Truitt's Helping Hands Childcare/Preschool, Wilmington, DE

The Essentials

Summary

Across 6 licensing visits from April 2022 to April 2025, OCCL cited 15 regulations at Truitt's Helping Hands Childcare/Preschool; 15 have a recorded correction.

Visits: 6; 2022–2025, compliance reviews and complaint investigations
Citations: 15; Regulations cited by OCCL licensing staff
Corrected: 15; Of 15 citations, with a recorded correction date
Complaint investigations: 2; Investigations of a complaint, with their results in the report

Citations by Year

Citations

* Partial year, through November 1, 2026.

Citations by year
Year	Visits	Citations
2021	0	0
2022	2	4
2023	3	8
2024	0	0
2025	1	3
2026	0	0

What the Record Shows

15 of 15 citations have a recorded correction date.
OCCL’s files list no enforcement action in this window.
2 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, April 16, 2025, recorded 3 citations.

What to Ask About

Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision, Cited in Two Visits
Personnel Files, Cited in Two Visits
Staff Attendance, Cited in Two Visits
Child Files, Cited in Two Visits
Children's Attendance, Cited in Two Visits

Report at a Glance

Facility: Truitt's Helping Hands Childcare/Preschool
Address: 2915 Lancaster Ave, Wilmington, DE 19805
License Number: DE-1440621
License Type: Child care center
Licensed Capacity: 24 children
Ages Served: 8 weeks through 12 years
Hours: 7 a.m.–5 p.m.
Injuries Reported: No facility injuries reported. No facility deaths reported.
Record Window: November 1, 2021 to November 1, 2026

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.

Apr 162025
Unannounced full compliance review
3 citations
- 17UTelephonesCitedCorrected Apr 17, 2025
- 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected May 13, 2025
- 40UChild FilesCitedCorrected Apr 16, 2025
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
Sep 252023
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)
Aug 312023
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)
Apr 52023
Unannounced full compliance review
8 citations
- 27URatios, Group Size, and SupervisionCitedCorrected Apr 6, 2023
- 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Apr 15, 2023
- 36UStaff AttendanceCitedCorrected Apr 5, 2023
- 40UChild FilesCitedCorrected Apr 6, 2023
- 43UChildren's AttendanceCitedCorrected Apr 5, 2023
- 50UKitchen and Food PreparationCitedCorrected Apr 5, 2023
- 56USleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep EnvironmentsCitedCorrected Apr 6, 2023
- 72UFeeding of InfantsCitedCorrected Apr 5, 2023
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
May 232022
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)
Apr 272022
Unannounced
4 citations
- 27URatios, Group Size, and SupervisionCitedCorrected Apr 27, 2022
- 36UStaff AttendanceCitedCorrected May 12, 2022
- 43UChildren's AttendanceCitedCorrected May 12, 2022
- 49UIndoor SpaceCitedCorrected Apr 27, 2022
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.

Context

Patterns Worth Examining

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

1
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision, Cited in Two Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 27U in April 2022 and April 2023. The agency describes it this way: Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision. 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.
22222323232527U across all 6 visits, oldest to newest
2
Personnel Files, Cited in Two Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 30U in April 2023 and April 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.
22222323232530U across all 6 visits, oldest to newest
3
Staff Attendance, Cited in Two Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 36U in April 2022 and April 2023. The agency describes it this way: Staff Attendance. 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.
22222323232536U across all 6 visits, oldest to newest
4
Child Files, Cited in Two Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 40U in April 2023 and April 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.
22222323232540U across all 6 visits, oldest to newest
5
Children's Attendance, Cited in Two Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 43U in April 2022 and April 2023. The agency describes it this way: Children's Attendance. 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.
22222323232543U across all 6 visits, oldest to newest

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.

01
What changed after 27U was cited, and how do you check it now?
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision: cited in two visits, with no risk level published.
02
What changed after 30U was cited, and how do you check it now?
Personnel Files: cited in two visits, with no risk level published.
03
What changed after 36U was cited, and how do you check it now?
Staff Attendance: cited in two visits, with no risk level published.
04
What changed after 40U was cited, and how do you check it now?
Child Files: cited in two visits, with no risk level published.
05
What changed after 43U was cited, and how do you check it now?
Children's Attendance: cited in two visits, with no risk level published.
06
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.
07
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.

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 · 1440621
Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
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Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Apr 27, 2022 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
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Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit May 23, 2022 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
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Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Apr 5, 2023 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
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Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Aug 31, 2023 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
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Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Sep 25, 2023 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
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Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Apr 16, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
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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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