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Amanda Childcare & Preschool Corp

Wilmington, DE · New Castle County
2101 LANCASTER AVE, Wilmington, DE 19805
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Quick Facts

Capacity
43 children
Age Range
6 weeks through 12 years.
Subsidized Program
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Contact Information

📞 (302) 482-3657
2101 LANCASTER AVE
Wilmington, DE 19805
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✓ Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
1456688
Issued By
Delaware Department of Services For Children, Youth And Their Families
Licensor
[email protected]
District Office
State of Delaware, Office of Child Care Licensing
District Office: 302-892-5800 Last verified September 29, 2026

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AMANDA CHILDCARE & PRESCHOOL CORP is a Licensed Child Care Center in WILMINGTON DE, with a maximum capacity of 43 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 weeks through 12 years.. It is open Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information: Financial Arrangements: Child Care Food Program;Purchase of Care;

Hours of Operation

  • Monday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Tuesday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Wednesday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Thursday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Friday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Saturday Closed
  • Sunday Closed

Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Regulation Code Status
2026-02-03 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs Deeds qualification Staff #2 and #3 need updated Administration of Medication certification. Send documentation to OCCL by March 6, 2026.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-02-03 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: 40. Ensure Child files are complete. Blood lead results are needed for Child #4, #5, and #9. Health appraisals are needed for Child #7 and #9. Emergency card information Child #12 needs emergency phone numbers for emergency contacts. Send documentation to OCCL by March 6, 2026.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Document
2026-02-03 Non Compliance 42U - Documenting Children's Progress Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure children s progress is being documented. Developmental plans are needed for Child #5, #6, and #11. Send documentation to OCCL by March 6, 2026.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-02-03 Non Compliance 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure children over one years of age have a top and bottom covers for nap time. In two classrooms children did not have a top and bottom covers on their mat or cot. Send picture to OCCL of mats and cots with both top and bottoms covers by March 6, 2026.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-02-03 Non Compliance 8U - License Renewal Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure a completed application submitted at least 60 days before license expires. Send Completed application by March 6, 2026.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-02-12 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs Medication certificate. Staff #2 needs a Deeds certificate, Health appraisal w/TB, and service letter. Staff #3 needs 12 Training hours, PD plan, 7-hour OCCL health and safety training, Staff #4 needs four references and service letters. Staff #5 needs Deeds, medication certificate, and 7-hour OCCL health and safety training. Staff #6 annual sleep safe and annual child abuse and neglect review, orientation, 7-hour OCCL health and safety training, Job description, Declaration and drug/Alcohol statement and Health appraisal w/TB Staff #7 Deed medication, 7-hour OCCL health and safety training, Health appraisal w/TB, and service letters. Send documentation to OCCL by March 14, 2025.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-02-12 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Children #5 and #10 need emergency contact information. Child #6 needs an updated health appraisal. Children #6, #9, and #10 need Blood lead screening. Child #11 needs an Infant feeding statement. Send documentation to OCCL by March 14, 2025.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-02-12 Non Compliance 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure refrigerators have working thermometers and read 40 or below for refrigerators and zero or below for freezers. Replace refrigerator in the kitchen and add thermometers to the Kitchen, 2 s-3 s, and 4 s-5 s room refrigerators. Send a picture of the replacement refrigerator and thermometers reading the correct degrees by March 14, 2025.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-02-12 Non Compliance 53U - Outdoor Area Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure the clutter is cleared by the building on the playground. Send a picture of the cleared area by March 14, 2025.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-02-16 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. 7-hour OCCL Health and Safety Training in needed for Staff #5, 7, 8, and 9. A service letter is needed for staff #7, 8, 9. One additional reference is needed for staff #7 and 8. four additional references for staff #9. An annual review of abuse and neglect is needed for staff #4 and 6. Annual sleep safe needed for Staff #4. Professional Development plan is needed for Staff #1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-02-16 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Send documentation to OCCL by 3/15/ 2024. Health Appraisals with immunizations adn blood lead screening for Child # 2, 8, 9. Immunizations adn blood lead screening for Child #1 and #6. Developmental plans needed for child #2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-02-16 Non Compliance 49U - Indoor Space Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure Boys bathroom has covered trash can. Cover was broken. Send picture to OCCL by 3/15/2024.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-02-16 Non Compliance 53U - Outdoor Area Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure outdoor equipment is securely anchored. Send picture of swing set anchored in ground to OCCL by 3/15/2024.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-02-16 Non Compliance 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure cribs are 18 inches apart. Send picture of room set up with cribs 18 inches apart.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-02-16 Non Compliance 57U - Equipment Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure sufficient quantity of equipment is available for children. Send picture of books in 2 s /3 s Busy Bees room. Only 5 books accessible at the visit.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-02-09 Non Compliance 16U - Insurance Coverage Completed
