Stepping Stones Children’s Center, Inc.
A licensed child care center in Wilmington, Delaware 19808
2800 Duncan Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19808. (302) 999-9985.
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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 May 15, 2025; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
12 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
12 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 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.
May 15, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs OCCL H/S Training Staff #2 needs OCCL H/S Training, 2 References, Release of Employment, two documented attempts at obtaining a Service Letter (if no Service Letters--provider must obtain 2 additional references), Health Appraisal”
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Hazardous Materials
“Ensure that all cleaning materials are not accessible to the children. Immediately remove the box of cleaning products from the child accessible shelving in the 5’s Room.”
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Heating and Cooling
“Ensure all HVAC vents are cleaned and free from dust. Check all, but the one’s vent needs attention.”
May 13, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review9 violations
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Positive Behavior Management
“Review and behavior post positive behavior plan.”
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are completed. Staff #1 needs to be fingerprinted since they turned 18. Staff #2 needs OCCL health and safety training.”
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Hazardous Materials
“Ensure hazardous materials are started inaccessible to children. Remove cleaners from the bathroom shelf. Lock classroom door in two-year classroom closest from staff belongings and cleaners.”
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Heating and Cooling
“Ensure cooling equipment shielded. Remove the fan in two-year-old classroom.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure walls are cleanable. Clean/wipe down walls in the three year old classroom and one year old classroom. Ensure cabinet doors are cleanable and repaired.”
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Kitchen and Food Preparation
“Ensure refrigerator is 41 degrees on below.”
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Outdoor Area
“Ensure fall zones meet requirements. Rake mulch to ensure fall zones are corrected.”
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Equipment
“Ensure sufficient quantity of equipment in each classroom. -Ensure children have available toys for use in the two-year-old classroom. -Replace or repair the chair in the three-year-old classroom.”
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Emergency Planning
“Ensure there is emergency water for all children enrolled.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 3 violations cited |
| May 13, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 9 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 12 years.
- Takes part in: Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Delaware lists it as: Profit.
- Licence number 27741.
- Capacity: 85 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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| May 17, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On March 4, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding concerns of improper security procedures, the center not being clean, as well as evidence of mouse droppings throughout the center. A visit was conducted on March 6, 2024, to investigate this complaint. This complaint is substantiated for not having proper security procedures in place. Upon arrival, the door to the church office was open. LS Brady was able to access the child care center because the church office door was unlocked, and the interior church door was also propped open. Both the church office door, and the interior church door that connects to the child care center should always remain locked and closed. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for the center not being clean. LS Brady conducted a walkthrough to ensure there was no evidence of mouse droppings. LS Brady also collected and received a copy of the exterminator s contract for preventative treatments and received a copy of the housekeeping daily schedule the staff follows throughout the day. The floors in the center did not appear to be dirty. All staff interviewed stated they are responsible for cleaning their own classrooms. The center appeared clean, and all staff denied ever having any issues with mice in the center. |
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?
- 2022: 3 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
- 2021: 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Stepping Stones Children’s Center, Inc. This child care provider | Not given |
| Learning Lane Childcare Center | Not given |
| Creative Beginnings Learning Center II | Not given |
| Limestone Hills Academy | Not given |
| Little Busy Bees Childcare | Not given |
| Nannie’s Day Care, Inc. | Not given |
| Soaring Sprouts Early Learning Center LLC | Not given |
| Limestone Hills Day School, LLC | Not given |
| St. John the Beloved Early Childhood Program | Not given |
| Celebree School of Pike Creek DBA the Bsl Group, LLC. | Not given |
| Rebecca Benoit | Not given |
| Kirkwood Early Learning Center, Inc. | Not given |
| Little People College | 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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