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Brightpath Dover

Dover, DE · Kent County
645 W NORTH ST, Dover, DE 19904
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Quick Facts

Capacity
135 children
Age Range
6 weeks through 12 years.
Subsidized Program
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Contact Information

📞 (302) 730-4730
645 W NORTH ST
Dover, DE 19904
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✓ Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
1501631
Issued By
Delaware Department of Services For Children, Youth And Their Families
Licensor
[email protected]
District Office
State of Delaware, Office of Child Care Licensing
District Office: 302-739-5487 Last verified September 29, 2026

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About the Provider

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BRIGHTPATH DOVER is a Licensed Child Care Center in DOVER DE, with a maximum capacity of 135 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 weeks through 12 years.. It is open Monday - Friday, 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information: Financial Arrangements: Child Care Food Program;Purchase of Care; Reported Injuries & Deaths: 2023: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.; 2024: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.; 2025: 3 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.; 2026: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.; 2022: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.;

Hours of Operation

  • Monday6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Tuesday6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Wednesday6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Thursday6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Friday6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Saturday Closed
  • Sunday Closed

Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Regulation Code Status
2026-06-16 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Seven staff need administration of medication training. Three staff need PD Plan. Six staff need annual review of safe sleep. Five staff need OCCL's health and safety training. Five staff need application/ resume on file. Six staff need job descriptions. Ten staff need references. Two staff need employee declaration and drug/alcohol statement. Two staff need adult abuse registry check. Ten staff need health appraisals. Six staff need TB screening results. Five staff need release of employment. Eight staff need service letters with two documented attempts.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-06-16 Non Compliance 36U - Staff Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff accurately document attendance in each room with the exact arrival and departure time.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-06-16 Non Compliance 38U - Parents Right to Know Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure parents-right-to-know log is completed for new and touring families.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-06-16 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Two children need immunizations. One child needs blood lead screening results. Four children need mat permissions. One child needs updated MAR. Thirteen children need development plans.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Document
2026-06-16 Non Compliance 43U - Children's Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure children's exact arrival and departure times in each classroom is accurately documented.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Document
2026-06-16 Non Compliance 49U - Indoor Space Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure trash can has a lid.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-06-16 Non Compliance 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure classroom fridge has a thermometer. Ensure food is not stored on the floor in the kitchen.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-06-16 Non Compliance 51U - Toilet Facilities Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure vents in the bathrooms are clean and working.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-06-16 Non Compliance 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff is following proper diapering procedures and disinfecting the changing table after each change.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-06-16 Non Compliance 63U - Administration of Medication Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure multiple medications are listed on listed on separate MARs. Four children need updated MARs.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-06-16 Non Compliance 65U - First Aid Kits Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure first aid kit is complete. Kit was missing tweezers.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-06-09 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs a PD plan. Two staff need OCCL's Health and Safety training. Three staff need health appraisal on OCCL's form. Ten staff need documentation showing two requests for service letters. One staff needs annual review of safe sleep, review of child abuse and neglect, orientation, health and safety for child care professionals, application/resume/personal data sheet, 2 references, employee declaration, drug and alcohol statement, adult abuse registry check results, Release of employment, and service letter attempts.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-06-09 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. One child needs health appraisal with immunizations, Four children need blood lead screening results. One child needs MAR with meds on site. Thirteen children need MARs. One child needs infant feeding schedule.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-06-09 Non Compliance 49U - Indoor Space Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure all classrooms have a covered trash can. School age classroom needs a lid for the trash can.