Corrective Action: Send a copy of the current certificate of liability insurance.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-02-09 Non Compliance 24U - Staff Qualifications Completed
Corrective Action: Staff #5 has been employed for more than 60 days and has not received a DEEDS Early Learning certificate. Send a copy of the DEEDS certificate for Staff #5.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2023-02-09 Non Compliance 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision Completed
Corrective Action: Staff #8 was alone with six children. Staff #8 is not qualified to be alone with the children. This was corrected when Staff #1 entered the classroom. Staff #2 stepped out of the classroom to retrieve an attendance record, leaving the classroom unsupervised. This was corrected when Staff #2 returned to the classroom. Both were corrected during the visit.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2023-02-09 Non Compliance 28U - General Qualifications Completed
Corrective Action: All staff members must be fingerprinted and determined eligible by the Criminal History Unit before the staff member's start date. Send the fingerprinting receipt for four staff members.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-02-09 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: All staff files must be complete. Send the current CPR/First Aid for two staff members. Send the current professional development plan for eight staff members. Send the signed annual safe sleep for six staff members. Send the signed annual child abuse and neglect for seven staff members. Send the completed staff orientation record for five staff members. Send the certificates for the seven-hour Health and Safety training for six staff members. Send the job description for five staff members. Send the references for six staff members. Send the signed declaration for one staff member. Send the signed drug/alcohol statement for two staff members. Send the adult abuse registry for five staff members. Send the current health appraisal with TB for four staff members. Send the release of employment history for two staff members. Send the service letters for six staff members.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-02-09 Non Compliance 38U - Parents Right to Know Completed
Corrective Action: Send the completed Parent Right to Know log.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-02-09 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: All child files must be complete. Send the current health appraisal with immunizations and blood lead screening for nine children.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-02-09 Non Compliance 42U - Documenting Children's Progress Completed
Corrective Action: Send the current development plan for eight children.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-02-09 Non Compliance 43U - Children's Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure all children are signed in to the correct classroom when combining classrooms.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2023-02-09 Non Compliance 49U - Indoor Space Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure all electrical outlets in the Busy Bee room have outlet covers. Ensure the trashcan in the Grizzly Bear room is covered.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2023-02-09 Non Compliance 53U - Outdoor Area Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure all trash is removed from the playground each day before it is used by the children. Ensure there is enough mulch under the fall zone areas. Send pictures once completed.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-02-09 Non Compliance 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure all rest equipment is labeled in the Busy Bee and Grizzly Bear classrooms. Send pictures once completed.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2023-02-09 Non Compliance 57U - Equipment Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure there is a sufficient quantity of age appropriate materials in the Little Ducklings classroom.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-02-09 Non Compliance 58U - Sanitation Completed
Corrective Action: Provide soap & water and disinfecting solution in the bathroom to properly clean the diaper changing table after each use. Ensure the exercise saucer in the infant classroom has been cleaned and sanitized. Send pictures once completed/.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-02-09 Non Compliance 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing Completed
Corrective Action: Provide a foot-operated trashcan for diaper disposal in the bathroom. Send a picture.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-02-09 Non Compliance 74U - Lesson Plans Completed
Corrective Action: Post the current lesson plan in the Busy Bee, Grizzly Bear, and Caterpillar classrooms. Send copies of the completed lesson plan.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2023-02-09 Non Compliance 75U - Activity Areas Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure the Little Duckling classroom is set up with all five of the required areas for the age group. Send pictures.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-02-09 Non Compliance 8U - License Renewal Completed
Corrective Action: Send corrected and notarized renewal application to OCCL.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-04-18 Non Compliance 24U - Staff Qualifications Completed
