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Delaware

Delaware child care providers may use our courses toward a CDA, as well as CDA renewal. View the website for online CDA training for Delaware.

For those of you interested in starting a day care or home-based child care facility in Delaware, please contact your state licensing using the contact information below. The licensing agency should be able to give you advice on the requirements, rules and regulations of your state.

Delaware Licensing and Standards Contact
New Castle County contact:
Office of Child Care Licensing
1825 Faulkland Road
Wilmington, DE 19805
Phone: (302) 892-5800

Kent and Sussex Counties contact:
Office of Child Care Licensing
821 Silver Lake Boulevard Suite 102
Dover, DE 19904
Phone: (302) 739-5487

Website: Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

Resource Links for Delaware Child Care Providers

Child Care Classes for Delaware: delaware.cdatraining.org

Delaware Association for the Education of Young Children (DAEYC)
P.O. Box 10686
Wilmington, DE 19850-0686
Phone: 302-529-7721
Website: Delaware Association for the Education of Young Children

Delaware Family Childcare Alliance
Nehemiah Gateway CDC
201 West 23rd Street
Wilmington, DE 19802
Phone: (302) 373-8479 or (302) 655-0803
Website: Delaware Childcare

New Castle Association of Childhood Education International
1403 Montgomery Rd
Wilmington, DE 19805
Email: sandcastles8@aol.com

Nursery-Kindergarten Association of Delaware (NKAD)

712 Lora Lane
Hockessin, DE 19707
Phone: 302-239-1416

The Resource Centers Network
To support the state's Delaware First early care and education career development system, FWC operates five Child Care Resource Centers. They are located in the City of Wilmington, New Castle, North Wilmington, Dover, and Georgetown. The centers offer a convenient way for early childhood and school-age professionals to access a variety of resources and materials to help enhance their programs.

The Family and Workplace Connection (FWC) also operates three mobile resource centers. Technical assistance and learning materials are delivered directly to the program through regularly scheduled appointments.

Membership Fees for Resource Centers
$15 membership fee (City of Wilmington, New Castle County, and Kent County)

Mobile Resource Centers
$30 for family child care programs
$40 for child care centers
Sign up is done in person. Please visit any of the locations listed below to join or to have a look around. Children are welcome.

All centers are closed on the Saturday closest to a holiday, as well as, the last two weeks of December.

City of Wilmington Resource Center
Warner Elementary School
Classroom #6
801 West 18th Street
Wilmington, DE 19802
Phone: 302-651-2758
*enter on Franklin Street between 18th & 19th, the former Warner Kindergarten
Hours: Tues. 1-8; Wed. 1-8

New Castle County Resource Center
3511 Silverside Road
Suite 103
Wilmington, DE 19810
Phone: 302-479-1676
Hours: Tues. 8–4, Wed. 12–8, Fri. 8–4, Sat. 10–12

Wilmington College Resource Center
320 N. DuPont Highway
Annex Room 202
New Castle, DE 19720
Phone: 302-325-8131
Hours: By appointment only

Kent County Resource Center
1406 Forrest Avenue, Suite 2
Dover, DE 19904
Phone: 302-672-0506
Hours: Tues. 12–8, Thurs. 12–8, Sat. 10–2

Sussex County Resource Center
DTCC Child Development Center
Seashore Highway
Georgetown, DE 19947
Phone: 302-855-1649
Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8–7:30, Fri. 8–4

American Red Cross, Delmarva Peninsula
Delaware Child Care State regulation requires First Aid Training as well as CPR. American Red Cross First Aid is good for 3 years. If you will be watching children 11 years of age or younger, then you will need an Infant/Child CPR and First Aid course. If you will be watching children 12 years of age or older, then you will need a Community CPR and First Aid course.

The First Aid with Child/Infant CPR Course meets Delaware child care licensing requirements.

Website: American Red Cross, Delmarva Peninsula

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