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Children First Learning Center, Inc.

760 Townsend Boulevard, Dover, DE 19901 · Kent County (302) 674-5227 License #510885
6
inspections on file
27
recorded violations
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severity not classified by the state
Mar 18, 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 Children First Learning Center, Inc.
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Mar 18, 2026Unannounced1 regulation cited1Agency record
Jan 7, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review8 regulations cited8Agency record
Oct 1, 2025OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
Jan 9, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review5 regulations cited5Agency record
Jan 10, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review7 regulations cited7Agency record
Jan 10, 2023Unannounced Full Compliance Review6 regulations cited6Agency 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.

Mar 18, 2026Unannounced · 1 deficiency cited
Not classified
28U — General Qualifications

“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.”

Corrected Mar 18, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Jan 7, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 8 deficiencies cited
Not classified
30U — Personnel Files

“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.”

Corrected Apr 30, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
40U — Child Files

“Ensure child files are complete. One child needs an updated health appraisal and immunizations.”

Corrected Feb 13, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
49U — Indoor Space

“Ensure all sinks supply both hot and cold water. Turn on hot water in one-year-old classroom.”

Corrected Jan 23, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
50U — Kitchen and Food Preparation

“Ensure food, not stored in it's original container, is labeled with the name and expiration date. Add expiration dates to stored food.”

Corrected Feb 13, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
53U — Outdoor Area

“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.”

Corrected Feb 17, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
58U — Sanitation

“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.”

Corrected Jan 7, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
61U — Diapering and Soiled Clothing

“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.”

Corrected Jan 7, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
74U — Lesson Plans

“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.”

Corrected Feb 17, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Jan 9, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 5 deficiencies cited
Not classified
16U — Insurance Coverage

“Maintain current insurance documentation.”

Corrected Jan 21, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
30U — Personnel Files

“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff person must complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals.”

Corrected Jan 21, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
40U — Child Files

“Ensure child files are complete. Three children need updated monthly infant feeding statements. One child needs a development plan.”

Corrected Jan 21, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
53U — Outdoor Area

“Ensure fall zone requirements are met in outdoor play area. Replenish mulch to nine inches in toddler area.”

Corrected Jan 29, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
72U — Feeding of Infants

“Ensure nothing is added to an infant bottle, including cereal, without written doctor's permission.”

Corrected Jan 21, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Jan 10, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 7 deficiencies cited
Not classified
30U — Personnel Files

“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.”

Corrected Feb 26, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
40U — Child Files

“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.”

Corrected Jan 25, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
50U — Kitchen and Food Preparation

“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.”

Corrected Jan 25, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
53U — Outdoor Area

“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.”

Corrected Jan 25, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
61U — Diapering and Soiled Clothing

“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.”

Corrected Jan 25, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
74U — Lesson Plans

“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.”

Corrected Jan 26, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
76U — Activity Schedule

“Ensure a daily schedule of activities is posted in each classroom. Post a schedule in the three-year-old classroom.”

Corrected Jan 25, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Jan 10, 2023Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 6 deficiencies cited
Not classified
27U — Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision

“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.”

Corrected Jan 10, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
30U — Personnel Files

“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.”

Corrected Feb 17, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
45U — Hazardous Materials

“Repair the cabinet with cleaners to ensure it locks in the bathroom.”

Corrected Jan 24, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
49U — Indoor Space

“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.”

Corrected Jan 24, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
61U — Diapering and Soiled Clothing

“Replace the torn diaper mats in the infant classroom and the three-year-old classroom.”

Corrected Jan 24, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
72U — Feeding of Infants

“Update the infant feeding schedule for all applicable enrolled infants.”

Corrected Jan 24, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed

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