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Newark Parks & Recreation Before & After School Care@Downes

220 Casho Mill Road, Newark, DE 19711 · New Castle County (302) 893-0472 License #554452
4
inspections on file
9
recorded violations
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severity not classified by the state
Mar 17, 2026
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 Newark Parks & Recreation Before & After School Care@Downes
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Mar 17, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review2 regulations cited2Agency record
Mar 12, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review2 regulations cited2Agency record
Mar 13, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review2 regulations cited2Agency record
Mar 14, 2023Unannounced Full Compliance Review3 regulations cited3Agency record
Mar 15, 2022
no longer in the state’s current file
Unannounced Full Compliance Review1 regulation cited1Agency 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.

Mar 17, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 deficiencies cited
Not classified
30T — Personnel Files

“Ensure a teacher who is trained in day to day operations is present, and the form is signed/placed in their file. Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs a DEEDS certificate and training hours. Staff #2 needs a professional development plan and eligibility letter. Staff #3 needs an orientation form and health appraisal with TB. Staff #4 needs their health and safety training, 2 references, and health appraisal with TB. Staff #5 needs a professional development plan, 4 references, and a health appraisal with TB. Staff #6 needs their professional development plan and health appraisal with TB. Staff #7 needs a professional development plan, health and safety training, 2 references, health appraisal with TB, and a returned service letter.”

Corrected May 18, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
65T — First Aid Kits

“Place an eye patch in the first aid kit and send a picture to OCCL.”

Corrected Apr 6, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Mar 12, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 deficiencies cited
Not classified
30T — Personnel Files

“Ensure Staff Files are complete: Staff #1 needs a professional development plan. Staff #2 needs 2 references, the adult health appraisal form, and a returned service letter or 2 documented attempts. Staff #3 needs 2 references. Staff #4 needs a DEEDS certificate. Staff #6 needs a professional development plan, and annual review of abuse and neglect. Staff #7 needs 2 references. Staff #8 needs 1 more reference letter and a health appraisal. Staff #9 needs their annual review of abuse and neglect. Staff #11 needs a DEEDS certificate. Staff #12 needs a professional development plan and their health and safety training. Staff #13 needs their fingerprinting eligibility results, 3 references, health appraisal, release of employment history, and a returned service letter. Ensure all service letters have 2 documented attempts if not returned.”

Corrected Jun 18, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
40T — Child Files

“Ensure child files are complete. Submit health appraisal for Child #6.”

Corrected Mar 12, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Mar 13, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 deficiencies cited
Not classified
30T — Personnel Files

“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs 2 more references if no service letter is returned and a DEEDS certificate. Staff #2 needs 1 reference and a DEEDS certificate. Staff #3 needs the OCCL Health and Safety training and her eligibility letter. Staff #4 needs her DEEDS certificate. Staff #6 needs her DEEDS certificate, 2 references, and health appraisal. Staff #7 needs 2 refences and a DEEDS certificate. Staff #8 needs their orientation form, health and safety training, and 4 references.”

Corrected Apr 19, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
40T — Child Files

“Submit health appraisal for Child #3.”

Corrected Mar 18, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Mar 14, 2023Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 3 deficiencies cited
Not classified
30T — Personnel Files

“All staff files must be complete. A service letter or proof of attempting to obtain service letters is needed. Fingerprint receipts are needed for Staff #2, #4, #5, and #6. A determination letter is needed for Staff #7. A health appraisal and TB results are needed for Staff #3 and #7. Two reference letters are needed for Staff #7.”

Corrected Apr 5, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
63T — Administration of Medication

“Child #4 needs to have an EpiPen available during aftercare hours. An action plan was in the file but an EpiPen was not accessible.”

Corrected Mar 22, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
67T — Transportation

“Child #8 needs permission for transportation.”

Corrected Mar 16, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Mar 15, 2022Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 deficiency cited · no longer in the state's current file
Not classified
31T — Owner's File

“Ensure all staff files are complete. Staff #3 needs an orientation, a job description, release of employment history, and one reference letter. Two reference letters are needed for Staff #1, #13, and #15. Staff #3, and #13 needs a signed declaration and drug statement. Staff #9 and #16 needs a health appraisal with Tb. Staff #4 only need TB results. Staff #1, #3, #7, #9, and #16 need service letters. Staff #8 needs a current CPR/First aid certificate. Staff #14 needs a complete file. Staff #3, #4, #7, #10, #11, #13, #14, #15, #16, and #18 needs a DEEDS certificate. Staff files were not available for at least 30 minutes after the specialist arrived. Files were at another location. Ensure files are at site and available. Files were brought over during visit. Corrected at visit.”

Corrected May 12, 2022 · Status as recorded: Completed

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