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EDU-CARE PRESCHOOL & DAYCARE

Child care center · 345 POLLY DRUMMOND HILL ROAD, Newark, DE 19711 · License 28445

16Compliance score
Poor

Capacity 170. Infant through School-Age Accepts subsidy

Violation history (14)

SeverityDateStandard / narrativeCorrected
?Mon Jan 05 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are complete 18 hours of annual training including 2 in health and safety. Training hours are needed for Staff #1 (18 hours), Staff #2 (18 hours), Staff #3 (18 hours), Staff #4 (18 hours), S Staff #5 (18 hours), and Staff #6 (9 hours) PD Plan are needed for Staff #1, #2, #3, and #6. Review of safe sleep and abuse and neglect is needed for staff #1, #2, #3, #6, and #9. 7-hour OCCL Health and Safety training is needed for Staff #4, #6, #7, and #11. Health Appraisal is needed for Staff #5 and #11. Orientation is needed for Staff #7 and #11 References are needed for Staff #4 (2 references), Staff #7 (4 references), Staff #10 (4 references), Staff #11(4 references) Send documentation to OCCL by February 6, 2026.
Yes
?Mon Jan 05 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 53U - Outdoor Area
Ensure gates are self-closing and positive self-latching closure. Add self-closing latch to all gates on fenced playgrounds. Send picture to OCCL by February 6, 2026.
Yes
?Mon Jan 05 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure child files are complete Updated physical is needed for Child #3, #5, and #11. Immunization records are needed for child #3. Blood lead screening results are needed for Child #3 and #8. Send documentation to OCCL by February 6, 2026.
Yes
?Mon Jan 05 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 35U - First Aid and CPR Training
Ensure First Aid and CPR is completed within two months of hire and renewed every two years. Staff #4 and #7 need to complete First Aid and CPR. Send documentation to OCCL by February 6, 2026.
Yes
?Tue Jan 07 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 42U - Documenting Children's Progress
Ensure children's progress is being documented. Child #3, #5, #10, #11, #14, and #15 need development plans. Send documentation to OCCL by February 10. 2025.
Yes
?Tue Jan 07 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure personnel files are complete. Staff #1 needs 2 or 4 references, Adult abuse, Deeds cert. Health Appraisal W/TB, release of employment, service letters Staff #2 needs CPR and first aid, 2 or 4 references, Deeds cert. Staff #3 Medication cert, four references, health appraisal W/TB Staff #4 needs five training hours.
Yes
?Tue Jan 07 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure child files are complete. Child #2 and #8 needs health appraisal Child #11 needs immunization records Child #5 and #11 need Blood lead screening Send documentation to OCCL by February 10, 2025.
Yes
?Tue Jan 07 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 45U - Hazardous Materials
Ensure radon testing is completed every five years. Send documentation to OCCL by February 10, 2025.
Yes
?Tue Jan 07 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 63U - Administration of Medication
Ensure medication administration record is completed for all medications. Child #14 needs a MAR completed for the tube of diaper ointment. use the specific name of the ointment used.
Yes
?Tue Jan 23 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure all child files are complete. Health appraisal for Child #1, 4, 5, 6, 10 Immunizations for Child #1, 5, 6, 10 Blood lead results for Child #1, 5, 6, 11, 13
Yes
?Tue Jan 23 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure all staff files are complete. OCCL 7-hour training for Staff #3 adn #4 Health Appraisal w/TB results needed for Staff #3
Yes
?Thu Jan 05 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure al child files are complete. - Children #2, 14, and 14 need updated health appraisals. - Children #1,3,9, and 10 need blood lead screening results. - Child #1 needs an immunization record on file. - Child #4 needs a developmental plan. - Submit updated infant feeding schedules for the month of January for all infants to OCCL..
Yes
?Thu Jan 05 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure all staff files are complete. - Staff #1 needs 18 training hours (transcript) - Staff #2 need their annual safe sleep and child abuse/neglect signatures, release of employment history, and 2 documented attempts for their service letter. - Staff #3 need 3 more training hours, a professional development plan, and a DEEDS certification or proof of application submission. - Staff #4 need their health/safety training certificate, a professional development plan, 2 hours of health/safety training, CPR/FA certificate, administration of medication training or certificate, and 9 training hours. - Staff #5 need a health appraisal with TB results on file, health/safety training certificate, and administration of medication training or certificate. - Staff #7 need their health/safety training certificate, administration of medication training or certificate, DEEDS certificate (or verification of application submission), and 15 training hours. - Staff #9 need their health/safety training certificate and administration of medication training or certificate. - Staff #11 needs to be fingerprinted and determined eligible by 2/28/2022.
Yes
?Thu Jan 05 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 51U - Toilet Facilities
Replace toilet lid in the younger 4's classroom. Toilet lid was cracked upon observation.
Yes

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

Inspections (4)

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

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