Kindercare (Naamans Road)
A licensed child care center in Wilmington, Delaware 19810
2018c Naamans Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19810. (302) 475-2212.
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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?
3 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Mar 12, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
19 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
19 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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.
Mar 12, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. -Health Appraisal for Staff #8. -Annual review and abuse and neglect for Staff #9. -Annual review of sleep safe for Staff #9.”
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Child Files
“Ensure children’s files are complete. -Blood lead screening for Child #8. -Developmental plan for Child #3”
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Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure cots charts are updated and posted. No cot charts in the preschool and one-year-old classroom.”
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Equipment
“Ensure equipment is safe for play. Fix/Remove the hinge on the kitchen set in the Pre-K classroom. Add additional books to the Two’s, Three’s, and older one-year-old classrooms.”
Mar 17, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review8 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are completed. OCCL Health and Safety training for Staff #1. Job description for Staff #1. Health appraisal for Staff #2, #3, #4, and #5. References for Staff #6.”
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Child Files
“Ensure children’s files are complete. Child #15 needs lead screening.”
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Children’s Attendance
“Ensure attendance for children have exact hours in the classroom. -Corrected at visit”
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Hazardous Materials
“Ensure radon testing is completed every five years. -Send radon testing results to OCCL. Ensure Discovery Preschool has soap and water.”
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Toilet Facilities
“Ensure toilets are operational. One child and one staff toilet was not operational at the time of the visit.”
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Equipment
“Ensure equipment is in good condition and enough equipment for children enrolled. No toys on the shelves in Toddler A, no books or manipulatives in Toddler B, and replace books in Discovery Preschool and Preschool classroom.”
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Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Ensure staff and children are washing their hands after diaper changes.”
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Infant and Toddler Care
“Ensure children under the age of two-years-old do not use Styrofoam bowls or plates.”
Mar 6, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review7 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are completed. CPR and first needed for Staff #2,#3, and #4. -One additional reference for Staff #4.”
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Child Files
“Ensure children’s files are completed. -Child #6 needs blood lead screening results and cot permission.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure walls are cleaned. Clean vent in preschool and vent in toddlers’ bathroom.”
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Kitchen and Food Preparation
“Ensure there is a working thermometer in the small freezer in the kitchen.”
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Equipment
“Ensure all equipment is in good condition. Remove or Replace the bookshelf in the preschool room.”
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Emergency Planning
“Ensure there is emergency water.”
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Lesson Plans
“Ensure lesson plans are completed, updated, and posted. Send one week of Toddler B lesson plans.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Mar 12, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 4 violations cited |
| Mar 17, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 8 violations cited |
| Mar 6, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 7 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- 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).
- Delaware lists it as: Private.
- Licence number 27580.
- Capacity: 97 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 4 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern (2), No Evidence to Substantiate (1), 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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| Sep 18, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on August 31, 2026, regarding concerns of failure to follow proper accident/injury procedures following a severe injury, and failure to notify OCCL regarding a serious injury resulting in the need for medical care. An investigation was conducted on September 10, 2026. This complaint is substantiated for failure to notify OCCL regarding a serious injury resulting in the need for medical care based on interviews conducted. Administrator #1 stated they did not notify OCCL within one business day that Child #1 sustained an injury requiring medical attention nor did they report the injury during the complaint visit conducted by OCCL staff on September 1, 2026. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint regarding concerns of failure to follow proper accident/injury procedures following a severe injury based on interviews conducted. Administrator #1 and three staff members stated Staff #2 immediately attended to Child #1 and assessed Child #1 s injuries before transporting Child #1 for medical attention, as Staff #2 was the parent of Child #1. |
| Sep 17, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on August 31, 2026, regarding concerns of not calling emergency services for a child with a severe allergic reaction. An investigation was conducted on September 1, 2026. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint regarding concerns of not calling emergency services for a child with a severe allergic reaction based on interviews conducted. Administrator #1 and Staff #1 stated Child #1 had hives and swelling around the eyes and was not determined to be in respiratory distress requiring staff to contact 911. Child #1 was newly enrolled in the program, and information provided by Parent #1 and Parent #2 during enrollment indicated an allergy but did not indicate the severity of the allergy nor was an Allergy Action Plan or Epi-Pen provided by the family. Additional concerns noted during the investigation were OCCL not being notified within one business day of Child #1 seeking medical attention, the facility not completing an incident report for Child #1, the facility not having an MAR to administer medication in case of an allergic reaction, and providing medication to Child #1 without written parent or guardian permission. |
| Aug 1, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on July 23, 2025, regarding concerns of not following illness exclusions and not providing proper notification to families of exposure to contagious conditions, not following sanitation requirements, and not following proper handwashing procedures. An investigation was conducted on July 28, 2025. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not following illness exclusions and not providing proper notifications to families of exposure based on staff interviews. All staff interviewed stated they follow all illness exclusions and families were notified of Hand, Foot, and Mouth within the center via the KinderCare application. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not following sanitation requirements based on staff interviews and observations of the toddler classrooms. All staff interviewed stated classrooms and toys are cleaned and sanitized daily, toys are sanitized daily and when mouthed, and classrooms and toys are continuously sanitized when an illness is present in the facility. No cleanliness or sanitation concerns were noted during the walkthrough of the facility, and proper cleaning solutions were observed in each classroom. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not following proper handwashing procedures based on staff interviews. All staff interviewed stated staff members and children wash their hands at all required times throughout the day. A concern noted at the visit is Staff #2 is not fingerprinted and determined eligible for this KinderCare location. An additional concern noted at the visit is there was no staff member available during this visit who was trained in day-to-day operations while the administrator is not at the facility. |
| Jun 10, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on May 16, 2024, for concerns of incorrect staff-to-child ratios, not following enrollment procedures, not following child health exclusion policies, the cleanliness of the indoor space, and staff using their cell phones. An investigation was conducted on May 20, 2024. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for incorrect staff-to-child ratios based on observation of the facility, interviews, and attendance records reviewed. All staff interviewed stated classrooms are in ratio at all times and attendance records showed all classrooms are in ratio and do not exceed maximum group size. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not following enrollment procedures based on interviews and documents reviewed. Staff stated the facility has tour paperwork separate from enrollment paperwork. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not following child health exclusion policies based on staff interviews. All staff interviewed stated the facility follows health exclusions for all children. Staff #1 stated there was a child present on May 16, 2024, whose eye was red due to a recent surgery, and noted this could have been mistaken as pink eye to a family. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for lack of cleanliness in the indoor space based on observation of the facility All classrooms were organized and appeared clean. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for staff using cell phones because all staff interviewed stated staff do not use cell phones in the classrooms and have control of the children. This licensing specialist observed classrooms and no staff were on their cell phone. |
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: 2 facility injuries. 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 |
|---|---|
| Tamyra Branche DBA Little Learners Childcare LLC | Not given |
| Susan Temple | Not given |
| Children’s House-Montessori | Not given |
| Chester Bethel Preschool & Childcare | Not given |
| Kindercare (Naamans Road) This child care provider | Not given |
| Sandra Combs | Not given |
| Constance Fitzwater | Not given |
| Wilmington Montessori School | Not given |
| St. David’s Episcopal Day School | Not given |
| Susan Fournakis | Not given |
| Bright Horizons-Concord Plaza | Not given |
| Nancy Martin | 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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