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Kindercare (Newark)

A licensed child care center in Newark, Delaware 19702

100 Paxson Dr, Newark, Delaware 19702. (302) 834-6931.

Delaware’s own record, on data.delaware.gov

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The short answer

Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Nov 4, 2026.

The last 24 months 22 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. 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?

3 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Jun 2, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.

22 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

22 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

22 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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 Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 2, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations
  • Personnel Files

    The inspectors’ words, 99 words

    “Ensure staff files are complete. -Annual review of sleep safe for Staff #2, 3, 4, 6, 13, 25, 23, 24. -Annual review of abuse and neglect for Staff #2, 3, 4, 6, 13, 15, 23, 24. -OCCL Health and Safety for Staff # 3, 5, 16, 18, 23. -Adult abuse registry check for Staff #7 and 20. -Health Appraisal for Staff # 5, 16, and 23. -CPR and First Aid for Staff # 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 26. -Professional developmental plan for Staff 3, 18, 24, and 25.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 6, 2026.

  • Child Files

    “Ensure children’s files are complete. -Current Health appraisal needed for Child #1, 2, 9,13,14,17, and 22. -Immunizations needed for Child # 9, 13, 20. -Blood lead screening results for Child # 1, 9, 13, and 14. -Signed parent right to know needed for Child # 2, 3, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, and 22. -Signed screen permission for Child #1, 2, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, and 22.”

    Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 7, 2026.

  • Hazardous Materials

    “Ensure Radon testing is completed every five years. -Submit updated Radon results.”

    Rule 45U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 13, 2026.

  • Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments

    “Ensure nap equipment is labeled, or the updated cot chart is completed. No cot chart posted in the Preschool 2 classroom.”

    Rule 56U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 2, 2026.

  • Lesson Plans

    “Ensure lesson plans are completed and dated. -Send one week of lesson plans for all classrooms.”

    Rule 74U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 2, 2026.

Jun 5, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations
  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are completed. -Health appraisal with TB for Staff #2, #3, #8. -OCCL Health and Safety training for Staff #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, and #11.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 7, 2025.

  • Staff Attendance

    “Ensure staff are signing into classrooms upon arrival. -One staff member was not signed into the classroom. -Corrected at visit.”

    Rule 36U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 5, 2025.

  • Child Files

    “Ensure children’s files are complete. -Health appraisal with immunizations for Child #8. -Blood lead screening results for Child #5, #6, #7. -Screen permission for Child #10, #13.”

    Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 7, 2025.

  • Kitchen and Food Preparation

    “Ensure food is labeled with contents and expiration dates.”

    Rule 50U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 7, 2025.

  • Equipment

    “Ensure children have access to the equipment. -Move toys to shelves in the twos (2) classroom. -Add additional equipment to one’s (1) dramatic play area.”

    Rule 57U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 7, 2025.

  • Lesson Plans

    “Ensure lesson plans are complete and current. The twos (1) classroom did not have food/healthy habits, and the twos (2) classroom had an outdated lesson plan.”

    Rule 74U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 7, 2025.

Jun 12, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review11 violations
  • Insurance Coverage

    “Ensure the bus insurance is current.”

    Rule 16U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 25, 2024.

  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are completed. CPR and Frist Aid for Staff #1, #4, #13, #14, and #22. Annual review of abuse and neglect and review of abuse and neglect for Staff #13 and #22. OCCL Health and Safety training for Staff #1, #15, #17, and #21. Health appraisal w/ TB for Staff #7, #12, #14, and #21. Release of employment and service letter for Staff #12 and #15.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 17, 2024.

  • Child Files

    “Ensure children files are complete. Health appraisal with immunizations for Child #16. Blood lead screening results for Child #2, #3, #9, #11, #15, #16, and #19. Parent Right to know for Child #11 and #12. Screen time permission for Child #11 and #12. Development plan for Child #12. Mat permission for Child #9 and #19”

    Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 17, 2024.

  • Indoor Space

    “Ensure classroom walls are clean. Clean off crayon and marker marks on walls and shelves in both two-year-old classrooms. Ensure classroom vents are cleaned. Remove hazards from classroom space. Remove all plastic bags out of reach of children.”

    Rule 49U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 25, 2024.

  • Kitchen and Food Preparation

    “Ensure all surfaces in the kitchen are clean. Clean the cart off from food/dirt and clean floor in the kitchen,”

    Rule 50U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 5, 2024.

