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Ymca of Delaware / Walnut Street Ymca Children's Corner 3
Child care center
1000 North Walnut Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
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- Provider Category
- Childcare
- Location
- Wilmington, DE
- Record Period
- 2022–2026
- Source Documents
- 13
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The Essentials
Summary
Across 12 licensing visits from October 2022 to October 2026, OCCL cited 16 regulations at Ymca of Delaware / Walnut Street Ymca Children's Corner 3; 15 have a recorded correction and 1 has none recorded.
- Visits
- 12
- 2022–2026, compliance reviews and complaint investigations
- Citations
- 16
- Regulations cited by OCCL licensing staff
- Corrected
- 15
- Of 16 citations, with a recorded correction date
- Complaint investigations
- 3
- Investigations of a complaint, with their results in the report
Citations by Year
- Citations
* Partial year, through November 1, 2026.
| Year | Visits | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
What the Record Shows
- 15 of 16 citations have a recorded correction date.
- OCCL’s files list no enforcement action in this window.
- 3 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, October 7, 2025, recorded 2 citations.
Report at a Glance
- Facility
- Ymca of Delaware / Walnut Street Ymca Children's Corner 3
- Address
- 1000 North Walnut Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
- License Number
- DE-257097
- License Type
- Child care center
- Licensed Capacity
- 291 children
- Ages Served
- 2 years through 12 years
- Hours
- 7 a.m.–6 p.m.
- Injuries Reported
- 2021: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported. 2022: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported. 2024: 3 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported. 2025: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported. 2026: 6 facility injuries. 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.
- 2026
Announced
1 citation
- 27URatios, Group Size, and SupervisionCitedCorrected Sep 22, 2026
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
- 2026
Announced
1 citation
- 27URatios, Group Size, and SupervisionCitedCorrected Jan 9, 2026
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
- 2025
Announced
1 citation
- 20UPositive Behavior ManagementCitedCorrected Nov 24, 2025
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
- 2025
Unannounced full compliance review
2 citations
- 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Nov 20, 2025
- 40UChild FilesCitedCorrected Nov 20, 2025
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
- 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)
- 2025
Announced
1 citation
- 20UPositive Behavior ManagementCitedCorrected Aug 20, 2025
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
- 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)
- 2025
Announced
1 citation
- 27URatios, Group Size, and SupervisionCitedMarked corrected; no correction date recorded
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
- 2024
Unannounced full compliance review
2 citations
- 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Dec 6, 2024
- 40UChild FilesCitedCorrected Dec 6, 2024
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
- 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)
- 2023
Unannounced full compliance review
5 citations
- 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Jan 18, 2024
- 33UAnnual TrainingCitedCorrected Jan 18, 2024
- 36UStaff AttendanceCitedCorrected Oct 2, 2023
- 40UChild FilesCitedCorrected Dec 15, 2023
- 49UIndoor SpaceCitedCorrected Jan 18, 2024
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
- 2022
Unannounced full compliance review
2 citations
- 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Nov 11, 2022
- 51UToilet FacilitiesCitedCorrected Nov 8, 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
Personnel Files, Cited in Four Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 30U in October 2022, October 2023, October 2024 and October 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.
22232324252525252525262630U across all 12 visits, oldest to newest - 2
Child Files, Cited in Three Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 40U in October 2023, October 2024 and October 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.
22232324252525252525262640U across all 12 visits, oldest to newest - 3
Positive Behavior Management, Cited in Two Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 20U in August 2025 and November 2025. The agency describes it this way: Positive Behavior Management. 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.
22232324252525252525262620U across all 12 visits, oldest to newest - 4
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision, No Recorded Correction
27U was cited in April 2025, January 2026 and October 2026. The agency describes it this way: Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. The April 2025 citation has no recorded correction date; its status reads “Marked corrected; no correction date recorded.” The record does not show whether the problem was fixed.
22232324252525252525262627U across all 12 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 30U was cited, and how do you check it now?
Personnel Files: cited in four visits, with no risk level published.
- 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.
- 03
What changed after 20U was cited, and how do you check it now?
Positive Behavior Management: cited in two visits, with no risk level published.
- 04
What changed after 27U was cited, and how do you check it now?
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision: cited in three visits, with no risk level published. The April 2, 2025 citation has no recorded correction date.
- 05
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.
- 06
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)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing · 257097
Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Oct 17, 2022 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Oct 2, 2023 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Nov 21, 2023 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Oct 3, 2024 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Apr 2, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Jul 30, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Aug 21, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Oct 1, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Oct 7, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Nov 19, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Jan 7, 2026 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Oct 12, 2026 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
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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