Funsteps Preschool & Childcare Inc.
A licensed child care center in Newark, Delaware 19711
1805 Capitol Trl, Newark, Delaware 19711. (302) 731-9618.
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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?
2 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Jun 2, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
2 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
2 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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.
Jun 2, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation
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Personnel Files
“Staff #1 needs CPR/FA”
Jun 12, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation
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Toilet Facilities
“Fix seal on toilets in the 2, 3, and 4 year old bathroom and send invoice to OCCL.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 12, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 10 years.
- Takes part in: Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Licence number 366903.
- Capacity: 109 children.
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: No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern (1), Substantiated (1), Unsubstantiated 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On October 17, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint for allegations of staff not being respectful while speaking or interacting with others and staff not respecting children and their needs. After interviews with staff members and administration, this complaint is substantiated for Staff #1 failing to be respectful when speaking to children at the center. |
| Mar 4, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern | The Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint on February 10, 2025, regarding allegations of incorrect staff-to-child ratios. On February 18, 2025, additional concerns regarding termination policies, transition policies, and use of cell phones by staff while supervising children were received by OCCL from the same Reporter. An investigation began on February 13, 2025, and concluded on February 21, 2025. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for incorrect staff-to-child ratio because observations and attendance records for two classrooms showed all classrooms were in correct staff-to-child ratio. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for failing to follow termination policies or transition policies because the administrator stated no child had been terminated from care and Parent #1 signed and agreed with the transition policy. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for staff using cell phones while caring for children because the administrator stated staff only use cell phones to communicate with parents during planning time, not while supervising children. An additional concern noted at the visit was LS #1 observed Staff #1, who had not had a criminal background check completed was working with children. LS #1 notified Administrator #2 that Staff #1 could not be present until they were fingerprinted and determined at least provisionally eligible. The staff member left the building. |
| Mar 20, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Unsubstantiated with Concern | On February 19, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint regarding concerns about the indoor temperature being under the required minimum temperature of 68 degrees. This complaint is unsubstantiated with concern. When checked by an OCCL thermometer used for verifying room temperatures, the temperature in the infant and one-year-old classrooms registered 68 degrees. The two two-year-old classrooms thermometers read 63 degrees, but the Licensing Specialist s thermometer registered 68 degrees. The three and four-year-old classrooms thermometers read 68 degrees, and 69 degrees on the Licensing Specialist s thermometer. The five-year-old classroom s thermometer and the Licensing Specialist s thermometer read 68 degrees. The classroom temperatures were within the required temperature range during both the complaint and follow-up visits. Additionally, the temperature is not locked as Staff #5 was able to change the temperature in her classroom. A concern noted at this visit was that Staff #1 left her four infants alone in the classroom, while they were asleep, to assist the Licensing Specialist with the classroom walkthrough. Staff #1 accompanied LS Hackett during her entire visit. An additional concern was that the infants were observed asleep with blankets and bottles in their cribs. |
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 |
|---|---|
| Funsteps Preschool & Childcare Inc. 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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