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Dawn’s Large Family Home Child Care

A licensed large family child care in Newark, Delaware 19702

102 Holiday Place, Newark, Delaware 19702. (302) 740-4256.

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 16 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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 Mar 13, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.

16 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

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

16 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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Hover or focus a month to read it.

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.

Mar 13, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
  • Infants’ Records

    “Infant daily logs are needed and must be kept for 3 months. Send dailies for Child #2 (3/23-3/27)”

    Rule 25Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 27, 2026.

  • Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments

    “Safe Sleep states that there is to be nothing in the crib with children under 12 months. Send picture of Child #2 sleeping in pack and play that is empty.”

    Rule 35Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 25, 2026.

Mar 10, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations
  • Children’s Files

    “Ensure child files are complete. Child #11 needs full file with infant feeding statement (found on OCCL website) Child #4 needs updated health appraisal and immunizations Child #5 and #10 need updated health appraisal, immunizations, and blood lead screening.”

    Rule 22Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 18, 2025.

  • Hazardous Materials

    “Ensure Radon test is completed every 5 years and turned in to OCCL.”

    Rule 27Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 21, 2025.

  • Feeding of Infants

    “Ensure daily record is written for infants. Please send March 17th-March 21st daily logs for Child #11.”

    Rule 51Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 18, 2025.

  • License Renewal

    “Ensure renewal application is submitted 60 days before license expiration. (Corrected on March 5, 2025)”

    Rule 8Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 5, 2025.

Mar 6, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review10 violations
  • General Requirements

    “AOU must be reviewed and/or updated. Prohibited HHM was present during visit.”

    Rule 13Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 18, 2024.

  • Use of a Substitute

    “Emergency sub-training must be in file. Staff #1 and Staff #4 need training in their files. Ensure substitute files are complete with health appraisal and TB test with results, fingerprinting verification, eligibility letter, orientation, and additional certifications. for non-emergency use substitutes.”

    Rule 15Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 15, 2024.

  • Parents Right to Know Act

    “Send parent’s right to know log to OCCL.”

    Rule 21Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 15, 2024.

  • Children’s Files

    “Child #9 needs a health appraisal form.”

    Rule 22Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 29, 2024.

  • Kitchen and Food Preparation

    “Freezer temperature must be 0 degrees F or colder.”

    Rule 31Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 11, 2024.

  • Outdoor Area

    “Send a picture of a gate between the play area and the deck.”

    Rule 32Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 15, 2024.

  • Sanitation

    “Send pictures of soap and water and disinfectant bottles. Clean toys weekly.”

    Rule 37Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 11, 2024.

  • Insurance

    “Send a copy of general liability insurance for Large Family Child Care Home.”

    Rule 60Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 14, 2024.

  • Personnel Policies

    “Send copies of signed statements on orientation to confirm review of policies and child abuse reporting requirements.”

    Rule 65Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 15, 2024.

  • Qualifications

    “Send copies of qualifications for large family assistants and aides. Ensure all assistants are qualified and have 15 clock hours of training annually.”

    Rule 66Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 26, 2024.

All 3 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Mar 13, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations cited
Mar 10, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations cited
Mar 6, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review10 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Large 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 783370.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 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).
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
Oct 14, 2026OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to SubstantiateThe Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on September 24, 2026, regarding concerns of not following the current Agreement of Understanding regarding Adult #1 and socializing or entertaining others during child care hours. An investigation was conducted on October 2, 2026, which included interviews with Provider #1 and Staff #1, review of household composition and fingerprint records, and an unannounced walkthrough of the home. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint. Information obtained during the investigation and observations made during the unannounced visit did not identify Adult #1 or Adult #2 as present in the home during child care hours or having direct access to children in care.

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.
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.

13 compared
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Dawn’s Large Family Home Child Care This child care providerNot given
The Little Campus, LLCNot given
Cradles to Crayons and Beyond Early Learning CenterNot given
A. S. Academy of Learning 1Not given
Sunshine Bright Kids LLCNot given
All Aspire AcademyNot given
Lacc Learning Center @ La Academia Antonia AlonsoNot given
Tysela Young DBA Young Scholars Childcare LLCNot given
Tarbiyah SchoolNot given
Jade ThompsonNot given
Olivette JacksonNot given
Lil’ Einsteins Learning Academy IIINot given
Tamikya WhittleNot 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 Nov 5, 2026.

From the provider

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An example nursing home

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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 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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