Delaware records · Kent County · Dover
CHILDREN FIRST LEARNING CENTER, INC.
Licensed Child Care Center · Dover, Delaware
Records presented as of November 5, 2026The operation, as the state lists it
- License number
- 510885
- Operation type
- Licensed Child Care Center
- Address
- 760 TOWNSEND BOULEVARD, Dover, DE 19901
- Licensed capacity
- 60
- Ages served, as listed
- 6 weeks through 5 years.
- Hours, as listed
- 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM
- State programs listed
- Child Care Food Program;Purchase of Care
The record in numbers
| Compliance visits | 5 |
| Complaint investigations | 1 |
| Citations recorded | 27 |
| Citations with correction completed, per the state | 27 |
| Citations with correction still pending, per the state | 0 |
| Record span | January 10, 2023 – March 18, 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.
Record by year
| Year | Visits & investigations | Citations recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 9 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 | 7 |
| 2023 | 1 | 6 |
Visits and investigations, newest first
1 regulation cited at this visit.
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.
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 18, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due March 25, 2026
8 regulations cited at this visit.
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.
Correction status: Completed · corrected April 30, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 31, 2026
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs an updated health appraisal and immunizations.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 13, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 31, 2026
Ensure all sinks supply both hot and cold water. Turn on hot water in one-year-old classroom.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 23, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 23, 2026
Ensure food, not stored in it's original container, is labeled with the name and expiration date. Add expiration dates to stored food.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 13, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 31, 2026
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.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 17, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 31, 2026
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.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 7, 2026 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due January 7, 2026
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.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 7, 2026 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due January 7, 2026
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.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 17, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 31, 2026
A complaint investigation. The state's result is shown above, and the investigator's conclusion follows.
On September 9, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding accident/injury procedures and lack of supervision. An investigation began on September 10, 2025, and concluded on September 11, 2025. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because all staff interviewed stated the mark on Child #1 s face appeared to be a mosquito bite that he/she was scratching, and no known injury occurred. Additionally, according to various video recordings from the one-year-old classroom on September 9, 2025, Staff #1 was observed moving around the classroom, engaging with, and supervising children. No bite or other injury was observed.
5 regulations cited at this visit.
Maintain current insurance documentation.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 21, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 31, 2025
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff person must complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 21, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 31, 2025
Ensure child files are complete. Three children need updated monthly infant feeding statements. One child needs a development plan.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 21, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 31, 2025
Ensure fall zone requirements are met in outdoor play area. Replenish mulch to nine inches in toddler area.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 29, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due February 14, 2025
Ensure nothing is added to an infant bottle, including cereal, without written doctor's permission.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 21, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 31, 2025
7 regulations cited at this visit.
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.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 26, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 26, 2024
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.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 25, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 26, 2024
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.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 25, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 26, 2024
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.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 25, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 26, 2024
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.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 25, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 26, 2024
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.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 26, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 26, 2024
Ensure a daily schedule of activities is posted in each classroom. Post a schedule in the three-year-old classroom.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 25, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 26, 2024
6 regulations cited at this visit.
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.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 10, 2023 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due January 10, 2023
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.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 17, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due February 3, 2023
Repair the cabinet with cleaners to ensure it locks in the bathroom.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 24, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due February 3, 2023
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.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 24, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due February 3, 2023
Replace the torn diaper mats in the infant classroom and the three-year-old classroom.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 24, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due February 3, 2023
Update the infant feeding schedule for all applicable enrolled infants.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 24, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due February 3, 2023
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