Corrective Action: There was only one qualified staff member present in the building. Ensure there is sufficient staff present to operate the classrooms, maintain the correct staff-to-child ratios, and allow for staff to have breaks through the day. Send a staffing pattern documenting how this will be achieved.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-04-18 Non Compliance 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision Completed
Corrective Action: In the infant/toddler classroom there were 10 children present with four staff members. The children ranged in age from infant to two-years-old. The maximum group size for infants is eight children with two staff members. Only one of the staff members present had a DEEDS Early Learning certificate. In the preschool classroom there were 19 children present with two unqualified staff members. The children ranged in age from two-years-old to school-age. The maximum group size for two-year-old's is 16 children with two qualified staff members.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-04-18 Non Compliance 28U - General Qualifications Completed
Corrective Action: There were two staff members present that had not yet been fingerprinted for the center. Ensure all staff members have been fingerprinted for the center prior to their start date.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-04-18 Non Compliance 36U - Staff Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: All staff members are required to sign in and out of the classrooms they are assigned to work in. There was no staff attendance documented for any of the classrooms in operation. Send one week's attendance for all classrooms documenting staff attendance.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-04-18 Non Compliance 43U - Children's Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: All children are required to be signed in and out of the classroom. There was no child attendance documented in any of the classrooms. Send one week's attendance documenting the children have been signed in and out correctly.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-04-18 Non Compliance 49U - Indoor Space Completed
Corrective Action: The classroom floors and rugs had not been cleaned and were not suitable for the infants to be using for the required tummy time and exploration. All classroom floors and rugs need to be kept in clean and safe condition to be used by the children.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-04-18 Non Compliance 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments Completed
Corrective Action: There was an infant asleep in a bouncy seat with a blanket covering. Infants must be placed on their back, in a crib or pack-n-play when sleeping. There may be no blankets or objects placed in the crib or pack-n-play with the infant other then a tight fitting sheet around the mattress of the crib or pack-n-play. One pack-n-play present was not able to be set up safely for use. The second pack-n-play was not clean, did not have a tight fitting sheet covering the mattress, and had a tear in the side mesh. Cribs and pack-n-plays must be clean and in good condition. Infants may not share a crib or pack-n-play. Ensure there are enough cribs or pack-n-plays present for all infants enrolled in the program that are clean and in good condition with a tight fitting sheet covering the mattress.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-04-18 Non Compliance 75U - Activity Areas Completed
Corrective Action: There were children ranging in age from infant to two-years-old present in the infant/toddler classroom. The classroom did not meet the required components for all ages present. Ensure the infant/toddler classroom is set up to meet the needs and required components for all age groups present in the classroom.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-04-18 Non Compliance 9U - Changes Affecting a License Completed
Corrective Action: The preschool children were in an unapproved classroom. New child care space cannot be used until after it has been approved by OCCL. The children were moved to a classroom that had been approved by OCCL during the pre-licensing process.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-02-15 Non Compliance 16U - Insurance Coverage Completed
Corrective Action: Send a copy of the current certificate of liability insurance.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-02-15 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: All staff files must be complete. Send the DEEDS Early Learning certificate for two staff members. Send the current CPR/First Aid for six staff members. Send the completed professional development plan for all staff members. Send the signed annual child abuse and neglect for all staff members. Send the staff orientation record for one staff member. Send references for two staff members. Send the signed declaration and drug/alcohol statement for one staff member. Send references for three staff members.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-02-15 Non Compliance 36U - Staff Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure all staff are signing in and out of the classroom on the attendance tracking form. Send one week of attendance tracking for each classroom.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Document
2022-02-15 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: All child files must be complete. Send the current health appraisal with immunizations for two children. Ensure all children 12 month and older have documentation of the lead screening on the health appraisal.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-02-15 Non Compliance 57U - Equipment Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure all classrooms are set up with a sufficient quantity of materials for all children.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-02-15 Non Compliance 63U - Administration of Medication Completed
Corrective Action: Send the Administration of Medication certificate for two staff members.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-02-15 Non Compliance 6U - License Requirements Completed
Corrective Action: Send a copy of the current Delaware State business license.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-02-15 Non Compliance 8U - License Renewal Completed
Corrective Action: Renewal application must be received 60 days prior to the license expiration.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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