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Kingdom Kid’s Day Care, Inc.

A licensed child care center in Hartly, Delaware 19953

2899 Arthursville Road, Hartly, Delaware 19953. (302) 492-0207.

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The short answer

Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Oct 23, 2026.

The last 24 months 15 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Every month

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?

4 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Jun 29, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.

15 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

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

When those violations happened

15 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

15 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

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

Jun 29, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations
  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are complete. Four staff members need at least two hours in health and safety training. Two staff members need CPR/First Aid. Two staff members need a release of employment history form completed. Two staff members need documented attempts for service letters. Two staff members need two reference letters. One staff member needs a job description.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 17, 2026.

  • Staff Attendance

    “Ensure the exact departure time is recorded. One staff member was signed into the Pre-K classroom at 8:40 a.m. but was not present. Attendance records for the toddler classroom show that the same staff member was signed in at 9:05 a.m.”

    Rule 36U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 29, 2026.

  • Child Files

    “Ensure child files are complete. Two children needed a date of enrolment. One child needs hours and days of care.”

    Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 29, 2026.

  • Hazardous Materials

    “Ensure cabinets are locked or that hazards are not accessible to children. The infant classroom has an unlocked lower cabinet, and several choking hazards are accessible. The hazards include plastic-containing craft items, plastic-wrapped paper towels, clothespins, and ribbon.”

    Rule 45U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 17, 2026.

Jul 10, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation
  • Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision

    “Enasre qualified staff are supervising the infant classroom. There was an intern in the infant classroom. This was corrected when an early childhood teacher was placed in the infant classroom.”

    Rule 27U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 14, 2025.

Jun 11, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review7 violations
  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are completed. All staff members need to have professional development plans completed. One staff member needs an eligibility letter on file. One staff member needs Health and Safety for Child Care Professionals training, an adult abuse registry check, a health appraisal on OCCL s form, a release of employment history, and service letter attempts with follow-ups as necessary.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 8, 2025.

  • Documenting Children’s Progress

    “Ensure that child developmental plans are completed and updated at least three times a year. 11 children need developmental plans.”

    Rule 42U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 7, 2025.

  • Hand Washing

    “Ensure that children s hands are washed after meals. The one-year-old and two-year-old classrooms did not wash their hands after lunch.”

    Rule 59U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 11, 2025.

  • Diapering and Soiled Clothing

    “Ensure the diaper pad is nonabsorbent. The one-year-old classroom diaper changing mat has holes in it.”

    Rule 61U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 2, 2025.

  • Administration of Medication

    “Ensure any medication on site has a Medication Administration Record (MAR) and is labeled with the child s name. One child requires a MAR for antifungal cream and Aquaphor. Thirteen children require an MAR for diaper cream. Four children require an MAR for lotion. Three items do not have a child s name or MAR.”

    Rule 63U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 1, 2025.

  • Feeding of Infants

    “Infants require a monthly feeding schedule and must be updated monthly. One child s monthly feeding form requires a monthly update; the last update was on May 1, 2025. One child needs a monthly feeding form.”

    Rule 72U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 1, 2025.

  • License Renewal

    “Ensure an annual renewal application is submitted 60 days before the license’s expiration.”

    Rule 8U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 1, 2025.

Jun 24, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations
  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are complete. Three staff need a health appraisal on OCCL’s form, two staff need TB testing results, one staff needs service letter attempts, one staff needs documentation is on file showing enrollment in high school s early childhood education program.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Aug 12, 2024.

  • Indoor Space

    “Ensure walls are in good repair. The toddler and two-year-old classrooms need paint applied where it is peeling or chipped. The two sinks in the boy’s bathroom need to be back in operation.”

    Rule 49U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Aug 12, 2024.

  • License Renewal

    “A renewal application is due 60 days prior to license expiration.”

    Rule 8U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 13, 2024.

All 4 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 29, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations cited
Jul 10, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation cited
Jun 11, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review7 violations cited
Jun 24, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review3 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).
  • Licence number 27960.
  • Capacity: 98 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?

  • 3 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: Substantiated (2), No Evidence to Substantiate (1). 1 more has no usable completion date.
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
May 28, 2026OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to SubstantiateOn May 13, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint regarding lack of positive behavior supports, not using respectful communication, and the center’s lack of cleanliness. An investigation was conducted on May 18, 2026. There is no evidence to substantiate the complaint of a lack of cleanliness because the center appeared clean. There is no evidence to substantiate the complaint for lack of positive behavior supports because all staff interviewed denied that children are forced to eat or forced to eat after vomiting. All staff denied using prohibited actions for positive behavior management. There is no evidence to substantiate not using respectful communication, because the staff interviewed denied cursing or yelling occurs in the facility.
Aug 18, 2025OCCL Standards Complaint: SubstantiatedOn August 7, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding procedures to address food allergies, administration of medication for not following the action plan of giving an EpiPen, and not notifying OCCL of a medication error for not giving the EpiPen. An investigation was conducted on August 13, 2025. The complaint is substantiated because the facility has food allergy procedures in place but failed to follow the plan by feeding the child a food they were allergic to, not obtaining an allergy action plan, not administering the EpiPen as indicated on the Medication Administration Record (MAR), and not contacting the parent or 911 immediately. The complaint is substantiated for not administering medication because the child exhibited signs of a mild reaction, becoming fussy, and a serious reaction of throwing up; the doctor s office administered the EpiPen, and the facility did not follow the MAR. The complaint is substantiated for not notifying OCCL of a medication error, specifically the failure to administer an EpiPen. Upon the child’s arrival at the doctor s office, the doctor deemed it necessary to administer the EpiPen. An additional concern noted was a child had an allergic reaction, and the parent or guardian was not notified immediately after assisting the child and contacting an ambulance, as needed.
Sep 18, 2024OCCL Standards Complaint: SubstantiatedThe Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint on August 12, 2024, regarding improper discipline. An investigation was conducted on August 13, 2024. This complaint is substantiated because Administrator #1 stated she looked Child #2 in his eyes, pointed her finger at Child #2, and stated sternly, You need to get yourself together. Also, three children who were interviewed confirmed Administrator #1 and Staff #1 have yelled at children and two of those children stated Administrator #1 and Staff #1 have used their hands on children.
IA Investigation: no result yetDelaware gives no summary.

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: 1 facility injury. 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?

  • 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.
Source:

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

12 compared
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Hartly Family Learning CenterNot given
Mary WatersNot given
Hartly Learning Academy Inc.Not given
Chelsie HicksNot given
Kingdom Kid’s Day Care, Inc. This child care providerNot given
Tammy M. MillerNot given
Delaware Early Childhood CenterNot given
Gift of Love Early Learning CenterNot given
Favored Children AcademyNot given
Pediatric Health Choice at the Children’s Secret GardenNot given
Shell’s Early Learning Center - DoverNot given
Pamela HoudekNot 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.

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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.

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