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Fresh Start Child Care Academy

1410 Lancaster Avenue, Wilmington, DE 19805 · New Castle County (302) 888-2148 License #517127
3
inspections on file
5
recorded violations
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severity not classified by the state
Dec 6, 2023
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

Records held from Sep 27, 2021 onward. Earlier visits may exist in the agency’s own files.

Delaware publishes only visits where a regulation was cited, plus complaint investigations. Visits that found no violations do not appear in the state's data, so a gap between dates here does not mean the program went uninspected. Delaware does not publish a severity weight for its citations.

Inspection history for Fresh Start Child Care Academy
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Dec 6, 2023IA InvestigationUnsubstantiated0Agency record
Aug 26, 2022Unannounced Full Compliance Review4 regulations cited4Agency record
Jul 5, 2022OCCL Standards ComplaintSubstantiated1Agency record

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Aug 26, 2022Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 4 deficiencies cited
Not classified
40U — Child Files

“Ensure child files are complete. Child #7, and Child #8 need lead lab test results. Send to OCCL when completed.”

Corrected Sep 2, 2022 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
50U — Kitchen and Food Preparation

“Kitchen Food that is stored must be labeled with contents and date of preparation or expiration. Send a copy of labeled food to OCCL.”

Corrected Sep 2, 2022 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
56U — Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments

“Rest equipment for pack and play needs to have tightly fitted sheets securely covering mattress. Send pictures of sheets on mattress tightly covering the mattress on the pack and play in the infant room to OCCL.”

Corrected Sep 2, 2022 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
72U — Feeding of Infants

“Feeding of Infants. Child #9 had fruit in his bottle. Bottles must only have formula or breast milk in their bottle unless a doctors note is provided. This was corrected at the visit because the teacher had enough bottles without fruit inside of it, as well as enough fruit to feed the child for the rest of the day. Send an email correspondence to and from parent to OCCL stating this information is known, or provide a doctors note stating that this is permitted.”

Corrected Sep 2, 2022 · Status as recorded: Completed
Jul 5, 2022OCCL Standards Complaint · 1 deficiency cited
Not classified
Substantiated complaint

“On June 15, 2022, OCCL received a complaint regarding the center refusing to return a child s belongings when disenrolled, lack of sanitation, improper staff-to-child ratio, possibly being untruthful with parents regarding the reason why the center closed for a week, serving expired milk, and allowing a parent inside the facility when parents were not allowed in due to Covid. This complaint is substantiated for improper staff-to-child ratios because 9 children, ages two through school-age, were present with one staff member. There is no evidence to substantiate that the child s belongings were not returned, that parents were allowed into the center during COVID restrictions, or that the center closed for another reason than what was provided to parents based on staff members statements. There is no evidence to substantiate lack of sanitation or serving expired milk based on this specialist s observations.”

Correction date not recorded

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