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Child care center · Middletown, DE
BETHESDA CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
A licensed child care center in Middletown, 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: 116 EAST MAIN STREET, Middletown, DE 19709
Phone: (302) 378-8435
Ages served: 1 year through 12 years.
Age group: Toddler through School-Age
Licensed capacity: 132 children
OCCL license number: 479514
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. 2025: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported. 2024: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported. 2022: 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)
- 0 visits where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
- 0 violations cited on these visits
- 1 complaint investigation completed (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
The 1 visit with violations in the state's file (which starts November 12, 2021), newest first, with 3 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.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
June 13, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 3 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by July 15, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, July 13, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure all staff items are complete. Submit health and safety training for Staff !1, 5, and 6. Submit hands-on CPR/First Aid certification for Staff #2 and 3. Ensure staff #8 is fingerprinted as soon as possible.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by July 17, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, July 25, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Submit blood lead screening results for Child #3, 4, 9, and 13. Submit an updated health appraisal for Child #13.
Outdoor Area
Regulation code 53U · Correct by July 17, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, July 13, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Fix fall zone in the outdoor area.
Complaint investigations
The 1 complaint investigation in the state's file (which starts November 29, 2021), newest first, with the result and the state's summary as published.
Completed September 27, 2024 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
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).
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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.