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Child care center · Wilmington, DE
CREATIVE BEGINNINGS LEARNING CENTER II
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: 3 PAOLETTI DRIVE, Wilmington, DE 19808
Phone: (302) 633-4575
Ages served: 6 weeks through 12 years.
Age group: Infant through School-Age
Licensed capacity: 43 children
OCCL license number: 1060711
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. 2026: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported. 2021: 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)
- 2 visits where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
- 6 violations cited on these visits
- 2 complaint investigations completed (No Evidence to Substantiate: 1; Substantiated: 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 2 visits with violations in the state's file (which starts November 12, 2021), newest first, with 6 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.
November 5, 2025 · Announced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Staff Qualifications
Regulation code 24U · Correct by December 19, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, December 17, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure an individual is named as the program administrator. Technical assistance was provided in response to this non-compliance
November 21, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 5 violations
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Regulation code 27U · Correct by November 21, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, November 21, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure children are supervised at all times. Two older children were in the 2 year old room without an assigned staff member. This was corrected at the visit when the children were moved to the PK classroom.
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by December 15, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, December 5, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs to complete the seven hour OCCL health and Safety course. Send certificate when the course is complete to OCCL.
Staff Attendance
Regulation code 36U · Correct by November 21, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, November 21, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff sign in and out for lunch breaks. This was corrected at the visit when the staff signed in and out on the tracking sheet.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by December 15, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, December 5, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Child #9 needs blood lead screening. Send results to OCCL when complete.
Children's Attendance
Regulation code 43U · Correct by November 21, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, November 21, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure children's attendance during nap time when combining children for nap. This was corrected at the visit when the staff signed the child into the 1 year old room.
Complaint investigations
All 6 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 August 27, 2025 · 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).
Completed November 20, 2024 · Result: Substantiated
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 October 24, 2022 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
The Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint on September 28, 2022, regarding classrooms being out of ratio, unqualified staff being alone, inappropriate interactions between staff and children, and mice in the building. An investigation was conducted on October 11, 2022. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for classrooms being out of ratio because all classrooms were in ratio and attendance records reflected classrooms being in ratio. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for unqualified staff being alone because all classrooms had qualified staff present and attendance records reflected qualified staff being in the classrooms. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for inappropriate interactions between staff and children because all staff interactions observed with children were appropriate. There is no evidence to substantiate the presence of mice in the building because no evidence of mice or their droppings was observed.
Completed October 18, 2022 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
The Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint on October 06, 2022, regarding staff yelling and mistreating children. An investigation was conducted on October 11, 2022. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint based on interviews conducted and interactions observed between staff and children and families during the investigation.
Completed September 8, 2022 · Result: Substantiated
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 June 3, 2022 · 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).
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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.