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-06-09 Non Compliance 53U - Outdoor Area Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure fall zones have enough material and extends at lease six feet in all directions of the equipment. Playground has several areas around the equipment lacking in material.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-06-09 Non Compliance 57U - Equipment Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure classrooms have enough materials for children to use. One classroom needs age appropriate books, and manipulatives. One classroom needs blocks, manipulatives, and musical instruments. Two classrooms need musical instruments. One classroom needs blocks and musical instruments.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-06-09 Non Compliance 65U - First Aid Kits Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure first aid kits are complete. Center kit is needed and needs to include bandaids, bandage tape, eye patch, finger splints, first aide guide, gauze pads, gloves, instant cold packs, pen and note pad, plastic bags, roll gauze, safety pins, scissors, thermometer, triangular bandage, tweezers. Travel kit is missing bandage tape, eye patch, finger splints, instant cold pack, pen and note pad, plastic bags, thermometer, tweezers, water, liquid soap, emergency numbers, and poison control number.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-06-06 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Three staff need Annual Review of Safe Sleep. Four staff need Annual Review of Abuse and Neglect. One staff needs orientation. Two staff need job descriptions. Nine staff need references. Three staff need letters of eligibility on file. Seven staff need health appraisals with TB. Five staff need release of employment. Four staff need service letters.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-06-06 Non Compliance 36U - Staff Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure ratios are maintained. Specialist observed rm 110 attendance stated one staff in the room 8-8:45 am with nine children the last child was signed in at 8:55 am. This was corrected when a second staff signed in at 9:05 am. At approximately 10:30 am, Specialist exited the building to the outdoor play area. Classroom 114 was in the play area with 1 staff and 14 children. At 10:32, a second staff member entered the outdoor play area with a broom and began sweeping in front of the door. This was discussed with administration who addressed it with staff.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2024-06-06 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Three children need date of enrollment. Two children need hour/days attending. One child needs emergency card information. Six children need health appraisals with immunizations. Five children need blood lead screening results. Three children need parents right to know on file. Three children need screen time permission. 18 children need development plans. Three children need transportation permissions. Three children need infant feeding statements updated. Two children need mat permission.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-06-06 Non Compliance 45U - Hazardous Materials Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure cleaners are labeled with contents and stored out of reach of children.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2024-06-06 Non Compliance 49U - Indoor Space Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure floors, walls, tables and carpets are in good repair and clean. Several classrooms are in need of a deep cleaning.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-06-06 Non Compliance 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure cots and sleeping equipment are not touching. Classroom 107 had cots stacked and items touching. This was corrected at visit.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2024-06-06 Non Compliance 57U - Equipment Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure classrooms have enough science and music equipment. Classrooms 112 and 113 need additional supplies for music and science.
2024-06-06 Non Compliance 58U - Sanitation Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure surfaces in the classrooms are receiving a daily cleaning after use.
2024-06-06 Non Compliance 63U - Administration of Medication Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure medication administration records are written, completely fill out and dated when signed. Classroom 109 had photocopied med logs and were adding the date or using white out and rewriting the date.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-06-06 Non Compliance 74U - Lesson Plans Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure lesson plans are current, age appropriate and posted. Classrooms 109,115, and 112 need updated plans posted.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-06-06 Non Compliance 76U - Activity Schedule Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure a schedule is posted. Classroom 112 and the School Age room need schedules posted.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-06-06 Non Compliance 77U - Infant and Toddler Care Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure hazards are not available or in use. Classroom 112 had latex balloons and disinfecting wipes in reach of the children. Ensure sleep checks are documented. One child did not have a nap or sleep check documented.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-02-16 Non Compliance 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff to child ratios and group sizes are maintained at all times. Upon review of attendance records, on January 17, 2024 there were up to ten children with one staff member from 2:36 pm until 3pm and then again at 3:55pm until 3:58 pm. The ratio for the room is 1:8 or 2:16.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2024-02-16 Non Compliance 43U - Children's Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure that exact arrival and departure times for each child is recorded properly in the classroom. One child was recorded on January 16, 2024 as arriving at 9:37 am and leaving the classroom at 9:30 am. This was discussed and corrected at the visit.