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Seeds of Greatness Early Learning Center

Child care center

190 Quigley Blvd
New Castle, DE 19720

Report Date
Nov 1, 2026
Data Through
Nov 1, 2026
Report ID
VR-DE-1213866-2611
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Provider Category
Childcare
Location
New Castle, DE
Record Period
2021–2025
Source Documents
11
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01

The Essentials

Summary

Across 10 licensing visits from December 2021 to September 2025, OCCL cited 2 regulations at Seeds of Greatness Early Learning Center; 2 have a recorded correction.

Visits
10
2021–2025, compliance reviews and complaint investigations
Citations
2
Regulations cited by OCCL licensing staff
Corrected
2
Of 2 citations, with a recorded correction date
Complaint investigations
7
Investigations of a complaint, with their results in the report

Citations by Year

  • Citations
2021: 0 citations across 1 visit020211 visit2022: 1 citation across 2 visits120222 visits2023: 0 citations across 1 visit020231 visit2024: 1 citation across 5 visits120245 visits2025: 0 citations across 1 visit020251 visit2026: 0 citations across 0 visits02026*0 visits2021: 0 citations across 1 visit020211 visit2022: 1 citation across 2 visits120222 visits2023: 0 citations across 1 visit020231 visit2024: 1 citation across 5 visits120245 visits2025: 0 citations across 1 visit020251 visit2026: 0 citations across 0 visits02026*0 visits

* Partial year, through November 1, 2026.

Citations by year
YearVisitsCitations
202110
202221
202310
202451
202510
202600

What the Record Shows

  • 2 of 2 citations have a recorded correction date.
  • OCCL’s files list no enforcement action in this window.
  • 7 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 11, 2024, recorded 1 citation.
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. 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)

  2. 2024

    Unannounced full compliance review

    1 citation

    • 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Dec 16, 2024

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

  3. 2024

    IA 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. 2024

    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. 2024

    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)

  6. 2024

    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. 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)

  8. 2022

    Unannounced full compliance review

    1 citation

    • 40UChild FilesCitedCorrected Dec 20, 2022

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

  9. 2022

    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. 2021

    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.

No citation repeats across the 10 visits in this window, and no citation is waiting on a verified correction. That is what the record shows; it is not a judgment of care. The questions that follow still apply.

    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 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.

    2. 02

      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 · 1213866

      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 17, 2021 · 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 17, 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 Dec 20, 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 Oct 24, 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 Mar 15, 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 May 13, 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 Oct 16, 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 Oct 17, 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 Dec 11, 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 Sep 30, 2025 · 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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