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Child care center · Wilmington, DE
LITTLE DESTINY 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: 2516 W 4TH ST, Wilmington, DE 19805
Phone: (302) 777-5149
Ages served: 6 weeks through 12 years.
Age group: Infant through School-Age
Licensed capacity: 62 children
OCCL license number: 1275722
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)
- 14 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 8 visits with violations in the state's file (which starts November 12, 2021), newest first, with 35 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 5, 2026 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by April 10, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, March 31, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs orientation, release of employment and service letters (or proof of 2 attempts) Staff #2 needs 12 clock hours of training, and adult health appraisal. Send documentation to OCCL by April 10, 2026.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by April 10, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, March 31, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Child #2 needs blood lead results. Send documentation to OCCL by April 10, 2026.
March 5, 2025 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 4 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by April 11, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, March 10, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Send Updated CPR and First Aid cards for Staff #1, #2, #3, and #4. Staff attended training on the evening of 3/4/2025 2 hours of training in Health and safety for Staff #1, #2, #3, and #4. Send documentation to OCCL by April 11, 2025.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by April 11, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, April 10, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are compete. Updated health appraisal is needed for Child #6, #8,and #12. Updated immunization record is needed for Child #8 and #12. Blood Lead Screening is needed for Child #2 and #12 Developmental plan is needed for Child #8 Send documentation to OCCL by April 11, 2025.
Kitchen and Food Preparation
Regulation code 50U · Correct by April 11, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, March 10, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure freezer thermometer reads 0 degrees or less. Send picture of thermometer to OCCL by April 11, 2025.
Lesson Plans
Regulation code 74U · Correct by April 11, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, March 10, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure lesson plans are complete. Lesson plan needs to have more details. What the children will do. Send one week lesson plan for each classroom to OCCL by April 11, 2025.
March 6, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 8 violations
Insurance Coverage
Regulation code 16U · Correct by April 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 14, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure insurance documentation is up to date. Current insurance expires 3/10/2024.
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by April 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, April 8, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs a PD plan, 7-hour OCCL health and safety training, employee decoration, drug and alcohol statement, health appraisal with TB results, and three training hours. Staff #2 needs three more training hours. Staff #3 needs 18 training hours including 1 hour in health and safety and Current 1st aid/CPR.
Child Health Appraisal
Regulation code 41U · Correct by April 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 22, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete and include health appraisal, immunization records and blood lead screening and results. Child #1 needs Health appraisal, immunization record, and blood lead screening and results. Child #8 needs a blood lead screening and results.
Kitchen and Food Preparation
Regulation code 50U · Correct by April 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 22, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure the refrigerator is 41 degrees or below and the Freezer is 0 degrees or below. Send a picture of thermometers with regulation temperatures.
Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
Regulation code 56U · Correct by April 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 19, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure cribs are 18 inches apart. Send picture to OCCL by 4/12/2024
Administration of Medication
Regulation code 63U · Correct by April 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 19, 2024 · 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).
First Aid Kits
Regulation code 65U · Correct by April 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 19, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure first aid kits are available at all times. Keep one at the center and take one for travel. (walking to the park) Send a picture of both first aid kits.
License Renewal
Regulation code 8U · Correct by April 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, April 12, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Submit a complete application at least 60 days before license expiration.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
March 2, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 5 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by April 3, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, March 20, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Fingerprint receipts are required for Staff #1,2,3,4, and 7. A new eligibility letter is needed for Staff #1.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by April 3, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, April 5, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Blood lead screening results are needed for Child #2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 11. Hours of attendance, days of attendance, and enrollment date are needed for Child #10 and 11. Infant feeding logs are needed for all infants. Health appraisal and child immunization for Child #13. Child developmental plans are needed for Child #9. Parents right to know and screen time permissions are needed for Child #6.
Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
Regulation code 56U · Correct by March 2, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, March 2, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure there are no objects in the crib with infants. A child was observed with a bib on while sleeping. This was corrected at the visit.
Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Regulation code 61U · Correct by March 2, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, March 2, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure a foot-activated diaper pail is within arms reach. This was corrected at the visit.
Feeding of Infants
Regulation code 72U · Correct by March 13, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, March 15, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure daily infant log includes diaper changes, feeding times, and sleep checks. Submit the daily log for each infant to OCCL for the week of March 6-10.
September 21, 2022 · Enforcement Visit · 4 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by October 15, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, September 22, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 does not have employment history on their release of employment paper. Send staff items to OCCL by October 15th, 2022.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by October 15, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, October 5, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Child #2, 3, and 7 need a blood lead screening and results. Child #11 needs their date of enrollment . Child #12 needs an updated health appraisal. Children 1 through 13 need a developmental plan. Send blood lead results, date of enrollment, health appraisal, and development plan with goals for children 1 through 13 by October 15th, 2022.
Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Regulation code 61U · Correct by October 15, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, October 5, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure diaper changing surfaces are non-porous. Replace diaper changing surface in the Pre-K bathroom. Also, ensure a foot activated trash can is located within five feet of the diaper changing area. Send documentation to OCCL.
Activity Schedule
Regulation code 76U · Correct by October 15, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, September 22, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure the daily schedule is posted in each classroom. Post schedule in the infant classroom. Send documentation to OCCL.
May 25, 2022 · Enforcement Visit · 5 violations
Staffing
Regulation code 26U · Correct by May 27, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, June 6, 2022 · 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).
Staff Attendance
Regulation code 36U · Correct by June 3, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, June 6, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff attendance is accurate. At the time of the visit, one staff member did not sign out of the two's room and one staff member did not sign in. Also, two staff members did not sign out of the before care room. Send one week of attendance for all classrooms to OCCL.
Children's Attendance
Regulation code 43U · Correct by June 3, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, June 6, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure children's attendance is accurate. At the visit, six children were not signed out of the before classroom. Send one week of attendance for all classrooms to OCCL.
Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
Regulation code 56U · Correct by May 25, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, May 25, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
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).
Interactions with Infants
Regulation code 78U · Correct by May 25, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, May 25, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure infants have limited time in confining equipment. Several infants were observed in bouncy seats for over thirty minutes. Ensure infants are able to move freely after being removed from "bouncy" seats. Children were observed in "boppies" after being removed from "bouncy" seats. This was corrected at the visit.
March 21, 2022 · Unannounced · 2 violations
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Regulation code 27U · Correct by March 21, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, March 21, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure proper staff-to-child ratio and maximum group size is maintained. At the time of the visit, 13 one and two-year-olds were observed in one classroom.
General Qualifications
Regulation code 28U · Correct by March 24, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, March 23, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff are fingerprinted before the start of employment. A staff member was observed working in the infant room before being fingerprinted.
March 9, 2022 · Unannounced · 5 violations
Staffing
Regulation code 26U · Correct by March 16, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, March 16, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
The Staff member working in the pre-school classroom left the classroom with a group of children to make breakfast in the kitchen. Ensure staff members who are charged with caring for children are not given other duties. At the time of the visit the center did not maintain the one-to-four ratio of Early Childhood Teachers to other staff.
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Regulation code 27U · Correct by March 9, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, March 9, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure direct supervision is provided at all times. At the time of the visit, one child was left unattended in a classroom while the classroom staff left the classroom to make breakfast. At the time of the visit a staff member left the infant classroom and was in the kitchen preparing breakfast which left the infant classroom out of ratio when one staff member was left alone with seven infants. Also, a staff member was observed leaving the infant classroom to open the front door which left the classroom out of ratio with one staff member left alone with seven infants.
Staff Attendance
Regulation code 36U · Correct by March 9, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, March 9, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff attendance is accurately documented. At the time of the visit, one staff member was not signed out of the pre-school classroom and one staff member was not signed into the room. In the infant classroom one staff member did not sign out of the classroom when she observed leaving the classroom and did not sign back in upon return. In the toddler classroom, one staff member was not signed into the classroom.
Children's Attendance
Regulation code 43U · Correct by March 9, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, March 9, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure children's attendance is accurately documented. At the time of the visit, one child was not signed into the preschool classroom.
Meals and Snacks
Regulation code 71U · Correct by March 31, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, April 13, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure meals and snacks meet the required serving sizes and drinks are also served with meals. At the time of the visit, the toddler and pre-school classes did not serve drinks with breakfast and both classes were served the same portion sizes.
Complaint investigations
All 3 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 September 16, 2024 · Result: Substantiated
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On August 27, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding lack of supervision. An investigation was conducted on August 27, 2024. Based on staff interviews, this complaint is substantiated for lack of supervision. Child #1 was left outside on the enclosed play area for an unknown amount of time. An additional concern noted at the visit is the fence has openings where a small child could potentially leave the area.
Completed January 3, 2024 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On December 18, 2023, a complaint was called into the Child Abuse and Neglect Report Line and was not accepted for investigation by the Institutional Abuse Unit (IAU). It was sent to the Office of Child Care Licensing on December 18, 2023, and accepted for investigation for not using behavioral supports to intervene quickly to ensure a child's safety, not informing parents of significant incidents involving the child, and not maintaining proper temperature in the building. Based on the results of this investigation there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because this specialist observed video footage of Staff #1 immediately attending to Child #1 after having her hair pulled by another child. The center administrator provided this specialist with an accident injury report which was provided to the family member who picked Child #1 up from care. Also, the licensing specialists walked through each classroom in the center and found each classroom to be an appropriate temperature.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
Completed August 1, 2022 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On July 1, 2022, the Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint regarding lack of supervision. An investigation was conducted on July 11, 2022. Based on the results of this investigation, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint. Staff #1, Staff #2, and the center administrator all stated they had no knowledge of a child inappropriately touching another child.
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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.