Licensed Child Care Center
✓ Licensed
Growing Sprouts Early Learning Center Llc.
Dover, DE
· Kent County
872 FOREST STREET,
Dover, DE 19904
Quick Facts
Capacity
58 children
Age Range
6 weeks through 5 years.
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
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Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
1479150
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
GROWING SPROUTS EARLY LEARNING CENTER LLC. is a Licensed Child Care Center in DOVER DE, with a maximum capacity of 58 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 weeks through 5 years.. It is open Monday - Friday, 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information:
Financial Arrangements: 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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| 2026-07-07 | Non Compliance | 28U - General Qualifications | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff are fingerprinted every five years. A staff member needs to be fingerprinted for the facility as her fingerprints expired July 6, 2026. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-07-07 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. One child needs an immunization record. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-07-07 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure walls are cleanable and in good repair. Repair the hole in the wall near the mirror shelf, the wall at the corner near the bathroom door, and the holes in the wall above the changing table in the toddler classroom. Repair the wall under the window near the nap cots in the three-year-old classroom. Repair the wall under the window near the emergency exit door in the infant classroom. Repair the base of the door frame at the front door. Ensure trash is covered. The trash can located in the preschool classroom bathroom was observed not covered. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-07-07 | Non Compliance | 53U - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure gates in the outdoor play area are self-closing and self-latching. The first gate was observed not to self-close every time it was opened. The second gate was observed locked. Ensure gates are not locked during the center s hours of operation. Replenish the fall zone material under all equipment that is designed for the children s feet to leave the ground and swings to ensure there is six inches of rubber mulch. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-07-07 | Non Compliance | 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure nap equipment is safe and non-absorbent. Replace the several ripped nap mats in the preschool classroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-07-08 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs first aid certification. One staff member needs an adult health appraisal and TB results. One staff member needs an adult health appraisal. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-07-08 | Non Compliance | 66U - Emergency Planning | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Purchase additional bottled water for an emergency supply to shelter-in-place for 24 hours. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-07-18 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Child #12 needs up dated health appraisal and immunizations. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-07-26 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff-to-child ratios are maintained through qualified staff, early childhood interns are permitted to supervise children ages toddler through school-age. Two interns were observed supervising a group of seven infants. This was discussed and corrected when a qualified staff person entered the classroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2023-07-26 | Non Compliance | 46U - Air Quality and Windows | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure windows used for ventilation have screens in good repair. The bathroom window in the one and two-year-old classroom, used for ventilation, does not have a screen. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-07-26 | Non Compliance | 53U - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Repair or remove the broken play equipment from the outdoor play area. Rake or replenish the mulch in the fall zone areas to ensure there is 9 inches of mulch in the fall zone areas. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-07-08 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs an application and administration of medication training. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-07-08 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. One child needs lead screening results. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-07-08 | Non Compliance | 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Replenish resilient material on playground in the fall zones. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-01-18 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs two documented attempts to get a service letter. Staff #2 needs two documented attempts to get a service letter. Staff #3 needs two documented attempts to get a service letter. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-01-18 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Child #1 needs a health appraisal and lead screening. Child #4, Child #8, Child #9, and Child #10 need lead screening results. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-01-18 | Non Compliance | 43U - Children's Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure exact arrival and departure times of each child is documented. One child was not signed out of the three-year-old attendance record. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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