Antonian Early Learning Center
A licensed child care center in Wilmington, Delaware 19805
1703 West 10th Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19805. (302) 421-3721.
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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 Dec 5, 2025; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
17 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
17 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. 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.
Dec 5, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs CPR/FA.”
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Heating and Cooling
“Ensure vents are clean - dust accumulation needs to be removed.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure power strips are inaccessible to children and hazards. Strip was near the sink, sitting on the counter.”
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Feeding of Infants
“Ensure infant feeding schedules are updated monthly.”
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Activity Areas
“Ensure children 24 months and older include 5 areas (defined space) within the classrooms. Rm #5/#7”
Dec 3, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review10 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs 3 references.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #3, #4, #7, #8, #9, #10 need screen time permission. Child #9 needs updated health appraisal. Child #5, #6 need infant feeding statements.”
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Heating and Cooling
“Ensure all fans are inaccessible to children. Remove fan from room #8.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure floors, walls are cleanable and in good repair. Ensure wall in room #4, next to sink, is repaired. Ensure vents in all rooms are cleaned and free of debris. Replace water-stained tile in room #2.”
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Toilet Facilities
“Ensure all potty chairs are used in the bathroom only. Remove potty chairs from classroom #5.”
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Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure parent permission is signed for children being swaddled.”
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Equipment
“Ensure equipment is sturdy and has cleanable surface. Remove soft climber from infant room.”
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Sanitation
“Ensure soap and water & sanitizer is labeled and available in all classrooms.”
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Administration of Medication
“Ensure all medications have a MAR form completed. Ensure all expired medication is sent home.”
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Feeding of Infants
“Ensure monthly feeding schedules are available and complete for all infants. Ensure all bottles are labeled. Room #3 has a bottle, no label.”
Dec 18, 2023: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. A current health appraisal with TB is needed for one staff. A release of employment history/service letters are needed for two staff.”
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Activity Areas
“Ensure indoor space is organized into activity areas that are accessible to children. Add define activity areas to Room Five.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Dec 5, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 5 violations cited |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 10 violations cited |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 8 weeks through 12 years.
- Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed), Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Delaware lists it as: Nonprofit.
- Licence number 27889.
- Capacity: 212 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 |
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| Jul 15, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On June 23, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint alleging incorrect staff-to-child ratios. An investigation was conducted on June 25, 2026. Based on the documentation reviewed, observations made during the inspection, and staff interviews, there is no evidence to substantiate the allegation of incorrect staff-to-child ratios. All staff interviewed stated that the center consistently maintains the required staff-to-child ratios. The attendance records reflected compliance with the required staff-to-child ratios, and all occupied classrooms were observed to be in compliance at the time of the visit. |
| Nov 26, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On November 12, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding allegations of failure to follow the facility s termination of care policies. An investigation was conducted on November 18, 2025. Based on interviews conducted and documents reviewed, this complaint is substantiated for failing to follow termination policies. In the facility s handbook it states a five-business day written notice would be provided to parents prior to termination of services. While the administrator stated a meeting was held with the parents on November 12, 2025, and verbal notice of pending termination of care effective November 30, 2025, was given at that time, there is no written documentation of this meeting or the notice of termination of care. |
| May 30, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On May 15, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding allegations for failure to follow a procedure and to ensure each child s information is kept current and available to staff members. An investigation began on May 15, 2025, and concluded on May 21, 2025. Based on interviews and documents reviewed, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for failing to follow a procedure for sharing information in a child s file. LS #1 reviewed a Protection from Abuse order located in Child #1 and Child #2 s files. There is a policy in the staff handbook for handling legal documents in the center. This policy outlines a procedure for sharing the information with staff in a meeting and placing a copy of the documents where they are available to relevant staff. Child #1 or Child #2 were not released to Parent #2, as Parent #1 was also present. |
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 |
|---|---|
| Antonian Early Learning Center This child care provider | Not given |
| Jamise Bailey | Not given |
| Sheila’s Dreams Too Child Care LLC | Not given |
| Little Scholars Learning Academy LLC | Not given |
| Wilmington Head Start, Inc. - West 3rd Street Center | Not given |
| Seeds of Jesus Daycare, LLC. | Not given |
| Boys & Girls Club @ Clarence Fraim | Not given |
| Shante Hallmon | Not given |
| Sheila’s Dreams Child Care LLC | Not given |
| Hope House Knowledge Center | Not given |
| Wilmington Head Start, Inc. - Van Buren Street Center | Not given |
| Precious Little Hands Childcare Center LLC | Not given |
| Bright Beginnings Learning Academy | 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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