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Rivers Of Learning Academy, Llc

1344 Forrest Avenue, Dover, DE 19904 · Kent County (718) 344-3372 License #1358847
4
inspections on file
30
recorded violations
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severity not classified by the state
Oct 14, 2026
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

Records held from Sep 27, 2021 onward. Earlier visits may exist in the agency’s own files.

Delaware publishes only visits where a regulation was cited, plus complaint investigations. Visits that found no violations do not appear in the state's data, so a gap between dates here does not mean the program went uninspected. Delaware does not publish a severity weight for its citations.

Inspection history for Rivers Of Learning Academy, Llc
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Oct 14, 2026OCCL Standards ComplaintSubstantiated1Agency record
Jul 8, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review9 regulations cited9Agency record
Jul 2, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review5 regulations cited5Agency record
Jan 17, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review15 regulations cited15Agency record

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Oct 14, 2026OCCL Standards Complaint · 1 deficiency cited
Not classified
Substantiated complaint

“On October 2, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint regarding improper staff-to-child ratio. An investigation was conducted on October 5, 2026. The allegation of improper staff-to-child ratio is substantiated because the Reporter provided a monitoring report from September 30, 2026, showing Provider #1 was alone with eight children, from toddler to pre-school. Additional non-compliances cited at the visit were staff attendance due to no attendance records being completed for the week of September 23, 2026, and an incomplete staff file for Aide #1.”

Correction date not recorded
Jul 8, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 9 deficiencies cited
Not classified
13Q — General Requirements

“Ensure staff files are complete. Two staff members need CPR and first aid certification on file. One staff member needs a date of hire, 2 references, a release of employment history, service letter attempts, or for more references, a health appraisal on OCCL s form, TB results, a letter of eligibility, adult abuse registry check, child abuse reporting law, a job description, completed orientation, OCCL's health and safety for childcare professionals training, child abuse and neglect certificate.”

Corrected Jul 30, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
21Q — Parents Right to Know Act

“Ensure newly enrolled children are added to the parents' right-to-know log. Five children need to have the log completed by their parents.”

Corrected Jul 9, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
23Q — Children's Health Appraisal

“Ensure child files are complete. Three children need health appraisals on file, two children need immunization records on file, and one child needs blood lead results on file.”

Corrected Jul 30, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
29Q — Indoor Space

“Ensure safety hazards are not accessible and that walls and ceilings are in good repair. The second room's ceiling is falling and peeling; repair or replace it to ensure it is cleanable and intact. The infant room wall is peeling; repair and/or replace it so it is cleanable. The heater paint is peeling off, leaving flakes on the floor. Repair the peeling paint and sweep up the paint flakes.”

Corrected Jul 30, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
31Q — Kitchen and Food Preparation

“Ensure that the food stored is dated and labeled. Foods in the freezer and refrigerator need dates open or expiration dates, and contents.”

Corrected Jul 9, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
32Q — Outdoor Area

“Ensure the sandbox is covered or remove the sand.”

Corrected Jul 30, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
35Q — Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments

“Ensure that rest equipment is labeled infant and that other equipment is not labeled. Ensure that the rest equipment is not touching when stored. The toddler's rest equipment and bedding are touching.”

Corrected Jul 9, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
36Q — Equipment

“Ensure T straps in high chairs are in use while a child is sitting in the chair. Ensure walkers are used only when prescribed by a doctor. Ensure plastic and Styrofoam are not accessible to the children. The specialists observed 3 children in high chairs with no T straps in use. The specialist observed a child in a walker. The specialist observed children eating from Styrofoam bowls. There is an unsecured plastic cover over a window.”

Corrected Jul 30, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
8Q — License Renewal

“Ensure a renewal application is submitted 60 days prior to license expiration.”

Corrected Aug 5, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Jul 2, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 5 deficiencies cited
Not classified
21Q — Parents Right to Know Act

“Ensure a Parent's Right to Know Log is completed by tours and enrolled families.”

Corrected Aug 26, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
23Q — Children's Health Appraisal

“Ensure child files are complete. Two children need blood lead screenings, and one child needs an updated health appraisal. One child needs an infant feeding plan.”

Corrected Jul 30, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
69Q — Personnel Files

“Ensure staff files are complete. Two staff members require one reference letter and the results of an adult abuse registry check. One staff member needs a job description.”

