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Licensed Child Care Center · Millsboro, Delaware
Records presented as of November 5, 2026The operation, as the state lists it
- License number
- 1720470
- Operation type
- Licensed Child Care Center
- Address
- 36773 MILLSBORO HIGHWAY, Millsboro, DE 19966
- Licensed capacity
- 135
- Ages served, as listed
- 6 weeks through 12 years.
- Hours, as listed
- 6:30 AM – 6:00 PM
- State programs listed
- Purchase of Care
The record in numbers
| Compliance visits | 1 |
| Complaint investigations | 1 |
| Citations recorded | 4 |
| Citations with correction completed, per the state | 4 |
| Citations with correction still pending, per the state | 0 |
| Record span | August 11, 2026 – September 1, 2026 |
How to read this record
A compliance visit is a licensing visit by an OCCL specialist. When the specialist finds a regulation has not been met, the visit record carries a citation: the regulation's code and short description, the specialist's corrective-action note describing what was found, and the correction record — the date correction was due, whether the state has marked it completed, the date it was corrected, and how. A complaint investigation begins with a complaint; its record carries the state's result and the investigator's written conclusion. Delaware does not grade citations by risk or severity, so no grade is shown — the specialist's note is the substance of the record. One visit can produce several citations. A citation the state later records as corrected stays in the history; that is what a licensing record is.
Visits and investigations, newest first
A complaint investigation. The state's result is shown above, and the investigator's conclusion follows.
On August 4, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding not washing soiled sheets and blankets. An investigation was conducted on August 11, 2026. The complaint is substantiated for not washing soiled sheets and blankets because Administrator #1 stated Child #1 s nap equipment and bedding was soiled on Wednesday, July 29th, and not cleaned or sent home to be laundered until Friday, July 31st. Although staff responded to Child #1's immediate personal care needs by cleaning and changing Child #1 after the toileting accident, the soiled condition of the nap equipment was not communicated to the appropriate staff member, and the equipment was not sent home to be laundered until two days after the incident.
4 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a health appraisal.
Correction status: Completed · corrected September 16, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due August 25, 2026
Ensure outlets are covered and inaccessible to children. The electrical outlet in the Author's Corner did not have a plate over the outlet and the electrical outlet was exposed.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 11, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due August 18, 2026
Ensure the temperature of the refrigerator is at 41 degrees F or colder. The refrigerator in the kitchen read 44 degrees F.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 14, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due August 25, 2026
Ensure hand washing for the person who changed the diaper and for the child is done with soap and water immediately after each diaper change. Staff in the Stepping Stones classroom failed to wash her hands and the child's hands after a diaper change. This was discussed and corrected when the staff agreed to comply in the future.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 11, 2026 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due August 11, 2026
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