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2023-06-15 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete Staff #1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11.12.13.14.15 need OCCL's 7 hour Health & Safety course. Send to OCCL when complete. Staff #11 needs to complete administration of medication. Send certificate to OCCL when complete. Staff #12 needs 4 references. Send to OCCL when complete. Staff #13 needs to complete First Aid, and CPR. Staff #13 needs to also have four references. Send to OCCL when complete.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-06-15 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure Child Files are complete. Child #21,22,23,24,25,26,all need MAR forms for any medication, diaper cream, or over the counter medication. Send MAR forms to OCCL when complete.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-06-15 Non Compliance 45U - Hazardous Materials Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure the cabinet in the scholars room is fixed. Send a picture of the cabinet when repaired.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-12-08 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are compliant. Staff #1 needs CPR/ First Aid, administration of medication, two references, criminal history determination, and service letters. Staff #2 needs administration of medication. Staff #3 needs CPR/First Aid, administration of medication, two references, a health appraisal with TB, and service letters. Staff #4 needs criminal history determination. Staff #5 needs CPR/ First Aid, administration of medication, two references, release of employment history, and corresponding service letters. Staff #6 needs administration of medication, two references, a health appraisal with TB, release of employment history with corresponding service letters. Staff #7 needs CPR/ First Aid, administration of medication, two references, criminal history determination, release of employment history, and corresponding service letters. Staff #8 needs two references, release of employment history, and corresponding service letters. Staff #9 needs CPR/First Aid, administration of m
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-12-08 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Child #2 needs an updated health appraisal with immunizations and lead test results. Child #5 and Child #6 need lead test results. Child #8, Child #10, and Child #12 need parent right to know permission. Child #12 needs an updated infant feeding schedule. Child #11 needs an updated health appraisal with immunizations and an updated infant feeding schedule. Child #13 needs transportation permission. Child #14 needs and updated health appraisal with immunizations and transportation permission. Child #16 needs a health appraisal with immunizations and lead test results, and transportation permission. Child #17 needs lead test results and parent right to know permission. Child #18 needs immunizations and lead test results, and parents right to know permission.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-12-08 Non Compliance 45U - Hazardous Materials Completed
Corrective Action: Air freshners/ incense is prohibited. This was discussed and removed from the classroom.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-12-08 Non Compliance 49U - Indoor Space Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure the facility is clean and in good repair. Repair the hole in the stem lab wall. Repair the toilet lid cover in the school-age classroom. Repair the torn bench in the school-age classroom. Repair the school-age faucets to ensure they are cleanable. Clean the walls of the sink in two classrooms.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-12-08 Non Compliance 53U - Outdoor Area Completed
Corrective Action: Replace the fall zone mulch to ensure it is nine- inches deep.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-12-08 Non Compliance 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing Completed
Corrective Action: Replace the torn diaper mat. This was corrected upon the purchase of a new mat. Ensure changing stations have foot activated diaper pails. This was corrected when an operable foot activated trashcan was provided to the two-year-old classroom.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-12-08 Non Compliance 66U - Emergency Planning Completed
Corrective Action: Purchase enough emergency food to shelter in place.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-12-08 Non Compliance 74U - Lesson Plans Completed
Corrective Action: Complete and submit a school-age lesson plan.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-09-21 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete Staff #2 needs an entire file Staff #3 needs orientation and one additional reference Staff #5 needs four references Staff #6 needs four references
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-09-21 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete Child #1 needs a health appraisal, immunizations shot records and blood lead test results Child #2 needs blood lead test results Child #3 needs blood lead test results Child #5 needs blood lead test results Child #8 needs an updated health appraisal Child #9 needs transportation permission with school Child #11 needs blood lead test results Child #12 needs an updated health appraisal Child #15 needs an updated health appraisal
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-09-21 Non Compliance 43U - Children's Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: Children's attendance must be correctly documented at all times. One child was signed into their classroom. This was corrected at the visit when the teacher added the child to the attendance sheet.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-09-21 Non Compliance 51U - Toilet Facilities Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure paper towels are available in the bathrooms at all times. This was corrected at the visit when the paper towel dispenser was filled.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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