Christa Edwards
A licensed family child care in Milton, Delaware 19968
28408 West Springside Drive, Milton, Delaware 19968. (302) 727-8012.
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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 Aug 4, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
14 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
14 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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 |
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.
Aug 4, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations
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Parents Right to Know Act
“Ensure the parent’s right to know log is completed by all enrollment and any tours given.”
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Children’s Files
“Ensure child files are complete. One child needs blood lead screening results. One child needs an updated health appraisal and immunization record.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure the home is clean and in a safe condition. The bathroom was observed in need of cleaning. Ensure walls are cleanable and in good repair. Repair the holes in the walls in the child care room.”
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Fire Safety
“Replace the batteries in the smoke detectors that were observed chirping during the visit.”
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Meals and Snacks
“Ensure meals and snacks provided by the FCCH meet the required components. There was no milk available at the time of the visit.”
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License Renewal
“Ensure the renewal application is submitted at least 60 days prior to the license expiration. Submit the updated State of Delaware business license.”
Aug 27, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations
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Children’s Files
“Ensure child files are complete. One child needs blood lead screening results.”
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Emergency Planning
“Purchase an emergency water supply to shelter-in-place.”
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License Renewal
“Ensure the renewal application is submitted at least 60 days prior to the license expiration. This was corrected when the application was collected at the facility visit.”
Aug 13, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations
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Daily Attendance of Children
“Attendance should reflect the exact arrival time. The LS asked for attendance, and it was not completed for the morning.”
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Heating and Cooling
“Fans and cords must be inaccessible to children during hours of care. The front room had a box fan on the floor accessible to children.”
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Indoor Space
“Air fresheners are to be out of reach and not used during care.”
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Fire Safety
“The fire extinguisher should be hung on the wall.”
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License Renewal
“Submit a renewal application 60 days before license expiration.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 6 violations cited |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 3 violations cited |
| Aug 13, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 5 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Family Child Care.
- 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).
- Licence number 454964.
- Capacity: 9 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- No complaint investigations in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
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 |
|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Club @ H.o. Brittingham | Not given |
| Children & Families First Head Start Cool Spring | Not given |
| Peaceful Child LLC | Not given |
| Children’s Beach House, Inc. @ Hob | Not given |
| Children’s Beach House, Inc. (At Milton Elementary School) | Not given |
| Shell’s Early Learning Milton Center | Not given |
| Gail Brown | Not given |
| Maxcine Williams | Not given |
| Christa Edwards This child care provider | Not given |
| Shell’s Early Learning Center - Milton, Inc. | Not given |
| Doris Hagans | Not given |
| Kristin’s Care, Inc. | 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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