Asbury Methodist Day Care Center
A licensed child care center in New Castle, Delaware 19720
300 E. Basin Rd., New Castle, Delaware 19720. (302) 328-5640.
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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?
8 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Mar 4, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
40 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
40 violations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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.
Mar 4, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review12 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Annual review of safe sleep and abuse and neglect needed for Staff #1 & #4. Administration of medication needed for Staff #2, #3, #5, #6. Job description needed for Staff #7 & #8. Orientation needed for Staff #8. References needed for staff #7. Declaration and drug/alcohol statement needed for Staff #7. Orientation, release of employment, service letters and job description needed for Staff #8.”
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Child Files
“Ensure children’s filds are complete. Child #6 need updated health appraisal. Child #6 & #7 need blood lead screening. Gave TA for DP and conferences.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure indoor space is in a clean & safe condition. Red - Chair needs repaired, rug torn, vents along wall need to be repaired (hazard). Mint - red chair covers need clean, rug in DP is torn and dirty. Olive - rug is a tripping hazard. Yellow - bathroom needs to be cleaned, covered trash.”
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Toilet Facilities
“Ensure bathrooms have paper towels - Yellow room.”
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Outdoor Area
“Ensure outdoor area is free of hazard. Fall zones need refreshed - both sides. Paper under mulch is torn and tripping hazard. Younger side has a broken climber and trash throughout.”
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Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure appropriate sleeping accommodations. 2 cribs in infant room have soft mattresses - not cleanable.”
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Equipment
“Ensure appropriate equipment is provided. Yellow room needs language/literacy, manipulatives and science. Blue room needs language (books) and Dramatic play materials.”
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Sanitation
“Ensure soap/water & disinfectant is available. olive room”
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Administration of Medication
“Ensure medication records are updated. Ensure MAR forms are completed in yellow room. Ensure MAR forms are updated and mediactions are not expired. 3 children in the office are expired.”
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Feeding of Infants
“Ensure the bottle warmer doesn’t go above 120’. Reading 150’”
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Activity Areas
“Ensure activity areas are provided for all children, including school-age. None were present for school-age children.”
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Infant and Toddler Care
“Ensure styrofoam dishes are not being used for infants/toddlers. Toddler classrooms were using styrofoam bowls for breakfast.”
Apr 1, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation
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Annual Training
“Ensure staff complete annual training hours 30 days prior to license expiration. Staff # 4 needs (13), Staff #11 needs (8).”
Mar 7, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review15 violations
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Personnel Files
The inspectors’ words, 101 words
“Ensure staff files are complete. CPR/FA for Staff #3, 7, 9. Med certification for Staff #5, 9, 12. PD plans for Staff #1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12. Annual safe sleep for Staff #1, 7, 8, 13. Annual abuse and neglect for Staff #1, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15. Orientation for Staff #6, 9. 7 hr OCCL training for Staff #5, 9, 13, 15. App/resume/data sheet for Staff #5. Job description for Staff #9, 13. References for Staff #9(4), 13(1), 15(2). Adult abuse check for Staff #6. Release of employment for Staff #5. Service letters for Staff #5, 9.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child’s files are complete. Health appraisal for Child #1, 8, 13. Immunizations for Child #9. Lead results for Child #3, 10. Dev. plan for Child #2.”
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Hazardous Materials
“Ensure hazardous materials are out of reach. Yellow room bathroom has hazards that need to be removed; soil, tools, misc items. Blue room changing table door is broke. Hallway bathroom sink has cleaners underneath; need removed or locked.”
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Heating and Cooling
“Ensure heating/cooling equipment is maintained. Infant room heat needs repaired.”
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Indoor Space
“Indoor space. Ensure security procedures are followed when entering the building. Specialists walked in; doors not locked. CAV Ensure rooms are cleaned and in good repair. Yellow, blue room bathrooms not clean. Yellow room cubbies not labeled w/childrens belongings. Green and Olive room need covered trash cans being used for food.”
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Kitchen and Food Preparation
“Ensure food is labeled w/contents and expiration dates.”
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Toilet Facilities
“Ensure soap, toilet paper, paper towels are accessible. Yellow room bathroom needs supplies for toileting.”
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Outdoor Area
“Ensure fence is in safe condition. Large playground fence needs repaired. Toddler playground needs mulch added to fall zones. Ensure large playground is free of hazards. The black tarp is exposed creating a tripping hazard.”
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Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure rest equipment blankets/sheets are not touching. Cots were stacked with top/bottom covers touching.”
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Equipment
“Ensure developmentally appropriate equipment and amount is provided in classrooms. Yellow room needs equipment added for language/literacy, science and music.”
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Sanitation
“Ensure classrooms are supplied with labeled soap & water bottles for cleaning and diaper changing.”
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Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Ensure diaper procedure is posted; blue room.”
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Administration of Medication
“Ensure Medication Administration Record is completed for all medications, including over-the-counter creams.”
