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Shellie Williams

A licensed family child care in Felton, Delaware 19943

410 Ryan Ct, Felton, Delaware 19943. (302) 943-3724.

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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 13 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 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?

4 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on May 18, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.

13 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

13 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

13 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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.

May 18, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations

  • Children’s Files

    “Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a health appraisal, immunizations, and blood lead level test result. Two children need updated health appraisals with immunizations.”

    Rule 22P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 28, 2026.

  • Indoor Space

    “Ensure air fresheners and scented candles are not used while children are in care. This was corrected at the visit when the candle warmer was turned off.”

    Rule 29P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 18, 2026.

  • Sanitation

    “Ensure a soap and water bottle is available for cleaning the changing table. Obtain labeled bottle.”

    Rule 37P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 1, 2026.

  • Pets

    “Ensure pet vaccinations are kept current. Obtain rabies vaccination for Dolly.”

    Rule 48P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 10, 2026.

May 22, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations

  • Children’s Files

    “Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a blood lead level test result. One child needs an updated health appraisal and immunizations.”

    Rule 22P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 10, 2025.

  • Indoor Space

    “Ensure air fresheners and candles are not used while children are in care. An air freshener was observed plugged into an outlet in the bathroom and a candle was observed being warmed in the kitchen. This was corrected at the visit when the air freshener was removed and the candle warmer was turned off.”

    Rule 29P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 22, 2025.

  • First Aid Kit

    “Ensure the first aid kit is complete with all required items. Purchase roll gauze for the first aid kit.”

    Rule 44P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 10, 2025.

  • Pets

    “Ensure rabies vaccination is current and on file for dogs. Obtain updated vaccinations.”

    Rule 48P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 10, 2025.

May 21, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations

  • Children’s Files

    “Ensure child files are complete. One child needs an updated Health Appraisal and immunizations, One child needs immunization records. One child needs a blood lead level test result.”

    Rule 22P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 10, 2024.

  • Outdoor Area

    “Ensure outdoor shed is locked while children are in care.”

    Rule 32P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 27, 2024.

  • Diapering and Soiled Clothing

    “Ensure the diaper-changing pad is cleanable and non-porous.”

    Rule 40P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 27, 2024.

  • Pets

    “Maintain updated vaccination records for dogs.”

    Rule 48P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 29, 2024.

Nov 22, 2023: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation

  • Children’s Files

    “Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a Medication Administration Record completed for diaper cream. One child needs an updated infant feeding schedule.”

    Rule 22P. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Nov 30, 2023.

All 4 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 18, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations cited
May 22, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations cited
May 21, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations cited
Nov 22, 2023Unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Family Child Care.
  • Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 5 years.
  • Licence number 1540716.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Delaware acted against it?

  • 1 complaint investigation in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: No Evidence to Substantiate (1).
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
Feb 11, 2026OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to SubstantiateOn February 3, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding lack of supervision. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because Provider #1 stated he/she was able to supervise Child #1 as he/she waited at the school bus stop located on the corner of her home and a cross street. Provider #1 stated at no point was Child #1 out of her sight. Provider #1 further stated typically a family friend picks up Child #1, with parental permission, and waits with him/her at the bus stop but was ill on the morning of February 2, 2026, so the Provider supervised him/her from her doorway rather than take all child care children out in the extreme cold and ice.

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
Pamela HoudekNot given
Bianca MccoyNot given
Beginnings and Beyond IIINot given
Tyeasha GadeNot given
Shellie Williams This child care providerNot given
Sylena LenkiewiczNot given
Tredena TrottNot given
Diane ReedNot given
Melissa LonskiNot given
Kelly WorthingtonNot given
Elizabeth ColeNot given
Boys & Girls Club @ Lake Forest (North)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

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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