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Child care center · Hartly, DE
KINGDOM KID'S DAY CARE, INC.
A licensed child care center in Hartly, Delaware, with its state inspection and complaint history from the Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL).
Program details
Program type: Licensed child care center
Address: 2899 ARTHURSVILLE ROAD, Hartly, DE 19953
Phone: (302) 492-0207
Ages served: 6 weeks through 12 years.
Age group: Infant through School-Age
Licensed capacity: 98 children
OCCL license number: 27960
Current enforcement action (as published): none listed in the state's file
Injuries reported to the state (as published): the state's file lists injuries in the last 5 years that needed medical or dental treatment. 2026: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
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Inspection history
Last 3 years (November 12, 2023 to November 12, 2026, when the state's files were last updated)
- 4 visits where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
- 15 violations cited on these visits
- 3 complaint investigations completed (Substantiated: 2; No Evidence to Substantiate: 1)
A violation means a licensing specialist found that a Delaware licensing rule wasn't met. The state gives the program a date to correct each one and records when it was corrected. Complaint results use the state's own terms, as published. Read the official record for details.
Visits with violations
All 7 visits with violations in the state's file (which starts November 12, 2021), newest first, with 22 violations in all. The state's file lists only visits where a rule was cited, so visits where nothing was cited are not shown. Each violation shows the state's short title for the rule, its regulation code, the date the state set for the fix and the correction status as published.
June 29, 2026 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 4 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by July 17, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, July 17, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Four staff members need at least two hours in health and safety training. Two staff members need CPR/First Aid. Two staff members need a release of employment history form completed. Two staff members need documented attempts for service letters. Two staff members need two reference letters. One staff member needs a job description.
Staff Attendance
Regulation code 36U · Correct by June 29, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, June 29, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure the exact departure time is recorded. One staff member was signed into the Pre-K classroom at 8:40 a.m. but was not present. Attendance records for the toddler classroom show that the same staff member was signed in at 9:05 a.m.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by July 17, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, June 29, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Two children needed a date of enrolment. One child needs hours and days of care.
Hazardous Materials
Regulation code 45U · Correct by July 17, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, July 17, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure cabinets are locked or that hazards are not accessible to children. The infant classroom has an unlocked lower cabinet, and several choking hazards are accessible. The hazards include plastic-containing craft items, plastic-wrapped paper towels, clothespins, and ribbon.
July 10, 2025 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Regulation code 27U · Correct by July 14, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, July 14, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Enasre qualified staff are supervising the infant classroom. There was an intern in the infant classroom. This was corrected when an early childhood teacher was placed in the infant classroom.
June 11, 2025 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 7 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by July 1, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, July 8, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are completed. All staff members need to have professional development plans completed. One staff member needs an eligibility letter on file. One staff member needs Health and Safety for Child Care Professionals training, an adult abuse registry check, a health appraisal on OCCL's form, a release of employment history, and service letter attempts with follow-ups as necessary.
Documenting Children's Progress
Regulation code 42U · Correct by July 1, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, July 7, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure that child developmental plans are completed and updated at least three times a year. 11 children need developmental plans.
Hand Washing
Regulation code 59U · Correct by June 11, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, June 11, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure that children's hands are washed after meals. The one-year-old and two-year-old classrooms did not wash their hands after lunch.
Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Regulation code 61U · Correct by July 1, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, July 2, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure the diaper pad is nonabsorbent. The one-year-old classroom diaper changing mat has holes in it.
Administration of Medication
Regulation code 63U · Correct by July 1, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, July 1, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
The state's notes for this violation may name a person, so we don't show them here. They're in the state's published file (see Sources).
Feeding of Infants
Regulation code 72U · Correct by July 1, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, July 1, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Infants require a monthly feeding schedule and must be updated monthly. One child's monthly feeding form requires a monthly update; the last update was on May 1, 2025. One child needs a monthly feeding form.
License Renewal
Regulation code 8U · Correct by July 1, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, July 1, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure an annual renewal application is submitted 60 days before the license's expiration.
June 24, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 3 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by July 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, August 12, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Three staff need a health appraisal on OCCL's form, two staff need TB testing results, one staff needs service letter attempts, one staff needs documentation is on file showing enrollment in high school's early childhood education program.
Indoor Space
Regulation code 49U · Correct by July 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, August 12, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure walls are in good repair. The toddler and two-year-old classrooms need paint applied where it is peeling or chipped. The two sinks in the boy's bathroom need to be back in operation.
License Renewal
Regulation code 8U · Correct by June 14, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, June 13, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
A renewal application is due 60 days prior to license expiration.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
June 12, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 5 violations
Staffing
Regulation code 26U · Correct by July 5, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, July 24, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure documentation of the designated teacher in the absence of the administrator is on file.
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by July 5, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, July 24, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff file are complete. Three staff need CPR and First Aid certification, one staff needs a profession development plan. annual review of safe sleep and abuse and neglect, an orientation, a job description, two references, employee declaration, drug and alcohol statement, adult abuse history check, health appraisal and TB results, a release of employment and service letter requests. Six staff need Heath and Safety for Child Care Professionals.
Indoor Space
Regulation code 49U · Correct by July 5, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, July 5, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure stained celling tiles are replaced.
Kitchen and Food Preparation
Regulation code 50U · Correct by June 12, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, June 12, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure the refrigerator in the one-year-old classroom has a thermometer that reads 40 degrees fahrenheit.
Administration of Medication
Regulation code 63U · Correct by July 5, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, July 5, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure medication logs are completed for the infant classroom diaper cream use.
July 8, 2022 · Unannounced · 1 violation
Indoor Space
Regulation code 49U · Correct by July 8, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, July 8, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
The state's notes for this violation may name a person, so we don't show them here. They're in the state's published file (see Sources).
June 13, 2022 · Unannounced · 1 violation
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Regulation code 27U · Correct by June 13, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, June 13, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
The state's notes for this violation may name a person, so we don't show them here. They're in the state's published file (see Sources).
Complaint investigations
All 5 complaint investigations in the state's file (which starts November 29, 2021), newest first, with the result and the state's summary as published. In the state's summaries, "IA" is the state's Institutional Abuse Unit.
Completed May 28, 2026 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On May 13, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint regarding lack of positive behavior supports, not using respectful communication, and the center's lack of cleanliness. An investigation was conducted on May 18, 2026. There is no evidence to substantiate the complaint of a lack of cleanliness because the center appeared clean. There is no evidence to substantiate the complaint for lack of positive behavior supports because all staff interviewed denied that children are forced to eat or forced to eat after vomiting. All staff denied using prohibited actions for positive behavior management. There is no evidence to substantiate not using respectful communication, because the staff interviewed denied cursing or yelling occurs in the facility.
Completed August 18, 2025 · Result: Substantiated
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary of this complaint may name a person, so we don't show it here. It's in the state's published file (see Sources).
Completed September 18, 2024 · Result: Substantiated
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary of this complaint may name a person, so we don't show it here. It's in the state's published file (see Sources).
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
Completed July 1, 2022 · Result: Substantiated
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary of this complaint may name a person, so we don't show it here. It's in the state's published file (see Sources).
Completion date not published · Result: not published
Type (as published): IA Investigation
The state's file has no summary for this investigation.
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Sources
- Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities: program details, enforcement action and injuries report.
- Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information: visits, violations, corrections and specialist notes.
- Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews: complaint investigations, results and summaries.
All three are published by the Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on data.delaware.gov as Public Domain and cover about the last five years. State files updated November 12, 2026. We show the state's text as published. Program details last checked October 21, 2026.