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Child care center · Wilmington, DE
FRESH START CHILD CARE ACADEMY
A licensed child care center in Wilmington, 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: 1410 LANCASTER AVENUE, Wilmington, DE 19805
Phone: (302) 888-2148
Ages served: 6 weeks through 12 years.
Age group: Infant through School-Age
Licensed capacity: 45 children
OCCL license number: 517127
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)
- 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 (Unsubstantiated: 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 4 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)
August 26, 2022 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 4 violations
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by September 15, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, September 2, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Child #7, and Child #8 need lead lab test results. Send to OCCL when completed.
Kitchen and Food Preparation
Regulation code 50U · Correct by September 15, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, September 2, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Kitchen Food that is stored must be labeled with contents and date of preparation or expiration. Send a copy of labeled food to OCCL.
Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
Regulation code 56U · Correct by September 15, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, September 2, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Rest equipment for pack and play needs to have tightly fitted sheets securely covering mattress. Send pictures of sheets on mattress tightly covering the mattress on the pack and play in the infant room to OCCL.
Feeding of Infants
Regulation code 72U · Correct by September 15, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, September 2, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Feeding of Infants. Child #9 had fruit in his bottle. Bottles must only have formula or breast milk in their bottle unless a doctors note is provided. This was corrected at the visit because the teacher had enough bottles without fruit inside of it, as well as enough fruit to feed the child for the rest of the day. Send an email correspondence to and from parent to OCCL stating this information is known, or provide a doctors note stating that this is permitted.
Complaint investigations
All 2 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 December 6, 2023 · Result: Unsubstantiated
Type (as published): IA Investigation
The state's file has no summary for this investigation.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
Completed July 5, 2022 · Result: Substantiated
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On June 15, 2022, OCCL received a complaint regarding the center refusing to return a child's belongings when disenrolled, lack of sanitation, improper staff-to-child ratio, possibly being untruthful with parents regarding the reason why the center closed for a week, serving expired milk, and allowing a parent inside the facility when parents were not allowed in due to Covid. This complaint is substantiated for improper staff-to-child ratios because 9 children, ages two through school-age, were present with one staff member. There is no evidence to substantiate that the child's belongings were not returned, that parents were allowed into the center during COVID restrictions, or that the center closed for another reason than what was provided to parents based on staff members statements. There is no evidence to substantiate lack of sanitation or serving expired milk based on this specialist's observations.
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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.