Siegel Jcc of Delaware - Early Childhood Center
A licensed child care center in Wilmington, Delaware 19803
101 Garden of Eden Rd, Wilmington, Delaware 19803. (302) 478-5661.
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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 9, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
15 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
15 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. 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.
Jan 9, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review7 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure Staff files are complete. Professional development plan for Staff # 7, #8, #27, #28. Annual review of sleep safe and review of abuse and neglect for Staff #7, #8, #28. Job Descriptions for Staff # 9, #14, #20. Drug and Alcohol statement for Staff #9. Health Appraisal with TB for Staff #12, #14, #15, #22, #25, #34, #35, #35. Adult abuse for Staff #36. Orientation for Staff #36. Release of employment and service letter for Staff #25.”
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Child Files
“Ensure children’s files are complete. Blood Lead screening results for Child #12.”
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Hazardous Materials
“Ensure all cleaners are labeled. Soap and Water need to be labeled in Room 1, Room 7, and Room 12.-Corrected at visit.”
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Kitchen and Food Preparation
“Ensure the refrigerator has a thermometer. No thermometer in Room 8. Corrected at visit”
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Outdoor Area
“Ensure playground fall zones are covered. -Mulch the upper playground.”
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Administration of Medication
“Ensure medication is not expired. Child #8 has an expired EpiPen. Send home expired medication and complete the updated MAR once received.”
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Feeding of Infants
“Ensure infant feeding schedules are complete and updated monthly. Send all updated infant schedules for Room 8.”
Jan 10, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Orientation for Staff #2, References for Staff #2, OCCL Health and Safety Training for Staff #2 and Staff #3, Release of employment for Staff #2 and #3, Health appraisal with TB for Staff #1, #2, #5, Health appraisal only for Staff #4.”
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Child Files
“Ensure all children’s files are complete. Child #5 needs an updated health appraisal, immunization, and blood lead screening results. Child #8 needs mat permission. Child #14 needs blood lead screening results.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure outlets are covered. In room 7 additional outlets were not covered. -Correceted at visit. Ensure all ceiling tiles are clean and free of water damage. -Clean or replace ceiling tiles in Room 2.”
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Kitchen and Food Preparation
“Ensure the refrigerator in the kitchen is clean and mold-free.”
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Feeding of Infants
“Enusre all bottles are labeled. One child’s bottles were not labeled in room 2.”
Jan 29, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure all staff Files are completed. Staff #2 and Staff #3 need first aid and CPR training. Staff #4 needs health and safety training and administration of medication. Staff #5 needs a review of abuse and neglect and an orientation.”
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Child Files
“Ensure children files are completed. Child #1 and Child #14 need blood lead screening results.”
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Feeding of Infants
“Ensure all Infant Feeding schedules are updated monthly. -Send all Infant feeding schedules for Room 2.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 7 violations cited |
| Jan 10, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 5 violations cited |
| Jan 29, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 5 years.
- Takes part in: Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Special conditions, in Delaware’s words: Variance.
- Licence number 29495.
- Capacity: 297 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 9 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: Substantiated (5), No Evidence to Substantiate (4).
