute #1 was listed as an emergency-only substitute and does not have the trainings or orientation forms required by OCCL to be used in non-emergency situations. An additional concern noted was Child #2, an infant, was left indoors unsupervised when Substitute #1 took the remaining children outside to play. |
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Antoinette Gordy This child care provider | Not given |
| 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 | 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 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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