Salvation Army Early Learning Center
A licensed child care center in Wilmington, Delaware 19801
400 N Orange St, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. (302) 472-0711.
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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?
4 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Sep 24, 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 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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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.
Sep 24, 2026: announced1 violation
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Substitutes, Volunteers, and Contracted Special Services Persons
“The center will be cited for having an ineligible volunteer on premises. Volunteers present at least 5 days or 40 hours a year are required to have comprehensive background checks and a volunteer file. The administrator stated this person is no longer present at the center and they understand and will follow the updated policy requirements going forward.”
Apr 16, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #6 needs HA w/ immunizations.”
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Hazardous Materials
“Ensure RADON testing is completed every 5 years”
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Outdoor Area
“Ensure mulch is added under and around fall zones, and be sure there is shade.”
Apr 11, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs 2 references, adult abuse check Staff #2 needs a DEEDs cert Staff #3 needs application and job description.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #1 needs blood lead results Child #5 needs health appraisal Child #8 blood lead results Child #10 health appraisal, immunizations and blood lead results”
Apr 22, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure that staff files are complete. A re-hire staff member needs updated documentation. Send documentation upon receipt.”
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Child Files
“Ensure that child files are complete. Current immunizations are needed for one child. Lead Results are needed for three children. Send documentation upon receipt.”
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Children’s Attendance
“Ensure that children’s attendance includes exact arrival and departure times. At the time of the visit, two children were not signed into the Infant II classroom.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure that floors, walls, and surfaces are clean and in good repair. Clean wall in the upstairs hallway boys’ bathroom. Repair chipping paint on the wall in the cafe, one’s room, and two’s room. Repair/replace the soft climbing gym in the one’s room. Send documentation upon completion.”
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Feeding of Infants
“Updated monthly Infant Feeding schedules are needed for the two infants that are under a year of age. Send documentation when completed.”
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | Announced | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 16, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 3 violations cited |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
| Apr 22, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 5 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 5 years.
- Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed), Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Delaware lists it as: Nonprofit, Private.
- Licence number 29239.
- Capacity: 185 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 2 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: No Evidence to Substantiate (2). 1 more has no usable completion date.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On July 16, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding not following illness exclusion policies. An investigation was conducted on July 24, 2024. Based on the results of this investigation, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because Administrator #1 stated Child #1 was permitted to return to care with a doctor s note. Administrator #1 also provided Licensing Specialist #1 and Licensing Specialist #2 with a copy of the notice provided to parents regarding the hand, foot, and mouth disease at the center. |
| Jul 31, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On June 7, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint regarding a lack of supervision and improper discipline. An investigation was conducted on July 24, 2024, and January 13, 2025. Based on the results of this investigation, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because Staff #1 and the other two staff members who were interviewed all stated they have never observed Staff #1 use improper discipline with children. Also, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for a lack of supervision because Staff #2 stated children are always properly supervised while using the bathroom. |
| IA Investigation: no result yet | Delaware 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?
- 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 |
|---|---|
| Salvation Army Early Learning Center This child care provider | Not given |
| Little Leaders in Training Academy | Not given |
| Junebug’s Little Rubies, LLC | Not given |
| Sister Sister Care Daycare | Not given |
| Our Future Christian Child Care Center | Not given |
| Early Childhood Educational Arts Academy | Not given |
| Teenie Weenie’s Precious Feet | Not given |
| Learning Center at Madison Street | Not given |
| The Goddard School in Wilmington | Not given |
| Kid’s Kingdom Elc Inc. | Not given |
| Junebug’s Little Rubies Preschool, LLC | Not given |
| A Leap of Faith Cdc, Inc. - Adams 4 | Not given |
| Ark South Learning Center | 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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