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Meals and Snacks
“Ensure food is cut to prevent choking; toddlers sandwiches were not bite sized.”
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Infant and Toddler Care
“Ensure no Styrofoam is used for feeding infant/toddlers. Toddlers were observed eating from styrofoam bowls. One observed biting pieces of bowl.”
Aug 23, 2024: complaint Visit1 violation
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Administration of Medication
“Ensure center keeps a record of medication administered to children recorded on the Medication Administration Record. A licensee shall keep a written record of medication administered to children recorded on Medication Administration Record (MAR) including each medication dosage, time administered, by whom administered, adverse effects observed, and medication errors. Send documentation of completed forms to OCCL by August 27, 2024.”
Jun 26, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs 2 references.”
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Child Files
“Ensure children’s files are complete. Child #16 needs health appraisal and immunizations. Child #2, Child #12 needs blood lead screening. Child #17 and Child #18 need updated medication permission signed. Ensure all children using sunscreen and diaper cream are labeled and have MAR forms completed.”
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Hazardous Materials
“Ensure hazardous materials are labeled. Label all soap/water and bleach solution bottles.”
Jun 25, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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Positive Behavior Management
“Ensure staff use only positive and developmentally appropriate methods of behavior supports for children. Staff #1 did not do this when he removed a chair from underneath a child and grabbed a child by the arm. This was corrected when the staff member’s employment was immediately terminated.”
Mar 15, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. CPR/FA is needed for one staff. Service letters are needed for two staff. Fingerprinting is needed for one staff.”
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Staff Attendance
“Ensure staff attendance includes exact arrival and departure times.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Date of enrollment is needed for three children. A health appraisal with immunizations is needed for one child.”
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Hazardous Materials
“Ensure chemicals are inaccessible to children. Lock cabinet and/or remove chemicals from below sink in infant and mint rooms.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure floors, walls, and surfaces are cleanable and in good repair. Remove peeling tape from walls and bookshelves in the yellow, blue, red, purple, and green rooms.”
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Lesson Plans
“Post the completed lesson plan in the red and blue rooms.”
Dec 27, 2023: announced1 violation
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Positive Behavior Management
“Ensure that all staff use positive and developmentally-appropriate methods of behavior supports for children. Staff #2 was observed by Staff #1 hitting a child in the shoulder area. This was corrected when Staff #2 was immediately removed from the classroom and fired from the center.”
All 8 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Mar 4, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 12 violations cited |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 15 violations cited |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Complaint Visit | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 3 violations cited |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 6 violations cited |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Announced | 1 violation 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: Nonprofit.
- Licence number 28903.
- Capacity: 162 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 8 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: Substantiated (5), No Evidence to Substantiate (2), No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern (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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| Aug 19, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On August 6, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding allegations of a lack of sanitation. An investigation began on August 12, 2026, and concluded on August 13, 2026. Based on interviews and observations, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint. Although there was some dust on the ceiling ventilation, both the boys and girls bathrooms were clean. LS #1 received documentation regarding the removal of dust from both vents. Although one toilet was not operational in each bathroom, there were enough operational toilets to accommodate the 23 children enrolled in the school-age program. |
| Jun 16, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On May 19, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding allegations of improper storage of medications. This incident had previously been self-reported to OCCL on May 18, 2026. An investigation began on May 26, 2026, and concluded on May 28, 2026. Based on interviews and documentation reviewed, this complaint is substantiated for improper storage of medications. Interviews with staff and a self-report from the center stated staff were unable to locate Child #1 s medication. Interviews with staff resulted in contradictory statements but ultimately the medication was located. An additional concern was observed during the unannounced visit. LS #1 was unable to gain immediate access to the facility. LS #1 rang the bell twice and had to telephone the facility before access was granted. |
| Jun 5, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On May 6, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding allegations of not using appropriate behavior supports. This incident had previously been self-reported to OCCL on April 17, 2026. An investigation began on April 17, 2026, and concluded on May 12, 2026. Based on interviews and a review of documentation and video footage, this complaint is substantiated for not using appropriate behavior supports. LS #1 viewed video footage which showed Staff #1 striking a child. An additional concern was observed during the review of video footage. On the video Staff #1 s classroom was observed to not be in correct staff-to-child ratio. This was confirmed by a review of attendance documentation. Another concern was observed during the unannounced visit. Two preschool age children were observed in the hallway bathroom alone, without supervision. LS #1 observed a child in the bathroom upon arrival, and another while interviewing staff. When asked, staff stated they were short-staffed and could not leave the classroom. |
