Linda Lawrence
A licensed family child care in New Castle, Delaware 19720
208 Mansion Parkway, New Castle, Delaware 19720. (302) 425-3511.
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The short answer
Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Nov 1, 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 Oct 15, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
17 violations cited in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
17 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 | Nov |
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 Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
Oct 15, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations
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Indoor Space
“Ensure indoor spaces are compliant. Install transition strip where kitchen flooring meets hallyway flooring to prevent tripping hazard. Send photo to OCCL.”
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Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Ensure diaper changing area is compliant. * Dedicated foot-operated diaper trash can must be within arms reach of changing table. *Clear items stored on diaper changing pad so it is readily accessible for use. Send photos to OCCL.”
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Administration of Medication
“Ensure a MAR is completed for all OTC topical medications before use. Provide MAR for A+D ointment, Triplepaste and Vaseline observed and any other medications at program. Send photo to OCCL.”
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License Renewal
“Ensure renewal application is submitted by October 1 annually. Mail completed application to OCCL.”
Oct 24, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations
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Parents Right to Know Act
“Ensure Parents Right to Know log is kept up-to-date. Please send a copy with new parents signature.”
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Children’s Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #3 needs an updated Infant Feeding log. Please send pictures to OCCL.”
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Fire Safety
“Batteries in the smoke detector need to be changed- send picture to OCCL.”
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Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Children need to be diapered on a non-porous washable surface. A travel diaper changing mat is acceptable. Please send picture to OCCL.”
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Feeding of Infants
“Ensure daily logs are completed right after routines (diaper changing, feeding, sleeping, etc.) Please send daily logs for Child #3 for 10/27/25-10/29/25.”
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Training
“Annual training hours needed, CPR and First Aid expired 10/2025, need updated. Send certificates/transcripts to OCCL.”
Oct 1, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review7 violations
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Parents Right to Know Act
“Submit a current annual parent’s right to know log.”
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Children’s Files
“Submit the following to complete children’s files: Blood lead test results for two children, a health appraisal w/ immunizations for one child, date of enrollment and transportation permission for one child.”
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Hazardous Materials
“Submit a current radon test indicating correct levels.”
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Fire Safety
“Submit documentation of a completed monthly fire safety checklist for October.”
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Kitchen and Food Preparation
“Submit documentation of the thermometer in the refrigerator reading 41 degrees F. or below.”
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Emergency Planning
“Submit documentation of a completed monthly evacuation drill for October.”
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Training
“Submit documentation of 12 hours of annual training with two in health and safety. This was not determined at the visit and became non-compliant on 10-31-24.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 4 violations cited |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 6 violations cited |
| Oct 1, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 7 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Family Child Care.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 12 years.
- Takes part in: Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Licence number 461433.
- Capacity: 9 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 1, 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 Nov 1, 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 Nov 1, 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 Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Linda Lawrence 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 Nov 1, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information (wb83-pkcv).
Released Nov 1, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews (pnbd-85r6).
Released Nov 1, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
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