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Child care center · Newark, DE
FUNSTEPS PRESCHOOL & CHILDCARE INC.
A licensed child care center in Newark, 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: 1805 CAPITOL TRL, Newark, DE 19711
Phone: (302) 731-9618
Ages served: 6 weeks through 10 years.
Age group: Infant through School-Age
Licensed capacity: 109 children
OCCL license number: 366903
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)
- 2 visits where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
- 2 violations cited on these visits
- 3 complaint investigations completed (No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern: 1; Substantiated: 1; Unsubstantiated with Concern: 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 3 visits 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.
June 2, 2026 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by July 10, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, July 3, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Staff #1 needs CPR/FA
June 12, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Toilet Facilities
Regulation code 51U · Correct by July 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, June 27, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Fix seal on toilets in the 2, 3, and 4 year old bathroom and send invoice to OCCL.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
June 13, 2022 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Parents Right to Know
Regulation code 38U · Correct by July 13, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, June 21, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure parents right to know log is complete. Submit to OCCL.
Complaint investigations
All 4 complaint investigations in the state's file (which starts November 29, 2021), newest first, with the result and the state's summary as published.
Completed November 12, 2025 · Result: Substantiated
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On October 17, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint for allegations of staff not being respectful while speaking or interacting with others and staff not respecting children and their needs. After interviews with staff members and administration, this complaint is substantiated for Staff #1 failing to be respectful when speaking to children at the center.
Completed March 4, 2025 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern
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 March 20, 2024 · Result: Unsubstantiated with Concern
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 December 1, 2021 · 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.