Corrected Jul 30, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
70Q — Training

“Ensure that annual training is submitted 30 days before license expiration for the Provider and assistant.”

Corrected Aug 28, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
8Q — License Renewal

“Ensure a renewal application is submitted 60 days before license expiration.”

Corrected Jul 25, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Jan 17, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 15 deficiencies cited
Not classified
13Q — General Requirements

“Ensure staff files are completed. Two staff need references. Two staff need a release of employment histories. Two staff need service letter attempts. Two staff need health appraisals and TB results. Four staff need adult abuse registry checks. Two staff need Child abuse and neglect reporting law reviews. Four staff need job descriptions. One staff needs OCCL's Health and Safety training, child abuse and neglect certificate, administration of medication certificate, CPR, and First Aid training.”

Corrected Apr 2, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
17Q — Telephones

“Post emergency phone numbers for ambulance or emergency medical services, police, fire departments (911); the Poison Control Center; and the 24-Hour Child Abuse Report Line (currently 1-800-292-9582).”

Corrected Apr 2, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
21Q — Parents Right to Know Act

“Ensure that tours and enrolled families complete the Parent's Right to Know Log and that the tours and enrollments receive the Parent's Right to Know form.”

Corrected Apr 2, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
22Q — Children's Files

“Ensure child files are complete. Three children need a health appraisal, blood lead screening, Parent's Right to Know notice on file, and permission to sleep in another area. One child needs immunizations on file. One child needs medication permission. Four children need emergency transportation permission.”

Corrected Apr 2, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
25Q — Infants' Records

“Ensure daily logs for children under one are completed. The visit began at 9:35 a.m., the log was viewed at 10:51 a.m. The infant was awake at the beginning of the visit. The log states the infant started sleeping at 8:40 a.m. with no sleep checks.”

Corrected Apr 2, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
27Q — Hazardous Materials

“Ensure medications and cords are out of reach. An ointment was stored on the bottom shelf of the diaper-changing area, and a radio with a cord was accessible to children.”

Corrected Jan 17, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
28Q — Heating and Cooling

“Ensure heat shields on the baseboard heater are intact in the diaper changing area.”

Corrected Apr 2, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
29Q — Indoor Space

“Ensure walls are in good repair. THe bathroom tiles on the wall near the floor have come off.”

Corrected Apr 2, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
30Q — Fire Safety

“A licensee shall at least have a properly installed, battery-operated working smoke alarm. A licensee shall complete a monthly fire prevention inspection and post the current report in a visible space. No inspections have been accomplished since opening.”

Corrected Apr 2, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
31Q — Kitchen and Food Preparation

“Ensure the refrigerator is at 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Food items must be correctly labeled with the contents and date of preparation. Food must be stored in closed or sealed containers labeled with the contents and expiration date. The refrigerator was at 42 degrees Fahrenheit; food was stored with no label of contents, expiration date, or lid.”

Corrected Apr 2, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
35Q — Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments

“Ensure a child's rest equipment is labeled with the child's name or assigned chart number unless cleaned and disinfected after each use.”

Corrected Apr 2, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
38Q — Hand Washing

“A licensee shall ensure staff and children's hands are washed with liquid soap and running water, even if gloves are worn. Paper towels or a mechanical hand dryer are used. Before and after eating or handling food, giving medications, and toileting or diapering, the infant's hands were not washed after diapering, the toddler's hands were not washed before eating lunch, and the provider's hands were not washed after handling food.”

Corrected Jan 17, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
40Q — Diapering and Soiled Clothing

“Ensure disposable diapers are placed in a foot-activated trashcan that is used only for diapers. This trashcan must be within arm's reach of the changing area, lined with a plastic bag, and sanitized daily. There was no foot-activated trash can available. The diaper was closed and left on the changing table, and the used disposable covers were not removed. The diaper changing area was not sanitized or disinfected after.”

Corrected Apr 2, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
51Q — Feeding of Infants

“A parent or guardian provides a written feeding statement listing the foods and drinks, including specific formula or breast milk, an infant eats or drinks. This schedule must be updated monthly and as needed;”

Corrected Apr 2, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
8Q — License Renewal

“Ensure the State business license is updated yearly unless tax-exempt verification is provided.”

Corrected Apr 2, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed

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