| Apr 1, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On March 7, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding incorrect staff-to-child ratio, incorrect combining of age groups, and failing to consult with a child s parent or guardian and professionals, if necessary, to design effective positive behavior supports. Based on interviews with staff and a review of attendance records, this complaint is substantiated for incorrect staff-to-child ratios. Several staff members interviewed stated they have seen classrooms with incorrect staff-to child-ratios. Attendance records documented incorrect staff-to-child ratios in three classrooms. Based on interviews with staff, and a review of attendance records, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for incorrect combining of age groups. LS #1 observed children with correct age groups. Attendance records documented children signed in/out in correct age groups. Based on interviews with staff, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for failing to consult with a child s parent or guardian and professionals, if necessary, to design effective positive behavior supports. Interviews with staff showed there is a policy in place for staff and administration to communicate with families regarding behavioral concerns. An additional concern noted was that upon review of attendance records, a staff member who had not yet been determined eligible or provisionally eligible was documented as having been present in a classroom on five days and having been alone with children on four days in March 2025. |
| Sep 25, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On August 16, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding expulsion policy, not providing an injury report, lack of building security, and not having completed Medication Administration Record (MAR) logs. An investigation was conducted on August 23, 2024. Based on observations and interviews with staff, this complaint is substantiated for not having a written injury report on file. Although Staff #3 was able to provide a screenshot of a conversation with the family, there was no documentation in the child s file. In addition, OCCL was not notified of the injury to a child requiring medical attention. Based on observations and interviews this complaint is substantiated for not having updated MAR logs. No log was completed for Child #1, nor was there a log present for two other children who had medication at the center. Based on interviews with staff, there is no evidence to substantiate for not following expulsion policies. The parent handbook states the center may give five business days notice for child expulsion. Staff #3 provided documentation that the family was given one week s notice of termination of care. Based on observations and interviews there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for lack of building security. Upon LS #1 and #2 s arrival, the front door was locked, and Administrator #1 was at the front letting parents into the building. Staff denied that the door is propped open and unmonitored. |
| Jun 20, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern | On June 3, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding improper care of infants and interactions with infants. An investigation was conducted on June 7, 2024. Based on the results of this investigation there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for improper interactions with infants because LS Flowers observed children moving freely throughout the classroom and Staff #1 and Staff #2 engaged with the children. Also, the center administrator, Staff #1, and Staff #2 all denied leaving infants in confining equipment for extended periods. An additional concern noted at the visit was one infant was observed sleeping in a bouncy seat. |
| May 1, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On April 10, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint regarding failure to report to a parent an accident or critical incident involving the child and other important information relating to the child. An investigation was begun on April 11, 2024, and concluded on April 26, 2024. Based on the results of this investigation there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because Staff #1 and Person #1 both stated Parent #1 was verbally notified of the incident that occurred in December 2023. Also, Staff #1 provided LS Flowers with an incident report and a written statement which was signed by Parent #1 on April 25, 2024. |
| Jan 22, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On December 28, 2023, a complaint was called into the Child Abuse and Neglect Report Line and was not accepted for investigation by the Institutional Abuse Unit (IAU). It was sent to the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) on December 28, 2023, and accepted for improper discipline, failure to inform parents of a significant incident, and failure to report suspected abuse or neglect to the Child Abuse and Neglect Report Line. On January 3, 2024, a second report was called into the Child Abuse and Neglect Report Line and was not accepted for investigation by the Institutional Abuse Unit (IAU). It was received by the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) on January 4, 2024, and associated with the open case for the intake above. An investigation was begun on December 27, 2023, and concluded on January 4, 2023. Based on the results of this investigation this complaint is substantiated for improper discipline because video footage shows Staff #2 strike Child #1 in the face, grab her by the arm, and roughly force her into a chair. However, this facility was previously cited for this regulation violation based on the self-reported incident of December 27, 2023, and, therefore, will not be cited again for the same incident. This complaint is also substantiated for failure to report suspected child abuse or neglect to the Child Abuse and Neglect Report Line because Staff #1 did not report the incident that occurred on December 21, 2023. This complaint is substantiated for failing to report a critical incident involving the child to the child s parent/guardian, Other concerns noted include a lack of supervision, as Staff #2 was observed on video having left the a classroom unsupervised, Staff #1 not being truthful when providing information to parents or guardians and OCCL by not informing parents/guardians of the incident and by informing OCCL a child was struck in the shoulder area, despite having knowledge the child was struck in the face., and a staff member who is not qualified as an early childhood administrator functioning in that role. |
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?
- 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 |
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| Asbury Methodist Day Care Center This child care provider | Not given |
| Rebekah Mercer | Not given |
| Sherell Thomas | Not given |
| Joy Harvey | Not given |
| Boys & Girls Club @ New Castle | Not given |
| YMCA of Delaware/New Castle | Not given |
| Latoya Jackson | Not given |
| Brickhouse Care Academy Corporation | Not given |
| Sara Hayton | Not given |
| Comforts of Home Preschool LLC | Not given |
| Teachable Moments | Not given |
| Seeds of Greatness Early Learning Center | Not given |
| Lorraine Cali | 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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