Bethesda Child Development Center
A licensed child care center in Middletown, Delaware 19709
116 East Main Street, Middletown, Delaware 19709. (302) 378-8435.
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The short answer
Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Oct 23, 2026.
- No count Delaware’s list shows only visits that found violations
- 132 children, its licensed capacity
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?
Delaware’s list shows only the visits that found violations, so a zero can’t be read either way: this provider may have had visits that found none, or no visit at all. No count is shown.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 1 year through 12 years.
- Takes part in: Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Delaware lists it as: Nonprofit.
- Licence number 479514.
- Capacity: 132 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 1 complaint investigation in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: No Evidence to Substantiate (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On August 2, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding concerns of not following proper diapering procedures, not providing adequate food and water to children, and lack of supervision. An investigation was conducted beginning August 8, 2024, and concluding September 25, 2024, due to OCCL staff changes. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not following proper diapering procedures based on interviews with three staff members and observation of daily logs from the Tadpoles application. Staff members noted some diaper changes may not have been marked on the Tadpoles application, but stated all children are changed every two hours at most. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not providing adequate food and water to children based on interviews with staff members. All staff interviewed noted Child #1, and other children in the class, do not always sit at the table during lunch. Staff interviewed noted all food provided by a parent is set out on the lunch table and offered to that child. The amount each child eats at a meal is documented in the Tadpoles application. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for lack of supervision based on interviews with staff and observation of the classroom. During their interview, Staff #2 noted they observed Child #1 playing with playdough scissors and redirected the child. Staff # 2 did not observe any hair get cut in the classroom. The staff member stated no pieces of hair were found in the classroom but were brought into the center hours later by Parent #1. |
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?
- 2025: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
- 2024: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
- 2022: 1 facility injury. 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?
- Not compared: Delaware’s list shows only the visits that found violations, so this record has no count to compare.
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 |
|---|---|
| Bethesda Child Development Center This child care provider | Not compared |
| Katherine Manning | Not given |
| Barbara Needles | Not given |
| Shaun Mullan-Wright DBA Sunshine Children’s House | Not given |
| Happy Place Child Care of Middletown | Not given |
| Jeffrey Whiting | Not given |
| Susan Thompson | Not given |
| Peace Arousa Augusta Osayanmwen | Not given |
| Mercy Land Academy | Not given |
| Brilliant Little Minds @apc | Not given |
| Grow & Learn Childcare Center | Not given |
| Charlotte Goode | Not given |
| Celebree School of Middletown | 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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