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Children & Families First Head Start Colonial Gardens

1000 Hayes Circle, Dover, DE 19904 · Kent County (302) 741-2490 License #1474955
2
inspections on file
3
recorded violations
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severity not classified by the state
Dec 5, 2024
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 Children & Families First Head Start Colonial Gardens
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Dec 5, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review1 regulation cited1Agency record
Dec 1, 2022Unannounced Full Compliance Review2 regulations cited2Agency 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.

Dec 5, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 deficiency cited
Not classified
53U — Outdoor Area

“Ensure the gates to the outdoor play area self-close. The two exterior gates do not self-close.”

Corrected Jan 14, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Dec 1, 2022Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 deficiencies cited
Not classified
30U — Personnel Files

“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs a service letter, or two documented attempts and two additional references.”

Corrected Dec 5, 2022 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
40U — Child Files

“Ensure child files are complete. Five children need updated health appraisals.”

Corrected Dec 5, 2022 · Status as recorded: Completed

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