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KIDS COTTAGE

Child care center · 35448 WOLFE NECK RD, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 · License 564685

0Compliance score
Poor

Capacity 162. Infant through School-Age Accepts subsidy

Violation history (20)

SeverityDateStandard / narrativeCorrected
?Tue Jul 14 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 63U - Administration of Medication
Ensure staff follows administration of medication procedures. Send confirmation that all medications have the required documents and staff have revised the medication procedures.
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?Tue Jul 14 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are completed. Staff #1, Staff #2 and Staff #4 needs adult abuse check, Staff #5 and Staff #6 needs adult abuse check and health appraisal.
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?Tue Jul 14 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 53U - Outdoor Area
Purchase a sandbox covered for the sandbox.
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?Tue Jul 14 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
Purchase new nap mats for all classrooms.
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?Thu Jul 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Complete files are needed for three staff members. Staff #1 needs a health appraisal with TB. Staff #2 and Staff #3 needs four reference letters.
Yes
?Tue Jul 02 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are completed. Staff #1 need a health appraisal, Staff #2 needs administration of medication certification , OCCL health and safety training and a health appraisal with TB and Staff #3 needs a health appraisal with TB
Yes
?Tue Jul 02 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation
Purchase thermometers for the refrigerators in the Sandcrabs and Minions classrooms.
Yes
?Tue Jul 02 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 63U - Administration of Medication
Add the exact name of the sunscreen and diaper cream on the MAR in all classrooms
Yes
?Mon Jul 10 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 28U - General Qualifications
Ensure staff members eligibility has been determined before the start of employment. (corrected at visit)
Yes
?Mon Jul 10 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Complete files are needed for the following staff members: Staff #1 needs a health appraisal and TB, Staff #2 needs administration of medication certification, job description, health appraisal with TB, release of employment and service letter, Staff #3 needs a health appraisal with TB, Staff #4 needs a health appraisal with TB, Staff #5 needs a health appraisal with TB, Staff #6 needs a DEEDS certification and an administration of medication certification. Staff #7 needs a health appraisal with TB.
Yes
?Mon Jul 25 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 74U - Lesson Plans
Ensure lesson plan contains all the core areas in detail. Submit lesson plan from 8-1-2022 to 8-5-2022.
Yes
?Mon Jul 25 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Ensure only qualified person are alone with children in care. A Read Aloud staff was alone in the hallway reading to a child. ( This was corrected when a staff joined them)
Yes
?Mon Jul 25 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 49U - Indoor Space
Repair all paint chips in four classrooms.
Yes
?Mon Jul 25 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 53U - Outdoor Area
Purchase a self latch device for the left gate on the outdoor play area.
Yes
?Mon Jul 25 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
Purchase new nap mat for several children in care
Yes
?Mon Jul 25 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 66U - Emergency Planning
Purchase emergency water for the total capacity of the center which includes staff members.
Yes
?Mon Jul 25 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 72U - Feeding of Infants
Ensure crockpot temperature does not exceed 120 degrees. ( This was a corrected when the staff remove the crockpot from the classroom and agrees to use water that does not exceed 120 degrees.)
Yes
?Mon Jul 25 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Complete files are needed for the following staff members: Staff #1 and Staff #4 needs a health appraisal with TB. Staff #2 needs release of employment and service letter Staff #3 needs an orientation, singed employee declaration, drug and alcohol statement, adult abuse check, and a health appraisal with TB.
Yes
?Mon Jul 26 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 45U - Hazardous Materials
Provide radon test for classrooms in the center.
Yes
?Mon Jul 26 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
A complete file is needed for Staff #30. A comprehensive background check is needed for Staff #30.
Yes

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

Inspections (6)

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

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