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Child care center · New Castle, DE
DARUL-AMAANAH ACADEMY
A licensed child care center in New Castle, 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: 19 LAMBSON LN, New Castle, DE 19720
Phone: (302) 521-2064
Ages served: 18 months through 12 years.
Age group: Toddler through School-Age
Licensed capacity: 110 children
OCCL license number: 372915
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. No facility injuries reported. No facility deaths reported.
View the official record on Delaware's child care search (search for the program's name).
Inspection history
Last 3 years (November 12, 2023 to November 12, 2026, when the state's files were last updated)
- 3 visits where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
- 13 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
All 4 visits with violations in the state's file (which starts November 12, 2021), newest first, with 15 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.
October 7, 2026 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 5 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by November 6, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, October 21, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs OCCL H&S training; health appraisal w/TB. Staff #2 needs PD plan.
Staff Attendance
Regulation code 36U · Correct by November 6, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, October 23, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff are signed in/out of classrooms.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by November 6, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, October 21, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Child #2, 13, 15 need immunizations or signed waiver (notarized). Child #4 needs medication permission.
Children's Attendance
Regulation code 43U · Correct by November 6, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, October 23, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure children's attendance is completed. Some were signed out by parents ahead of time.
Administration of Medication
Regulation code 63U · Correct by November 6, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, October 21, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure medication administration records are completed on the correct forms.
October 3, 2025 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 4 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by November 3, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, November 19, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs PD, annual abuse, orientation, release of employment. Staff #2 needs PD, app/resume, job description. Staff #3 needs PD, adult abuse, release of employment, service letters. Staff #4 needs annual abuse & neg. review. Staff #5 needs orientation, OCCL training, app/resume, job description, references, declaration, drug/alcohol statement, adult abuse check, health appraisal/TB, release of employment, service letters. Staff #6 needs PD plan, Staff #7, #8 needs PD, annual abuse & neg. Staff #9 needs updated medication certification, PD plan. Staff #10, #11 needs PD plan, annual abuse & neg. Staff #12 needs CPR/FA, med cert, PD plan, OCCL H & S training, health appraisal/TB, release of employment, service letters. Staff #6 needs18 training hours, #8 needs 9 training hours, #10 needs 9 training hours, #12 needs 18 training hours
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by November 3, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, November 19, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Child #1, #5, #8 need blood lead testing. Child #3 needs health appraisal. Child #7 needs screen permission signed.
Documenting Children's Progress
Regulation code 42U · Correct by November 3, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, November 21, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure developmental plans are updated.
Kitchen and Food Preparation
Regulation code 50U · Correct by November 3, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, October 6, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure an updated food establishment is available. Ex. 8.1.25.
October 18, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 4 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by November 15, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, December 13, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staf #2 needs orientation, declaration and drug/alchol statement, health appraisal w, TB, release of employment, service letters (attempts/returns), one more reference. Staff #3 service letters needed returned or attempts shown, Staff #4 service letters needed returned or attempts shown, Staff #5 needs application or data sheet, Staff #6 needs full file.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by November 15, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, November 19, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Blood lead screening or exemption notarized for Child #1, 4, 11, 15. Screen time permission Child #2, 3, 5, 6. Developmental Plan for child #2, 3, 7, 8.
Children's Attendance
Regulation code 43U · Correct by October 26, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, November 18, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child and staf attendance is tracked. OCCL is sending attendance sheet by 10-21-24 and please send to OCCL attendance sheets for dates October 23-25, 2024.
Hazardous Materials
Regulation code 45U · Correct by November 15, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, November 18, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Room #116, #117 needs labels for bottles.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
October 3, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by November 15, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, November 13, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs- CPR/Training hours/PD plan/OCCL H&S training/References/Health appraisal w/TB. Staff #2 needs Training hours/H&S training/updated fingerprint receipt and eligibility dates. Staff #3 needs- Training hours/H&S training/PD plan/Annual review of neglect and abuse/OCCL H&S training. Staff #4 needs - Training hours/H&S training/PD plan/Orientation/OCCL H&S training/Declaration/Drug & Alcohol statement. Staff #5 needs - PD plan/Annual Review of abuse and neglect. Staff #6 PD plan. Staff #7 needs - OCCL H&S training. Staff #8 needs CPR.
Child Health Appraisal
Regulation code 41U · Correct by November 15, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, October 20, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child blood lead screening is on file. Child #4, #7, and #9 need blood lead screening results and dates.
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 October 28, 2026 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On October 1, 2026, the Office of Child Care licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding failing to follow policies for video recording and reporting information relating to a child, using inappropriate behavior supports, and incorrect staff-to-child ratio. An investigation was conducted on October 7, 2026. Based on staff interviews, video, and documents reviewed there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for failing to follow policies for video recording and reporting information relating to the child. Owner #1 stated all families review the parent handbook and sign off that it has been reviewed. Owner #1 and the parent handbook stated parents must put in writing if they do not want their child being photographed or videoed in the facility, whether by cell phone or facility cameras. LS #1 reviewed an incident report from September 2, 2026, and the facility contacted the parent to discuss the incident on September 18, 2026. Based on staff interviews, video, and documents reviewed there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for using inappropriate behavior supports. Owner #1, Staff #1, and Staff #2 stated they have never withheld food as means of discipline. Owner #1 stated they walked around outside with Child #1 during outdoor play time because of the behaviors Child #1 exhibited toward staff and other children. Based on staff interviews and documents reviewed there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for incorrect staff-to-child ratio. Staff members stated they have not been out of correct staff-to-child ratio, which was confirmed by a review of attendance documentation.
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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.