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Cadence Academy Preschool-Odessa

Child care center

411 N 6Th St
Odessa, DE 19730

Report Date
Nov 1, 2026
Data Through
Nov 1, 2026
Report ID
VR-DE-1456254-2611
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Provider Category
Childcare
Location
Odessa, DE
Record Period
2022–2026
Source Documents
24
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01

The Essentials

Summary

Across 23 licensing visits from October 2022 to October 2026, OCCL cited 13 regulations at Cadence Academy Preschool-Odessa; 13 have a recorded correction.

Visits
23
2022–2026, compliance reviews and complaint investigations
Citations
13
Regulations cited by OCCL licensing staff
Corrected
13
Of 13 citations, with a recorded correction date
Complaint investigations
20
Investigations of a complaint, with their results in the report

Citations by Year

  • Citations
2021: 0 citations across 0 visits020210 visits2022: 0 citations across 1 visit020221 visit2023: 3 citations across 4 visits320234 visits2024: 2 citations across 1 visit220241 visit2025: 8 citations across 13 visits8202513 visits2026: 0 citations across 4 visits02026*4 visits2021: 0 citations across 0 visits020210 visits2022: 0 citations across 1 visit020221 visit2023: 3 citations across 4 visits320234 visits2024: 2 citations across 1 visit220241 visit2025: 8 citations across 13 visits8202513 visits2026: 0 citations across 4 visits02026*4 visits

* Partial year, through November 1, 2026.

Citations by year
YearVisitsCitations
202100
202210
202343
202412
2025138
202640

What the Record Shows

  • 13 of 13 citations have a recorded correction date.
  • OCCL’s files list no enforcement action in this window.
  • 20 visits in this window included a complaint investigation. OCCL publishes each complaint investigation’s result, not what the complaint alleged.
  • The latest full compliance review, December 2, 2025, recorded 7 citations.
02

Chronology

Inspection History

Every visit in the record window, newest first. A citation is a licensing regulation Delaware found was not met. OCCL publishes each complaint investigation’s result, not what the complaint alleged.

  1. 2026

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: Substantiated.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  2. 2026

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: Substantiated.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  3. 2026

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: Substantiated.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  4. 2026

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: Substantiated.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  5. 2025

    Unannounced full compliance review

    7 citations

    • 16UInsurance CoverageCitedCorrected Dec 31, 2025
    • 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Feb 19, 2026
    • 40UChild FilesCitedCorrected Feb 13, 2026
    • 49UIndoor SpaceCitedCorrected Jan 20, 2026
    • 50UKitchen and Food PreparationCitedCorrected Jan 20, 2026
    • 72UFeeding of InfantsCitedCorrected Jan 16, 2026
    • 8ULicense RenewalCitedCorrected Dec 31, 2025

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  6. 2025

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: No Evidence to Substantiate.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  7. 2025

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: No Evidence to Substantiate.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  8. 2025

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: No Evidence to Substantiate.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  9. 2025

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: Substantiated.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  10. 2025

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: No Evidence to Substantiate.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  11. 2025

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: No Evidence to Substantiate.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  12. 2025

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: No Evidence to Substantiate.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  13. 2025

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: No Evidence to Substantiate.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  14. 2025

    Complaint visit

    1 citation

    • 27URatios, Group Size, and SupervisionCitedCorrected Jul 11, 2025

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  15. 2025

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: No Evidence to Substantiate.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  16. 2025

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: Substantiated.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  17. 2025

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: Substantiated.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  18. 2024

    Unannounced full compliance review

    2 citations

    • 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Dec 27, 2024
    • 40UChild FilesCitedCorrected Dec 27, 2024

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  19. 2023

    Unannounced full compliance review

    3 citations

    • 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Jan 4, 2024
    • 40UChild FilesCitedCorrected Dec 6, 2023
    • 57UEquipmentCitedCorrected Dec 6, 2023

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  20. 2023

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: Substantiated.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  21. 2023

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: No Evidence to Substantiate.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  22. 2023

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: No Evidence to Substantiate.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  23. 2022

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: No Evidence to Substantiate.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

Delaware’s Office of Child Care Licensing publishes each regulation it cites, not a risk level for it.

03

Context

Patterns Worth Examining

A repeated citation can merit attention, but context and corrective action must be reviewed before drawing a conclusion.

  1. 1

    Personnel Files, Cited in Three Visits

    OCCL licensing staff cited 30U in December 2023, December 2024 and December 2025. The agency describes it this way: Personnel Files. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

    222323232324252525252525252525252525252626262630U across all 23 visits, oldest to newest
  2. 2

    Child Files, Cited in Three Visits

    OCCL licensing staff cited 40U in December 2023, December 2024 and December 2025. The agency describes it this way: Child Files. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

    222323232324252525252525252525252525252626262640U across all 23 visits, oldest to newest
04

For Your Next Visit

Questions to Ask on Your Visit

Bring these to the tour. Each one comes from something in the record; the reason is under the question.

  1. 01

    What changed after 30U was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Personnel Files: cited in three visits, with no risk level published.

  2. 02

    What changed after 40U was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Child Files: cited in three visits, with no risk level published.

  3. 03

    What is the ratio in the room my child would join, and how is every child accounted for at nap time, pickup and on the playground?

    Ratios change through the day, so they are worth counting yourself on a visit.

  4. 04

    Has the center ever been on probation or had its license suspended, and what changed afterward?

    OCCL’s files list no enforcement action in this window.

05

The Evidence

Sources and Coverage

Program details, the regulations cited at compliance reviews and the results of complaint investigations are published by Delaware's Office of Child Care Licensing in its daily files on data.delaware.gov.

  • Child care providers (data.delaware.gov)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing · 1456254

    Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Oct 21, 2022 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Sep 21, 2023 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Oct 18, 2023 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Nov 14, 2023 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Dec 6, 2023 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Dec 5, 2024 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Apr 14, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Jun 5, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Jun 10, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Jun 12, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Jun 24, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Jun 24, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Jul 23, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Aug 27, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Sep 19, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Oct 7, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Oct 7, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Oct 23, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Dec 2, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Mar 11, 2026 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit May 5, 2026 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit May 5, 2026 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Oct 1, 2026 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗

Coverage

Record windowNovember 1, 2021 – November 1, 2026

  • This record is OCCL's list of licensed providers as of November 2026, with the compliance reviews and investigations in OCCL's files, which run from November 2021.
  • OCCL's compliance-review file lists only visits at which it cited a regulation; a visit with nothing cited is not in it, so a program may have had more visits than this record shows.
  • OCCL's notes on each citation and its written conclusion for each investigation are left out because they can describe children and staff; the regulation cited, the correction date and each investigation's result are kept.
  • Special conditions OCCL records on a license (a variance, or that a home is also a foster home) are left out, and license-exempt care is not in OCCL's list.

What This Report Cannot Tell You

Visits with nothing cited
OCCL's compliance-review file lists only visits at which a regulation was cited.
Investigation conclusions
Published by OCCL but left out of this record because they can describe children and staff.
Severity of citations
OCCL's files do not grade citations.
Staff qualifications and turnover
Not part of the published licensing record.

Historical coverage varies by agency and location. Missing records do not mean that no complaint or violation occurred.

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