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CHILDREN FIRST LEARNING CENTER, INC.

Child care center · 760 TOWNSEND BOULEVARD, Dover, DE 19901 · License 510885

0Compliance score
Poor

Capacity 60. Infant through Pre-School Accepts subsidy

Violation history (27)

SeverityDateStandard / narrativeCorrected
?Wed Mar 18 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 28U - General Qualifications
Ensure staff members who turn 18 are fingerprinted within five days and receive a comprehensive background check as described in the regulations. Send Staff #6 to be fingerprinted by 3/25/2026 and submit receipt to OCCL.
Yes
?Wed Jan 07 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 74U - Lesson Plans
Ensure lesson plans for children include activities in physical, social-emotional, language/literacy, and cognitive every day. Ensure lesson plans for two-year-old's contain weekly opportunities in food/healthy habit, science, sensory, and music. Update lesson plans accordingly.
Yes
?Wed Jan 07 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Ensure no other trash is in the diaper-only pail. This was corrected at the visit when the bag was replaced and the center agreed to comply.
Yes
?Wed Jan 07 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 58U - Sanitation
Ensure soap/water bottle is available in each classroom. This was corrected at the visit when a soap/water bottle was prepared and added to the one-year-old classroom.
Yes
?Wed Jan 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. Repair gate leading from toddler area into pre-k area and the gate on the right leading to the grassy area. Ensure fall zone requirements are met. Either replenish pea gravel in far right play area under swings and climber or remove items.
Yes
?Wed Jan 07 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation
Ensure food, not stored in it's original container, is labeled with the name and expiration date. Add expiration dates to stored food.
Yes
?Wed Jan 07 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 49U - Indoor Space
Ensure all sinks supply both hot and cold water. Turn on hot water in one-year-old classroom.
Yes
?Wed Jan 07 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs a health appraisal with TB screening and one reference. One staff needs first aid training, adult abuse registry check, and two documented attempts to obtain service letters.
Yes
?Wed Jan 07 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs an updated health appraisal and immunizations.
Yes
?Thu Jan 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 16U - Insurance Coverage
Maintain current insurance documentation.
Yes
?Thu Jan 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff person must complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals.
Yes
?Thu Jan 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure child files are complete. Three children need updated monthly infant feeding statements. One child needs a development plan.
Yes
?Thu Jan 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 53U - Outdoor Area
Ensure fall zone requirements are met in outdoor play area. Replenish mulch to nine inches in toddler area.
Yes
?Thu Jan 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 72U - Feeding of Infants
Ensure nothing is added to an infant bottle, including cereal, without written doctor's permission.
Yes
?Wed Jan 10 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are complete. Eligibility letters are needed for three staff. One staff needs a Professional Development Plan. Two staff need to complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals. One staff needs a completed Service Letter or two documented attempts at obtaining the Service Letter.
Yes
?Wed Jan 10 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 53U - Outdoor Area
Maintain a hazard-free outdoor area. Repair the artificial turf on the walkway to prevent tripping. Ensure gates are self-closing and self-latching. The first gate, straight from the door, is not self-closing or self-latching. Ensure fall zones have enough materials to prevent injury. Add more gravel under the swings.
Yes
?Wed Jan 10 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Ensure trash cans used for diapering only have soiled diapering materials in them. The diaper can in the infant room had other trash items in it.
Yes
?Wed Jan 10 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 74U - Lesson Plans
Ensure lesson plans are posted and contain activities in all applicable areas, dependent on the age of the children being served. Correct lesson plans in the infant, one-year-old, and two-year-old classrooms.
Yes
?Wed Jan 10 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 76U - Activity Schedule
Ensure a daily schedule of activities is posted in each classroom. Post a schedule in the three-year-old classroom.
Yes
?Wed Jan 10 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation
Ensure areas in which food is prepared and/or stored is clean and in sanitary condition. The crock-pot and mini refrigerator in the infant room need to be cleaned.
Yes
?Wed Jan 10 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs an updated monthly Infant Feeding Schedule. Ensure parent/guardian permission to swaddle is on file for each infant being swaddled for sleep.
Yes
?Tue Jan 10 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Ensure ratio is maintained at all times. One staff member took two children to the bathroom leaving another staff member alone with 12 children, the youngest was three-years-old. This was discussed and staff agreed to comply.
Yes
?Tue Jan 10 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 49U - Indoor Space
Repair the chipped paint in the three-year-old classroom. Repair the chipped paint in the two-year-old classroom. Repair the couch and chair in the one/two-year-old classroom. Remove the cracked toy bin in the one/two-year-old classroom. Replace the large trash cans with holes in the lids.
Yes
?Tue Jan 10 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 45U - Hazardous Materials
Repair the cabinet with cleaners to ensure it locks in the bathroom.
Yes
?Tue Jan 10 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are complete. Five staff members need health and safety training for child care professionals. One staff member needs a reference. One staff member needs a fingerprint receipt. One staff needs an eligibility letter. One staff member needs a health appraisal with TB with complete questions. Two staff members need release of employment history with corresponding service letters. One staff needs a service letter.
Yes
?Tue Jan 10 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 72U - Feeding of Infants
Update the infant feeding schedule for all applicable enrolled infants.
Yes
?Tue Jan 10 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Replace the torn diaper mats in the infant classroom and the three-year-old classroom.
Yes

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

Inspections (5)

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

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