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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| May 20, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On May 7, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding concerns of lack of supervision. An investigation was conducted on May 13, 2026. This complaint is substantiated for lack of supervision based on interviews conducted. Administrator #1 and one staff member stated Child #1 and Child #2 were left alone in the classroom for an undisclosed amount of time on two separate occasions. |
| Apr 8, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On March 30, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding concerns of failing to use positive behavior supports. An investigation was conducted on April 1, 2026. This complaint is substantiated for failing to use positive behavior supports based on interviews conducted. Administrator #1 and one staff member stated they have not observed Staff #1 failing to use positive behavior supports, but they have observed actions that do not align with JCC policies, which led to the termination of employment for Staff #1. Two staff members, who were interviewed separately, stated they have observed a staff member being rude to children and not helping the children when needed. Two staff members stated they have only observed positive behavior supports within the facility. All staff members interviewed stated they have not observed any staff members plucking children. |
| Mar 26, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On March 17, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding concerns of failing to use positive behavior supports. An investigation was conducted on March 18, 2026. This complaint is substantiated for failing to use positive behavior supports based on interviews conducted. Four staff members, who were interviewed separately, stated they have observed a staff member talking down to the children and intimidating children. Administrator #1 and three staff members stated they have only observed positive behavior supports within the facility. |
| Jun 11, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On May 22, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding concerns of lack of diapering tables leading to improper staff-to-child ratios in the infant classrooms and improper handwashing between diaper changes. An investigation was conducted on June 6, 2025. This complaint is substantiated for concerns of improper staff-to-child ratios in the infant classrooms based on staff interviews. All staff interviewed stated classrooms have been left with improper staff-to-child ratios during diaper changes. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for improper handwashing between diaper changes based on staff interviews. All staff interviewed stated they wash their hands in the bathroom between each diaper change. |
| Mar 5, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On February 20, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding concerns of improper discipline. An investigation was conducted on February 24, 2025. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for the use of improper discipline based on interviews conducted and staff statements reviewed. A concern noted during this investigation was Staff #1 not demonstrating an understanding of and respect for a child because two staff members’ statements noted Staff #1 snatched a toy out of Child #1 s hand and one staff member stated Staff #1 forcefully turned Child #1 around and pushed them. Administrator #1 did note that when they spoke with the staff who wrote these statements after they were written, their descriptions of the incident were not the same. Administrator #1 stated Staff #1 s employment was terminated based on declining performance, and not as a result of this allegation. |
| Nov 25, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On November 6, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding concerns of improper discipline. An investigation was conducted on November 13, 2024. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for improper discipline based on interviews conducted. All staff interviewed stated while Staff #1 used a raised voice during a moment of frustration, it was not directed towards the children. Staff #1 denied telling a child, I am sick of you. |
| Sep 4, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On August 30, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding concerns of improper discipline. An investigation was conducted on September 3, 2024. This complaint is substantiated for improper discipline based on interviews conducted. Three of the four staff stated Staff #1, who works with infants, used force and inappropriate actions when handling children, including grabbing children by the arm and moving them roughly across the classroom and holding a child down on their back to make them go to sleep. Administrator #1 stated she had observed Staff #1 in the past moving a child by the arm to keep out of danger while on a walk and the administration team provided additional support to Staff #1 regarding appropriate interactions with the children. All staff members interviewed denied witnessing Staff #1 hold a child down and forcing them to eat or pouring water onto a child s face as a punishment. |
| Aug 28, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On August 12, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding concerns of improper discipline. An investigation was conducted on August 16, 2024. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for improper discipline based on interviews with four staff members and Administrator #1. All staff members interviewed stated they have never witnessed any improper discipline in the facility. Administrator #1 stated an allegation of improper discipline was brought to their attention and investigated and was determined to be unfounded. Staff #1 stated they had their hand on Child #1 s head to help them find their water bottle in the cubby, but stated they did not use improper discipline. Administrator #1 stated Staff #1 was provided additional guidance on appropriate behavior with the children but did not receive disciplinary action for this. |
| Jul 1, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On May 29, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding handling parent complaints and not understanding children and their needs. An unannounced visit was conducted on June 5, 2024. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint regarding handling parent complaints. After interviewing staff members, this specialist found no evidence of lack of communication with the families. The staff members and administration took measures to connect and address the complaint. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not understanding children and their needs. After interviewing staff, the staff members were addressing their concern that Child #1 could be injured if the shoes came off and communicated with the parent regarding this at pick up time. |
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: 5 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
- 2025: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
- 2024: 5 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
- 2023: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
- 2022: 3 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
- 2021: 2 facility injuries. 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 |
|---|---|
| Siegel Jcc of Delaware - Early Childhood Center This child care provider | Not given |
| Montessori Learning Center LLC | Not given |
| Educational Enrichment Center De, LLC | Not given |
| Wilmington Friends School - Lower School | Not given |
| St. Mary Magdalen School | Not given |
| Linda Crist | Not given |
| Foulk Preschool (Foulk Road) | Not given |
| YMCA of Delaware / Brandywine YMCA Branch | Not given |
| Faith Preschool and Child Care | Not given |
| The Claremont School | Not given |
| Concord Preschool and Child Care | Not given |
| Mary Reynolds | Not given |
| Janet Nagengast | 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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