Barbara Lynne Mckinney
A licensed family child care in Newark, Delaware 19713
5 Knickerbocker Drive, Newark, Delaware 19713. (302) 266-9594.
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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 Jun 8, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
4 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
4 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 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.
Jun 8, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Children’s Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Full file for Child #9. Health appraisal with immunizations for Child #2 and #5. Health appraisal for Child #4. Blood lead screening for Child #6. Infant feeding statement for Child #2. Send to OCCL.”
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Hazardous Materials
“Ensure radon test is done every 5 years. Send updated test to OCCL.”
Jun 11, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Children’s Health Appraisal
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #2 needs a health appraisal and immunizations. Child #6 needs a blood lead screening. Send to OCCL.”
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Fire Safety
“Ensure fire extinguisher is inspected annually. Send a picture of the tag.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 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 248499.
- 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?
- 3 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: No Evidence to Substantiate (2), 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On May 28, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding sanitation concerns. An investigation was conducted on June 8, 2026. Based on an interview with the provider and observations of the child care home, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint. Provider #1 stated they clean and sanitize as required and the child care home was observed to be clean at the time of the visit with evidence to show cleaning supplies are readily available. |
| Apr 14, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On March 10, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding allegations of failing to follow termination policies and failing to release children to an authorized pick-up person. An investigation started on March 20, 2025, and ended on March 21, 2025. This complaint is substantiated for failing to follow termination policies and failing to admit authorized persons into the child care to pick up children from within the home. There was a lack of communication between Parent #1 and Provider #1 as well as other issues, but this reason was not stated in the parent handbook as a reason for terminating a child s care. There is also no statement in the parent handbook about the ability of the provider to not release children to authorized people, as long as those people do not appear intoxicated or under the influence of drugs. |
| Feb 6, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On January 14, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding an aggressive pet in areas where child care is provided. An investigation was started on January 17, 2025, and concluded on January 30, 2025. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint regarding an aggressive pet in areas where child care is provided based on interviews, observations, and documentation received. The dog only barks and paws at an individual, but has never been aggressive, especially with the children. |
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 |
|---|---|
| Barbara Lynne Mckinney This child care provider | Not given |
| YMCA of Delaware/ Gallaher | Not given |
| Happy Place Day Care LLC | Not given |
| Katherine Hernandez | Not given |
| Sunshine Kids Academy | Not given |
| Islamic Academy of Delaware | Not given |
| Pequenas Manitas Early Learning Center | Not given |
| Jan Hymes | Not given |
| The Learning Experience | Not given |
| Little Stars Learn & Grow Academy | Not given |
| Aamani Jardon DBA Little Roses Daycare | Not given |
| Delaware Technical Community College Cdc Stanton | Not given |
| Erin Goldberg | 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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