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Wilmington Head Start, Inc. - West End Center

A licensed child care center in Wilmington, Delaware 19805

1725 West 8th Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19805. (302) 421-3620.

Delaware’s own record, on data.delaware.gov

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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?

Delaware’s list shows only the visits that found violations, so a zero can’t be read either way: this provider may have had visits that found none, or no visit at all. No count is shown.

Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child Care Center.
  • Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 3 years through 5 years.
  • Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed).
  • Delaware lists it as: Nonprofit.
  • Licence number 250487.
  • Capacity: 129 children.
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 13, 2024OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to SubstantiateThe Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on January 10, 2024, regarding staff not using respectful communication, not following proper diapering procedures, and not following policies regarding arrival times and access to the center. An investigation was conducted on January 17, 2024. Based on the results of this investigation, there is no evidence to substantiate that staff are not using respectful communication because all five staff members who were interviewed stated they have never observed any staff member using inappropriate language with or in front of children. There is no evidence to substantiate the center is not following the diapering procedure because a pull-up was provided when Child #1 did not have one available. There is also no evidence to substantiate that the center is not following policies regarding arrival times and access to the center because the center administrator stated Parent #1 was not allowed to enter the classroom before opening time per center policy and was prohibited from entering the center due to a violation of the parent code of conduct. An alternative person was permitted to drop off and pick up Child #1. When Parent #1 returned to the center after being prohibited, Wilmington Police Department was contacted.

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?

  • Not compared: Delaware’s list shows only the visits that found violations, so this record has no count to compare.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

13 compared
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Wilmington Head Start, Inc. - West End Center This child care providerNot compared
Jamise BaileyNot given
Sheila’s Dreams Too Child Care LLCNot given
Little Scholars Learning Academy LLCNot given
Wilmington Head Start, Inc. - West 3rd Street CenterNot given
Seeds of Jesus Daycare, LLC.Not given
Boys & Girls Club @ Clarence FraimNot given
Shante HallmonNot given
Sheila’s Dreams Child Care LLCNot given
Hope House Knowledge CenterNot given
Wilmington Head Start, Inc. - Van Buren Street CenterNot given
Precious Little Hands Childcare Center LLCNot given
Bright Beginnings Learning AcademyNot 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.

From the provider

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Replies

None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.

Paid listing

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How to read a record

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An example nursing home

Made up for this guide: no real place is shown

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.

From the homeNone yet. Replies and paid listings aren’t open, and when they open they will sit here, below the record.

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