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Child care center · Newark, DE
NEWARK PARKS & RECREATION BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL CARE@DOWNES
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: 220 CASHO MILL ROAD, Newark, DE 19711
Phone: (302) 893-0472
Ages served: Kindergarten through 10 years.
Age group: School-Age
Licensed capacity: 75 children
OCCL license number: 554452
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)
- 6 violations cited on these visits
- 0 complaint investigations completed
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 9 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.
March 17, 2026 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30T · Correct by April 15, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, May 18, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
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.
First Aid Kits
Regulation code 65T · Correct by April 15, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, April 6, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Place an eye patch in the first aid kit and send a picture to OCCL.
March 12, 2025 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30T · Correct by April 14, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, June 18, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
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.
Child Files
Regulation code 40T · Correct by April 14, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, March 12, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Submit health appraisal for Child #6.
March 13, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30T · Correct by April 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, April 19, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
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.
Child Files
Regulation code 40T · Correct by April 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 18, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Submit health appraisal for Child #3.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
March 14, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 3 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30T · Correct by April 14, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, April 5, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
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.
Administration of Medication
Regulation code 63T · Correct by April 14, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, March 22, 2023 · 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).
Transportation
Regulation code 67T · Correct by April 14, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, March 16, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Child #8 needs permission for transportation.
The state's file lists no complaint investigations for this program from November 29, 2021 to November 10, 2026.
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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.