  • Outdoor Area

    “Ensure hazards are removed from the playground. Remove torn pole cover.”

    Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 17, 2024.

  • Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments

    “Ensure all nap equipment is labeled or updated cot chart in the Pre-K classroom.”

    Rule 56U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 17, 2024.

  • Equipment

    “Ensure equipment is rip/torn free and in good repair. Remove/Replace equipment from toddler (1), toddler (2), inside gym, school age, and pre-k.”

    Rule 57U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 17, 2024.

  • Administration of Medication

    “Ensure MAR’s are completed for all children receiving diaper cream.”

    Rule 63U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 5, 2024.

  • Lesson Plans

    “Ensure lesson plans are completed and dated.”

    Rule 74U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 17, 2024.

  • License Renewal

    “Ensure application is completed 60 days prior to expiration.”

    Rule 8U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 28, 2024.

All 3 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 2, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations cited
Jun 5, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations cited
Jun 12, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review11 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child Care Center.
  • Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 12 years.
  • Takes part in: Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
  • Delaware lists it as: Private.
  • Licence number 625169.
  • Capacity: 165 children.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Delaware acted against it?

  • 4 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: No Evidence to Substantiate (4).
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Jan 28, 2026OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to SubstantiateThe Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on January 14, 2026, regarding concerns of failing to use positive behavior supports. An investigation was conducted on January 22, 2026. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for failing to use positive behavior supports based on staff interviews conducted. Administrator #1 and six staff members stated they have only observed positive behavior supports within the facility. One staff member stated they have observed a staff member moving children by one arm but declined to provide more information.
Feb 9, 2024OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to SubstantiateThe Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on January 5, 2024, for concerns of improper discipline. Additionally, this incident was self-reported by the facility on January 5, 2024. An investigation was conducted via telephone and email beginning January 5, 2024. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for concerns of improper discipline based on written statements from five staff members, an interview with the administrator, and documentation of conversations from the Tadpoles application viewed. and interview conducted. Staff members’ written statements stated there were no improper tones or discipline from Staff #1.
Jan 18, 2024OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to SubstantiateThe Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on December 13, 2023, regarding failure to use standard precautions to prevent illness and concerns about the accuracy of information written on an accident/injury report. An investigation was conducted on December 19, 2023. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for failure to use standard precautions to prevent illness based on staff interviews conducted. Staff members interviewed stated they follow all precautions to prevent illness in the facility. Staff #1 unintentionally touched lips with Child #1 as she picked him up during drop-off. Staff #1 stated she learned of an exposure to COVID-19 but tested negative prior to coming into the center and had no symptoms at any time. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for concerns about the information written on an accident/injury report based on the interviews conducted and the documents collected. Parent #1 was notified immediately of Child #1 s injury via the center s mobile application. The initial written accident/injury report provided to Parent #1 did not include all details of how Child #1 s injury occurred but did not provide any false information. The initial report just stated Child #2 scratched trying to get the book Child #1 had. Administrator Irene Kerrigan re-wrote the accident/injury report to include more information and provided it to Parent #1 via the center’s mobile application. Staff members interviewed stated families are notified of all accidents/injuries by pick-up time each day but are notified sooner if an injury is more severe. Incident reports were viewed for Child #1 incident and were signed by the parents.
Dec 18, 2023OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to SubstantiateThe Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on November 30, 2023, for not following positive behavior supports to keep children safe, not following their policy regarding notification to parents of significant incidents or injuries, and lack of supervision. An investigation was conducted on December 4, 2023. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not following positive behavior supports to keep children safe based on staff interviews conducted. Staff members interviewed stated children are redirected to another activity when they show signs of frustration or seem like they may bite, and stated the KinderCare policies are followed for behavior supports. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not following the facility’s policy regarding notification to parents of significant incidents or injuries based on the interviews conducted and the documents collected. Staff members stated families are notified of all injuries and incidents by pick-up time each day but are notified sooner if an injury is more severe. Incident reports were viewed regarding the behavior of the child biting other children and the observed reports were signed by the parents. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for lack of supervision based on interviews conducted and attendance records collected. Staff members stated classrooms are always in ratio and attendance records supported this for the dates these biting incidents occurred.

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: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2025: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2024: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2023: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2022: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2021: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 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 Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

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 Nov 5, 2026.

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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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