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GROWING SPROUTS EARLY LEARNING CENTER LLC.

Child care center · 872 FOREST STREET, Dover, DE 19904 · License 1479150

0Compliance score
Poor

Capacity 58. Infant through Pre-School Accepts subsidy

Violation history (21)

SeverityDateStandard / narrativeCorrected
?Tue Jul 07 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs an immunization record.
Yes
?Tue Jul 07 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 28U - General Qualifications
Ensure staff are fingerprinted every five years. A staff member needs to be fingerprinted for the facility as her fingerprints expired July 6, 2026.
Yes
?Tue Jul 07 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 49U - Indoor Space
Ensure walls are cleanable and in good repair. Repair the hole in the wall near the mirror shelf, the wall at the corner near the bathroom door, and the holes in the wall above the changing table in the toddler classroom. Repair the wall under the window near the nap cots in the three-year-old classroom. Repair the wall under the window near the emergency exit door in the infant classroom. Repair the base of the door frame at the front door. Ensure trash is covered. The trash can located in the preschool classroom bathroom was observed not covered.
Yes
?Tue Jul 07 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 53U - Outdoor Area
Ensure gates in the outdoor play area are self-closing and self-latching. The first gate was observed not to self-close every time it was opened. The second gate was observed locked. Ensure gates are not locked during the center s hours of operation. Replenish the fall zone material under all equipment that is designed for the children s feet to leave the ground and swings to ensure there is six inches of rubber mulch.
Yes
?Tue Jul 07 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
Ensure nap equipment is safe and non-absorbent. Replace the several ripped nap mats in the preschool classroom.
Yes
?Tue Jul 08 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs first aid certification. One staff member needs an adult health appraisal and TB results. One staff member needs an adult health appraisal.
Yes
?Tue Jul 08 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 66U - Emergency Planning
Purchase additional bottled water for an emergency supply to shelter-in-place for 24 hours.
Yes
?Thu Jul 18 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure child files are complete. Child #12 needs up dated health appraisal and immunizations.
Yes
?Wed Jul 26 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 53U - Outdoor Area
Repair or remove the broken play equipment from the outdoor play area. Rake or replenish the mulch in the fall zone areas to ensure there is 9 inches of mulch in the fall zone areas.
Yes
?Wed Jul 26 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Ensure staff-to-child ratios are maintained through qualified staff, early childhood interns are permitted to supervise children ages toddler through school-age. Two interns were observed supervising a group of seven infants. This was discussed and corrected when a qualified staff person entered the classroom.
Yes
?Wed Jul 26 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 46U - Air Quality and Windows
Ensure windows used for ventilation have screens in good repair. The bathroom window in the one and two-year-old classroom, used for ventilation, does not have a screen.
Yes
?Fri Jul 08 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs an application and administration of medication training.
Yes
?Fri Jul 08 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs lead screening results.
Yes
?Fri Jul 08 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation
Replenish resilient material on playground in the fall zones.
Yes
?Tue Jan 18 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs two documented attempts to get a service letter. Staff #2 needs two documented attempts to get a service letter. Staff #3 needs two documented attempts to get a service letter.
Yes
?Tue Jan 18 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure child files are complete. Child #1 needs a health appraisal and lead screening. Child #4, Child #8, Child #9, and Child #10 need lead screening results.
Yes
?Tue Jan 18 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 43U - Children's Attendance
Ensure exact arrival and departure times of each child is documented. One child was not signed out of the three-year-old attendance record.
Yes
?Thu Oct 28 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs a health appraisal. Staff #2 needs documented service letter attempts for BBLA and Creative Concepts. Staff #4 needs a health appraisal with TB results.
Yes
?Thu Oct 28 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure child files are complete. Child #1 needs a developmental plan. Child #6 needs a developmental plan and monthly infant feeding schedule.
Yes
?Thu Oct 28 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 45U - Hazardous Materials
Ensure hazardous materials are stored out of reach of the children. This was discussed and corrected.
Yes
?Thu Oct 28 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
Ensure cribs are placed at least 18 inches apart. This was discussed and corrected.
Yes

Severity 5 = most serious. Source: official state record.

Inspections (7)

7 inspection record(s) on file from DE-OCCL.

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