Nature and Nurture Academy
A licensed large family child care in Townsend, Delaware 19734
887 Union Church Rd, Townsend, Delaware 19734. (302) 378-8108.
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The short answer
Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Oct 23, 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?
2 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Jun 6, 2024; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
2 violations cited in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
2 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2024. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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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 Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Jun 6, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation
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Children’s Files
“Ensure child files are complete. -Health appraisals are needed for Child #8. #16, #17, and #21. -Immunizations and Lead Screening are needed for Child # 17 and #21. Please send documentation to OCCL by July 7, 2024.”
Dec 5, 2023: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation
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Children’s Health Appraisal
“Ensure all child files include health appraisal, immunization, and blood lead screening results. Child #2,3,10 need updated health appraisal. Child #2,7,10 need immunization records. Child # 3,6,10,13 need blood lead results.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 5, 2023 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Large Family Child Care.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 2 years through 5 years.
- Licence number 902252.
- Capacity: 11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On April 29, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding allegations of unqualified staff and mixing school-age students with the preschool children. An investigation began on April 29, 2025, and concluded on May 5, 2025. Based on staff interviews and files reviewed, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint regarding unqualified staff because staff files documented all staff were qualified for their positions in the large family child care home per DELACARE regulations. Based on staff interviews and observation, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint regarding the mixing of age groups because all staff stated the two programs use some of the same spaces but are kept separate at all times by a schedule. |
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 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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Nature and Nurture Academy This child care provider | Not given |
| Bethesda Cdc/Spring Meadow Early Childhood Center | Not given |
| Bizzy Bee’s Early Learning | Not given |
| Lifehouse Early Childhood Center | Not given |
| Diana’s Day Care | Not given |
| YMCA of Delaware/Old State | Not given |
| YMCA of Delaware/Townsend | Not given |
| Brilliant Little Minds @ Odessa Preschool | Not given |
| The Learning Hub Academy | Not given |
| Melanie Witt | Not given |
| YMCA of Delaware/Spring Meadow Early Childhood Center | Not given |
| Shari Coleman | Not given |
| Violet Williams | 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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