Ducklings Elc/Crisp
A licensed child care center in Wilmington, Delaware 19805
230 Innovation Blvd, Wilmington, Delaware 19805. (302) 443-0123.
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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 Jul 8, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
10 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
10 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 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 |
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.
Jul 8, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs orientation, health appraisal w/TB. Staff #2 needs CPR/FA. Staff #3 needs CPR/FA, OCCL H&S training, health appraisal. Staff #4 pending OOS eligibility. Staff #5 needs OCCL H&S training.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #1 needs health appraisal. Child #2 needs blood lead screening. Child #11 needs health appraisal, immunizations and lead results.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure walls are cleanable. Doodlebugs paint is peeled.”
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Kitchen and Food Preparation
“Ensure refrigerator temps are 41’f or below. Waddlers, Crickets, Caterpillars, Fireflies.”
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Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure infant sheets are tight-fitting. Loose big sheets in waddler cribs.”
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Administration of Medication
“Ensure medication logs are complete, meds are labeled (all rooms), and expired medications are replaced.”
May 20, 2026: 60-Day Visit4 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs orientation, OCCL training, 2 references. Staff #2 needs 4 references or 2 and 1 service letter or attempts. Staff #3 needs 4 references or 2 and 1 service letter or attempts, health appraisal w/TB. Staff #4 needs orientation and health appraisal w/TB.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #1, #8 needs health appraisal & blood lead. Child #2, #9 need blood lead. Child #3, #5 need health appraisal.”
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Kitchen and Food Preparation
“Ensure refrigerator temps read 41’ or colder. Infants, Dragonflies.”
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Administration of Medication
“Ensure MAR forms are completed for all OTC medications.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 6 violations cited |
| May 20, 2026 | 60-Day Visit | 4 violations 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 1700434.
- Capacity: 160 children.
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: Substantiated (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 |
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| Apr 10, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On March 24, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding incorrect staff-to-child ratios. Based on observations of classrooms, interviews with staff, and a review of attendance records, this complaint is substantiated for incorrect staff-to-child ratios. LS #1 observed three classrooms out of correct staff-to child ratio while conducting the investigation. LS #1 reviewed documents showing four classrooms had incorrect staff-to-child ratios earlier that day. Five staff members interviewed stated they were out of ratio that day. An additional concern noted during this visit was two staff members working with children who were not eligible and one additional staff member not qualified to be in the classroom alone. |
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: 3 facility injuries. 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 |
|---|---|
| Ducklings Elc/Crisp This child care provider | Not given |
| 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 | 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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