Licensed Child Care Center
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Gathering Lambs
Dover, DE
· Kent County
1005 PARK AVE,
Dover, DE 19901
Quick Facts
Capacity
52 children
Age Range
1 year through 5 years.
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
Food Program
Does not participate
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Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
1335526
Issued By
Delaware Department of Services For Children, Youth And Their Families
Licensor
District Office
State of Delaware, Office of Child Care Licensing
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About the Provider
GATHERING LAMBS is a Licensed Child Care Center in DOVER DE, with a maximum capacity of 52 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 1 year through 5 years.. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information:
Special Conditions: Variance; Financial Arrangements: Nonprofit;Purchase of Care;
Hours of Operation
- Monday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Tuesday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Wednesday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Thursday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Friday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulation Code | Status |
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| 2025-10-06 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure infants and toddlers are not cared for in the same room as older children, except in certain circumstances. According to attendance records submitted, on 8/25/2025, the one's and two's were combined with the older children in the morning and afternoon outside of the 90-minute allowance. Ensure maximum group size is not exceeded. According to attendance records submitted, when children were combined in the morning of 8/25/2025, the maximum group size for the one-year-old's, the youngest children present, was exceeded when 17 children were signed into the room. Ensure supervision is provided at all times by a qualified staff person. According to attendance records submitted, on 9/2/2025, children were alone with a staff person who is not qualified. Submit attendance records for 10/6/2025 - 10/10/2025. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-10-06 | Non Compliance | 36U - Staff Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff document the exact arrival and departure in each classroom or area. According to attendance records submitted, on 9/5/2025, a staff person did not sign out. Submit attendance records for 10/6/2025 - 10/10/2025. | |||
| 2025-08-18 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure supervision of children is provided at all times by a qualified staff person. According to attendance records submitted to OCCL and reviewed, an unqualified staff person was alone with children two different times. Ensure maximum group size requirements are met for the age of the youngest child present. According to attendance records submitted to OCCL and reviewed, the maximum group size was exceeded on 12 separate days. Ensure toddlers are not cared for with older children except in the first or last 90 minutes of the hours of operation or when 12 or fewer children are present. According to attendance records submitted to OCCL and reviewed, on four days, toddlers and older children were combined outside of the first and last 90 minutes. Submit attendance records for 8/25/2025 - 9/5/2025. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-08-18 | Non Compliance | 28U - General Qualifications | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff members are truthful when providing information to OCCL. According to the Administrator, the multi-purpose room was only used for special occasions and not every day. According to attendance records submitted to OCCL and reviewed, preschool children were combined in the multi-purpose room 15 days, spending the majority of hours in that room. Discontinue use of the multi-purpose room as a classroom or add the five required activity areas and received approval from OCCL to use it. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-08-18 | Non Compliance | 36U - Staff Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure the time of arrival and departure of each staff person in the classroom is documented. According to attendance records submitted to OCCL and reviewed, there were 10 times staff did not sign in/out of classrooms. Submit attendance records for 8/25/2025 - 9/5/2025. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-08-13 | Non Compliance | 26U - Staffing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure Administrator is functioning in that role at least 50% of the time. According to the Administrator, she is in the classrooms daily as the primary teacher. Create schedule to ensure 50% of the time, the Administrator is functioning as the Administrator. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-08-13 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Five staff need a professional development plan. One staff needs an orientation, application/resume, references, employee declaration/drug and alcohol statement, adult abuse registry check, health appraisal with TB screening, and two documented attempts to obtain service letters. Three staff need annual training hours. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-08-13 | Non Compliance | 38U - Parents Right to Know | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure Parent's Right to Know log is reviewed with and signed by each newly enrolled family and any family touring the center. Obtain signatures. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-08-13 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a blood lead level test result. Four children need an updated health appraisal and immunizations. Two children need an updated health appraisal, immunizations, and blood lead level test results. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-08-13 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure walls are in good repair. Repair baseboard under heater in Room #1. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-08-13 | Non Compliance | 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure thermometers are in each refrigerator and freezer. Add a thermometer to the freezer in Room #1. Ensure refrigerator temperature does not exceed 41 degrees. The refrigerator in Room #1 was a temperature of 44 degrees. Adjust temperature. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-08-13 | Non Compliance | 53U - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure gate in the playground self-closes and self-latches. Repair smaller gate. Ensure fall zone requirements are met. Replenish mulch to nine inches. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-08-13 | Non Compliance | 75U - Activity Areas | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure classrooms for ages two years and older include the five required areas. Add construction blocks to Room #2 and accessible art materials to Room #4. This was corrected at the visit when the materials were added. Discontinue use of the Multi-purpose/gym room as a classroom or add the five required activities and receive approval to use by OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-08-15 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: During nap times, when children one year and older are sleeping, the maximum group size may not be exceeded. The Supervisor and Ls observed 25 children ages three to school-age napping in the multipurpose room, exceeding the maximum group size of 20 for three-year-olds. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-08-15 | Non Compliance | 35U - First Aid and CPR Training | Completed |
| Corrective Action: A center serving school-age children shall ensure an administrator has successfully completed 15 hours of approved school-age training. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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