YMCA OF DELAWARE / CENTRAL BRANCH YMCA CHILDREN'S CORNER 1 - Wilmington DE Licensed Child Care Center

501 WEST 11TH STREET , WILMINGTON DE 19801
(302) 254-9622

About the Provider

Description: YMCA OF DELAWARE / CENTRAL BRANCH YMCA CHILDREN'S CORNER 1 is a Licensed Child Care Center in WILMINGTON DE, with a maximum capacity of 99 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 weeks through 5 years.. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.

Additional Information: Financial Arrangements: Child Care Food Program;Nonprofit;Purchase of Care; Reported Injuries & Deaths: 2015: 2 facility injuries and no facility deaths reported.
2016: 6 facility injuries and no facility deaths reported.
2017: 9 facility injuries and no facility deaths reported.; Stars Rating: Five Stars;

Program and Licensing Details

  • Capacity: 99
  • Age Range: 6 weeks through 5 years.
  • State Rating: 5
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • District Office: State of Delaware, Office of Child Care Licensing
  • District Office Phone: 1-800-822-2236 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)
  • Licensor: [email protected]

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Regulation Code Status
2019-12-12 Non Compliance 26U - Staffing Corrected
Corrective Action: Ensure providing care is the primary focus for all direct-care staff members. At the time of the visit, Staff #1 was observed participating in a personal activity while caring for children. Staff #1 must complete the following two hours of quality-assured training, which can be found on the Better Kid Care website: Infant-Toddler Care: Quality Supervision. Submit documentation of completion to OCCL by January 3, 2020.
2019-09-13 Non Compliance 36N - General safety practices Corrected
Corrective Action: Ensure all electrical outlets are covered. Outlets in two classrooms were missing covers.
2019-09-13 Non Compliance 20N - Personnel files Corrected
Corrective Action: Ensure staff files contain all required elements. Professional development plans are needed for fifteen staff members. A current health appraisal is needed for two staff. A TB risk assessment is needed for one staff.
2019-09-13 Non Compliance 16N - Records Corrected
Corrective Action: Ensure staff attendance is accurately documented.
2019-09-13 Non Compliance 42N - Sleeping accommodations Corrected
Corrective Action: Ensure children's rest equipment is labeled.
2019-09-13 Non Compliance 66N - Program goals and planning Corrected
Corrective Action: Ensure lesson plan contain all required activity areas.
2019-07-15 Non Compliance 28N - Staffing Corrected
Corrective Action: Ensure staff do not participate in personal activities while caring for children. Ms. Anderson stated two staff members were recently disciplined for using their personal cell phones while in the classroom. This was corrected when Ms. Anderson counseled both staff members on the center’s cell phone policy. Also, both staff members who had been disciplined for using their cell phones in the classroom are no longer employed at the center.
2018-09-12 Non Compliance 19N - Child files Corrected
Corrective Action: Child files must contain all required elements. Hours and days of attendance are needed for three children. Date of enrollment is needed for one child. Parents right to know, screen time permission, and transportation permission are needed for one child. Health appraisal with immunization is needed for one child.
2018-09-12 Non Compliance 42N - Sleeping accommodations Corrected
Corrective Action: Cribs are to be placed on the lowest setting at all times. Limit infants time spent in confining equipment to less than 30 minutes. This was corrected at the time of the visit when an infant was removed from a bouncy seat.
2018-09-12 Non Compliance 48N - Food service and preparation Corrected
Corrective Action: The refrigerator in the giraffes classroom temperature is greater than 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
2018-09-12 Non Compliance 66N - Program goals and planning Corrected
Corrective Action: Lessons plans must contains all required elements. Bears classroom lesson plan does not contain healthy habit.
2018-09-12 Non Compliance 20N - Personnel files Corrected
Corrective Action: Staff files must contain all required elements. A health appraisal with TB test and service letters are needed for one staff. DOE qualifications are needed for one staff. CPR and FA certification are needed for two staff members.
2018-09-12 Non Compliance 36N - General safety practices Corrected
Corrective Action: Hazardous materials should be inaccessible to children. This was corrected at the time of the visit. Trash can covering in Elephants classroom is broken.
2017-11-22 Non Compliance 65N - Positive behavior management Corrected
Corrective Action: On November 13, 2017, Staff #1 handled Child #1 in a manner that did not model positive behavior management . Subsequently, both Staff #1 and Staff #2 who were present in Child #1's classroom, were immediately suspended and their employment with the YMCA was terminated.
2017-09-26 Non Compliance 47N - Diapering Corrected
Corrective Action: One staff member did not place a child's wet clothing in a sealed plastic bag labeled with the child's name.

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