YMCA of Delaware / Walnut Street YMCA Children’s Corner 3
A licensed child care center in Wilmington, Delaware 19801
1000 North Walnut Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. (302) 472-9622.
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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?
7 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Oct 12, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
9 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
9 violations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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.
Oct 12, 2026: announced1 violation
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Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
“Visit to cite for non-compliances from self-report on 9/16/2026. The administrator contacted OCCL to inform us that a staff member was not in their zone, resulting in a child being left alone. The center is being cited for lack of supervision. This was corrected by the staff member being terminated.”
Jan 7, 2026: announced1 violation
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Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
“A licensee shall ensure supervision and direct observation of children is provided at all times. The staff member left a child on the school bus and did not conduct a proper sweep/check to be sure all the children were off the bus. Administer wrote up the staff and retrained all staff on bus policies and procedures. This was corrected on 1/9/2026”
Nov 19, 2025: announced1 violation
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Positive Behavior Management
“A staff member failed to use appropriate behavior supports. The incident was corrected by termination of the employee. Before the employee could be terminated, the employee resigned. The incident was self-reported by the administrator.”
Oct 7, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. CPR and FA needed for Staff #1,2,5 OCCL Health and safety training needed for Staff #3,5 Admin of Meds needed for Staff #4 Orientation needed for Staff #5 TB test results for Staff #5”
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Child Files
“Child files need to be complete. Child #14 and #23 need updated health appraisal Child #12 needs blood lead results”
Aug 21, 2025: announced1 violation
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Positive Behavior Management
“Termination letter received 8/25/2025 Center being cited for failing to use appropriate behavior support and the correction was terminating the staff member.”
Apr 2, 2025: announced1 violation
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Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
“Lack of supervision. Corrected on April 3, 2025. Center took disciplinary action with all staff involved.”
Oct 3, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. -CPR/FA needed for staff #2,10,11 -OCCL training needed for staff #1,15 -references needed for staff # 14 -Health appraisal needed for staff # 3,6,7,9,13 -ROE and service letters needed for staff # 1,4,8,12”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. -child #6,8 need health appraisals -child #5,10,21 need blood lead results.”
All 7 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2026 | Announced | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 7, 2026 | Announced | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Announced | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 7, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Announced | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 2, 2025 | Announced | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 3, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 2 years through 12 years.
- Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed), Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Licence number 257097.
- Capacity: 291 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: Substantiated (2), No Evidence to Substantiate (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On July 21, and July 29, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received self-reports from the center regarding two separate incidents of a lack of supervision. On July 29, 2025, OCCL received a complaint about a lack of supervision regarding the July 21, 2025, incident. An investigation began on August 11, 2025, and concluded on September 2, 2025. Based on staff statements, administrative interviews, and observations at the visit, this complaint is substantiated for a lack of supervision. Additional concerns noted during the investigation included a person who had not been fingerprinted for the center present with the children during the first incident, and the center having lunch in a space at a different location that was not approved by OCCL. |
| Jul 30, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On July 18, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding an allegation of improper discipline. An investigation was conducted on July 23, 2025. Based on staff interviews, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for improper discipline. All staff members interviewed stated they have not witnessed or heard of any staff members using improper discipline with any children. Additionally, there was documentation of staff using positive reinforcement with the children. |
| Nov 21, 2023 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On August 14, 2023, a complaint was called into the Child Abuse and Neglect Report Line and was not accepted for investigation by the Institutional Abuse Unit (IAU). It was sent to the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) on August 14, 2023, and accepted for investigation for improper discipline, not following the center’s policy on social media postings, failure to report suspected abuse or neglect to the Report Line, staff file requirements, not providing an incident report to a parent, and staff not modeling appropriate behavior. This specialist was in communication with the Wilmington Police Department (WPD) regarding the status of their investigation into this incident. This specialist was given permission by WPD to begin an investigation on October 18, 2023. OCCL conducted an investigation beginning on October 18, 2023, and concluding on November 16, 2023. This complaint is substantiated for improper discipline because a video recording showed Staff #1 and Staff #2 using improper behavior management techniques with Child #1. This complaint is also substantiated for staff not following the center s policy on social media because Staff #1 and Staff #2 posted a video to social media of Child #1. The allegation that the center did not notify the Child Abuse and Neglect Report Line is unsubstantiated because LS Flowers verified Ms. Law did contact the Child Abuse and Neglect Report Line on August 10, 2023. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for staff file requirements because a review of staff files showed all staff members had completed an annual review of abuse and neglect. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for staff not modeling appropriate behavior by using inappropriate language or teasing children because the center administrator and Staff #3 both denied observing any staff member using inappropriate language in front of children or teasing the children. There is no evidence to substantiate the center did not complete an accident injury report because Ms. Law did verbally notify Parent #1 of the incident the same day and had a report available the next morning for signature, but the parent was not present at the center that day. |
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: 6 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
- 2025: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
- 2024: 3 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
- 2022: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
- 2021: 1 facility injury. 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 |
|---|---|
| YMCA of Delaware / Walnut Street YMCA Children’s Corner 3 This child care provider | Not given |
| Little Leaders in Training Academy | Not given |
| Junebug’s Little Rubies, LLC | Not given |
| Sister Sister Care Daycare | Not given |
| Our Future Christian Child Care Center | Not given |
| Early Childhood Educational Arts Academy | Not given |
| Teenie Weenie’s Precious Feet | Not given |
| Learning Center at Madison Street | Not given |
| The Goddard School in Wilmington | Not given |
| Kid’s Kingdom Elc Inc. | Not given |
| Junebug’s Little Rubies Preschool, LLC | Not given |
| A Leap of Faith Cdc, Inc. - Adams 4 | Not given |
| Ark South Learning Center | 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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