Ducklings Elc Middletown DBA Jdbb Holdings, LLC.
A licensed child care center in Middletown, Delaware 19709
621 Mapleton Ave., Middletown, Delaware 19709. (302) 676-7410.
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The short answer
Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Nov 1, 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?
6 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Oct 9, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
14 violations cited in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
14 violations in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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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 | Nov |
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 Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
Oct 9, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs orientation, OCCL H&S training, App/resume, references, health appraisal w/TB, service letter. Staff #2 needs references, service letter. Staff #4, #6, #9 needs references-service letter. Staff #8, #11 needs medication certification.”
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Administration of Medication
“Ensure medication is in original container. Honeybees - CW is missing original container for inhaler.”
Sep 11, 2026: announced1 violation
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Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
“Ensure supervision is provided at all times. Staff members went inside with their class, leaving child on the enclosed playground. Staff in an adjacent playground area saw the child and brought them into the facility. Staff members received a formal written warning and training.”
Oct 2, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs updated med certification. Staff #3 needs updated TB test.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #9 needs updated health appraisal.”
Oct 2, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #2 needs references (2), Health Appraisal & TB. Staff #3 needs signed PD Plan, orientation, references (2), TB test. Staff #4 needs CPR/First Aid, PD Plan, orientation, references (2), Health Appraisal & TB.”
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Child Files
“Ensure children’s files are complete. Child #1, 5, 8 need blood lead test results.”
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Hazardous Materials
“Ensure hazardous materials are not accessible to children. Toilet wand and cleaning pads in bathroom of Jitterbugs classroom.”
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Kitchen and Food Preparation
“Ensure refrigerator temp reads 41’ or colder. The Crickets classroom refrigerator is reading 45’.”
Apr 26, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Staff Attendance
“Ensure staff attendance includes exact arrival and departure times. At the time of the visit, two staff were signed out of the crickets room for breaks prior to taking the breaks. Also, one staff member did not sign out of the infant classroom and one staff member did not sign out of the doodlebugs room.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. A monthly infant feeding schedule is needed for one child. Parents’ right to know is needed for one child. Blood lead testing results are needed for two children.”
Feb 19, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. A health appraisal with TB is needed for one staff. A health appraisal is needed for one staff. Service letters are needed for eight staff.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure classrooms do not use air fresheners. Remove air freshener from the caterpillars room.”
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Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure nap equipment is labeled. Label cots is the caterpillar and crickets room.”
All 6 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Announced | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 2, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
| Oct 2, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 4 violations cited |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 19, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 8 years.
- Takes part in: Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Special conditions, in Delaware’s words: Variance.
- Licence number 1537836.
- Capacity: 145 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 1 complaint investigation in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: Substantiated (1).
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
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| Sep 29, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On September 10, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding allegations of a lack of handwashing due to an interruption of running water and failure to notify OCCL. An investigation was conducted on September 17, 2026. Based on interviews, this complaint is substantiated for a lack of handwashing and failing to notify OCCL and families of an interruption of running water. Administrator #1 stated they did not notify OCCL or families they did not have running water. Owner #1 stated the facility remained open without running water for a little over three hours, and hand sanitizer was used instead of washing hands. |
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?
- 2026: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 1, 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 Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Ducklings Elc Middletown DBA Jdbb Holdings, LLC. This child care provider | Not given |
| Katherine Manning | Not given |
| Barbara Needles | Not given |
| Shaun Mullan-Wright DBA Sunshine Children’s House | Not given |
| Happy Place Child Care of Middletown | Not given |
| Jeffrey Whiting | Not given |
| Susan Thompson | Not given |
| Peace Arousa Augusta Osayanmwen | Not given |
| Mercy Land Academy | Not given |
| Brilliant Little Minds @apc | Not given |
| Grow & Learn Childcare Center | Not given |
| Charlotte Goode | Not given |
| Celebree School of Middletown | 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 Nov 1, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information (wb83-pkcv).
Released Nov 1, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews (pnbd-85r6).
Released Nov 1, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
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