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University of Delaware Early Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Newark, Delaware 19716

489 Wyoming Rd, Newark, Delaware 19716. (302) 831-6205.

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The short answer

Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Oct 23, 2026.

The last 24 months 8 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2025. Every month

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 Apr 11, 2025; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.

8 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

8 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

8 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

Apr 11, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations

  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #3 needs CPR/FA.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 23, 2025.

  • Feeding of Infants

    “Ensure bottles are warmed in water no more than 120’F. Classroom #1 was 156’, classroom #3 was 152’, classroom #5 was 123’.”

    Rule 72U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 23, 2025.

Apr 15, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations

  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are completed. Staff #1 needs two references. Staff #2 needs orientation. Staff #3 release of employment and service letter.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 13, 2024.

  • Child Files

    “Ensure children’s files are complete. Child #8 needs blood lead screening results and Child #21 needs health appraisal with immunizations.”

    Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 13, 2024.

  • Outdoor Area

    “Remove all hazards on playgrounds. Remove 3 broken bins on pre-school playground and repair sliding on infant playground.”

    Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 13, 2024.

  • Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments

    “Ensure cots are cleanable. Replace ripped cots in Pre-School 6, Pre-School 1, Pre-School 8, and Pre-School 2.”

    Rule 56U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 13, 2024.

  • Equipment

    “Ensure couch in classrooms are in good repair. Couches in Toddlers 2 and Pre-School 5 need to be repaired or removed.”

    Rule 57U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 13, 2024.

  • Diapering and Soiled Clothing

    “Ensure diaper changing mat is cleanable. Replace mat in the Infant 3 classroom.”

    Rule 61U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 13, 2024.

All 2 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 11, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations cited
Apr 15, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child Care Center.
  • Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 8 years.
  • Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed), Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
  • Delaware lists it as: Nonprofit.
  • Licence number 531658.
  • Capacity: 321 children.
Source:

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 (2), Unsubstantiated (1).
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Mar 25, 2026OCCL Standards Complaint: UnsubstantiatedOn March 20, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding concerns of failure to use positive behavior supports. An investigation was conducted on March 24, 2026. There is no evidence to substantiate for failure to use positive behavior supports based on the interview conducted. Administrator #1 stated Staff #1 and Staff #2 are not employed at the facility, and Child #1 is not enrolled in the facility.
Sep 10, 2025OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to SubstantiateOn August 6, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint regarding allegations of failing to use appropriate behavior supports and failing to follow the center s procedure for accepting and handling complaints from a parent or guardian. An investigation was conducted on August 11, 2025. Based on interviews, documentation reviewed, and classroom observations, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for failing to use appropriate behavior supports. LS #2 observed Staff #1 and Staff #3 using clear communication, praising positive behavior, and responding quickly to children s needs. Staff members denied hitting or grabbing children. Based on interviews and documentation reviewed, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for failing to follow the center s procedure for accepting and handling complaints from a parent or guardian. Administrator #2 stated families can talk with the staff in their classrooms or come to administration with concerns. Families can also schedule a meeting to sit down to discuss any concerns they may have. LS #1 reviewed emails between Parent #1 and Administrator #2 regarding attempting to schedule a meeting.
Jun 21, 2024OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to SubstantiateOn June 3, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding improper discipline. An investigation was conducted on June 4, 2024. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for improper discipline based on interviews conducted. Seven staff were interviewed and stated they have not witnessed or used any improper discipline throughout the facility.

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: 9 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2025: 7 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2024: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2023: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2022: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2021: 5 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
Source:

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.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

12 compared
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
University of Delaware Lab PreschoolNot given
University of Delaware Early Learning Center This child care providerNot given
Katherine ManningNot given
The Little Campus, LLCNot given
Jamise BaileyNot given
Kool Kids Learning CenterNot given
Rebekah MercerNot given
Learning Lane Childcare CenterNot given
Germaine OdenNot given
Barbara NeedlesNot given
Sherell ThomasNot given
Kidz Ink INot 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

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing. Delaware’s own record is on data.delaware.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.

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Replies

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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