Edu-Care Preschool & Daycare
A licensed child care center in Newark, Delaware 19711
345 Polly Drummond Hill Road, Newark, Delaware 19711. (302) 453-7326.
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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 Jan 5, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
11 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
11 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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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.
Jan 5, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations
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Personnel Files
The inspectors’ words, 135 words
“Ensure staff files are complete 18 hours of annual training including 2 in health and safety. Training hours are needed for Staff #1 (18 hours), Staff #2 (18 hours), Staff #3 (18 hours), Staff #4 (18 hours), S Staff #5 (18 hours), and Staff #6 (9 hours) PD Plan are needed for Staff #1, #2, #3, and #6. Review of safe sleep and abuse and neglect is needed for staff #1, #2, #3, #6, and #9. 7-hour OCCL Health and Safety training is needed for Staff #4, #6, #7, and #11. Health Appraisal is needed for Staff #5 and #11. Orientation is needed for Staff #7 and #11 References are needed for Staff #4 (2 references), Staff #7 (4 references), Staff #10 (4 references), Staff #11(4 references) Send documentation to OCCL by February 6, 2026.”
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First Aid and CPR Training
“Ensure First Aid and CPR is completed within two months of hire and renewed every two years. Staff #4 and #7 need to complete First Aid and CPR. Send documentation to OCCL by February 6, 2026.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete Updated physical is needed for Child #3, #5, and #11. Immunization records are needed for child #3. Blood lead screening results are needed for Child #3 and #8. Send documentation to OCCL by February 6, 2026.”
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Outdoor Area
“Ensure gates are self-closing and positive self-latching closure. Add self-closing latch to all gates on fenced playgrounds. Send picture to OCCL by February 6, 2026.”
Jan 7, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure personnel files are complete. Staff #1 needs 2 or 4 references, Adult abuse, Deeds cert. Health Appraisal W/TB, release of employment, service letters Staff #2 needs CPR and first aid, 2 or 4 references, Deeds cert. Staff #3 Medication cert, four references, health appraisal W/TB Staff #4 needs five training hours.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #2 and #8 needs health appraisal Child #11 needs immunization records Child #5 and #11 need Blood lead screening Send documentation to OCCL by February 10, 2025.”
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Documenting Children’s Progress
“Ensure children’s progress is being documented. Child #3, #5, #10, #11, #14, and #15 need development plans. Send documentation to OCCL by February 10. 2025.”
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Hazardous Materials
“Ensure radon testing is completed every five years. Send documentation to OCCL by February 10, 2025.”
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Administration of Medication
“Ensure medication administration record is completed for all medications. Child #14 needs a MAR completed for the tube of diaper ointment. use the specific name of the ointment used.”
Jan 23, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure all staff files are complete. OCCL 7-hour training for Staff #3 adn #4 Health Appraisal w/TB results needed for Staff #3”
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Child Files
“Ensure all child files are complete. Health appraisal for Child #1, 4, 5, 6, 10 Immunizations for Child #1, 5, 6, 10 Blood lead results for Child #1, 5, 6, 11, 13”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 4 violations cited |
| Jan 7, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 5 violations cited |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 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).
- Licence number 28445.
- Capacity: 170 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 5 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: No Evidence to Substantiate (3), Substantiated (2).
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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| Apr 10, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On March 24, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding not following procedure for documentation and notification of accident and injuries. An investigation began on March 23, 2026, and concluded on March 26, 2026. Based on a self-report, interviews, and documentation reviewed this complaint is substantiated for not following procedures for documentation and notification of accident and injuries. There were no written accident or injury reports present in Child #1 s file. |
| Apr 5, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On March 25, 2024, a complaint regarding Edu-Care Preschool & Daycare located at 345 Polly Drummond Hill Road, Newark, Delaware 19711, was called into the Child Abuse and Neglect Report Line and accepted for investigation by the Institutional Abuse Unit (IAU). The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) was later notified that IAU would be abridging the case. OCCL received the complaint on March 25, 2024, and accepted it for investigation regarding allegations of lack of supervision. An investigation began on March 25, 2024, and concluded on March 28, 2024. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for lack of supervision because all staff interviewed stated they did not see any injury to Child #1 s nose or any incident that may have caused an injury. |
| Apr 3, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On March 8, 2024, The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding lack of supervision. An investigation was conducted on March 25, 2024. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for lack of supervision based on observations and interviews conducted. The administrator and all staff interviewed stated children are not permitted in the hallways unsupervised. When children are permitted to access their cubbies in the hallway, staff supervise them from the classroom doorway. |
| Mar 27, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On March 5, 2024, a complaint was called into the Child Abuse and Neglect Report line and not accepted for investigation by the Institutional Abuse Unit (IAU). The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received the complaint on March 6, 2024, and accepted it for investigation regarding improper discipline. Additional information was received on March 7, 2024, regarding similar behaviors involving the same staff member. An unannounced visit was conducted on March 7, 2024. The complaint is substantiated because the staff members who were interviewed confirmed the observations stated by the reporters. The center acted promptly by conducting an internal investigation and terminated the employment of Staff #1 effective March 8, 2024. |
| Mar 8, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On February 22, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding lack of supervision. An investigation was conducted on March 1, 2024. Based on interviews and documentation reviewed, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for lack of supervision. The classroom was in correct staff-to-child ratio and children were being supervised. A concern noted was the center failed to notify OCCL within one business day of an injury to a child requiring medical treatment other than first aid provided at 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?
- 2026: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
- 2025: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
- 2024: 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 |
|---|---|
| Edu-Care Preschool & Daycare This child care provider | Not given |
| Lil’ Einsteins Learning Academy II | Not given |
| Blossom & Bloom Learning Center | Not given |
| Almost Home Day Care | Not given |
| The Goddard School / Newark | Not given |
| Las Americas Aspira Academy | Not given |
| Early Childhood Development Center | Not given |
| Great New Beginnings of Newark | Not given |
| Holy Angels School | Not given |
| The Independence School | Not given |
| Dream Haven Learning Center | Not given |
| Rahma Khan | Not given |
| Newark Nature School | 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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