Licensed Child Care Center
✓ Licensed
Hand-n-hand Early Learning Center, Inc.
Ellendale, DE
· Sussex County
13724 SOUTH OLD STATE ROAD,
Ellendale, DE 19941
Quick Facts
Capacity
25 children
Age Range
6 weeks through 12 years.
Type of Care
After School, Before School, Before and After School, Daytime, Emergency Care, Full-Time, Part-Time
Transportation
Not Available
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
3
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Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
433741
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
HAND-N-HAND EARLY LEARNING CENTER, INC. is a Licensed Child Care Center in ELLENDALE DE, with a maximum capacity of 25 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 weeks through 12 years.. It is open Monday - Friday, 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information:
Financial Arrangements: Child Care Food Program;Nonprofit;Purchase of Care;
Hours of Operation
- Monday6:30 AM - 5:00 PM
- Tuesday6:30 AM - 5:00 PM
- Wednesday6:30 AM - 5:00 PM
- Thursday6:30 AM - 5:00 PM
- Friday6:30 AM - 5:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulation Code | Status |
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| 2025-10-16 | Non Compliance | 15U - Governing Body | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure the annual fire marshal inspection is completed. The last inspection was August 29, 2024. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-10-16 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs their DEEDS credential on file, OCCL Health and Safety Training, release of employment history, and service letter attempts. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-10-16 | Non Compliance | 45U - Hazardous Materials | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure a radon test is conducted for each classroom every five years. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-10-16 | Non Compliance | 53U - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure Structures, fences, equipment, and the grounds are maintained in a clean and safe condition, ensure fencing is a minimum of four feet in height with openings no larger than 3 inches, A licensee shall ensure gates have self-closing and positive self-latching closure mechanisms. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2025-10-16 | Non Compliance | 72U - Feeding of Infants | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure each infant has a monthly feeding statement completed each month. Three infants need a monthly feeding statement. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-10-16 | Non Compliance | 8U - License Renewal | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure a renewal application is submitted 60 days before the license expires. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2025-10-16 | Non Compliance | 9U - Changes Affecting a License | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure a plan review is submitted when making a change to regulated services. The outdoor play area has not been in use for weeks due to the removal of fencing and mulch. Currently, the outdoor play area is neither compliant nor usable for the children. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-10-03 | Non Compliance | 15U - Governing Body | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure enough staff are on the premises to assist with daily running of the facility. There were no staff to allow the LS into the facility. There were not enough staff to assist if there was an emergency, bathroom breaks, or if staff had to call out. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2024-10-03 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure toddlers and preschool children are cared for in separate areas after the first 90 minutes. A three-year-old child is enrolled in the one-through-two-year-old classroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-10-03 | Non Compliance | 35U - First Aid and CPR Training | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff have the hand on skill demonstration in addition to the CPR training. Staff #1 needs the CPR hands on skill demonstration. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-10-03 | Non Compliance | 38U - Parents Right to Know | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure when individuals who arrive to tour or enroll at the facility are completing out Parent's Right to Know Log before touring or enrolling. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-10-03 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are up to date. One child needs an updated health appraisal and immunization record. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-10-03 | Non Compliance | 45U - Hazardous Materials | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Materials required for routine cleaning and maintenance must be stored out of children s reach and used in a safe manner. Containers of poisonous, toxic, or hazardous materials are: Stored in a locked storage space accessible only to staff. Labeled with the contents. Cleaning spray containers were accessible in all classroom in cabins not locked. The boys bathroom had a chemical accessible in a cabinet not locked. no bottle with sanitizer or disinfection that was accessible to a child was labeled. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2024-10-03 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Keep all areas, furnishings, and equipment of the center in a clean, hazard-free, and safe condition. Floors, walls, counter surfaces, toilets, and surfaces or finishes must be cleanable and in good repair. The boys bathroom baseboards need repair or replace due to water damage. The boys bathroom sink base needs to be repaired or replaced due to water damage. The baseboards near the boys bathroom by the door to outside need repair or replace due to water damage. The Preschool classroom carpets need to be vacuumed. The School age classroom lat surfaces need to wipped off. The toddler classroom cabinet was not locked providing access to plastic bags and chemicals. The preschool closet was not leached providing access to chemicals. The School age classroom had chemicals accessible under the sink. The boys bathroom had access to chemicals and trash under the sink. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-10-03 | Non Compliance | 51U - Toilet Facilities | Completed |
| Corrective Action: A licensee shall ensure toilet rooms are kept in a sanitary condition and cleaned daily or more frequently if needed. The boys restroom toilet seat and toddler potty seat need to be cleaned after each use. Both have fecal matter on them the potty seat has urine around the cushion. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2024-10-03 | Non Compliance | 53U - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Openings in the fences should be no larger than 3-1 2 inches. The right gate needs a new chain link fence the openings are over 3-1/2 inches. gates have self-closing and positive self-latching closure mechanisms. Gates should have operational self-closing and positive self-latching closure mechanisms. The left gate no longer set closed self latches when opened at a minimum of 18 inches. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-10-03 | Non Compliance | 58U - Sanitation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Toilet seats, potty chairs, and diaper changing areas are to be washed with soap and water and then disinfected as required. LS observed the staff member spray an unknown substance on a diaper chaining area after a use but other item was utilized leaving speculation of sanitizing and disinfection of the surface. Fecal matter and urine on the boys toilet ing seats provides conclusion that no sanitizing or disinfecting has occurred. Bottles of sanitizing and disinfecting solution bottles are to be labeled with contents and out of reach of children and available at all times. No classroom bottles were labeled. The boys and girls bathroom have no access to the disinfecting or sanitizing bottles to use when required. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-10-03 | Non Compliance | 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: A diaper-changing area with a non-porous surface and disposable covers must be used for each diaper change. The toddler classroom changing pad has holes and during an observed diaper change a disposable cover was not used. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-10-03 | Non Compliance | 73U - Program Goals and Planning | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Lesson plans must have areas of physical, social-emotional, language and literacy, and cognitive development and be developmentally appropriate for the children enrolled. No classroom had social emotional everyday and was missing one or more or the healthy habits, science, music, or sensory components. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-10-16 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Two staff need professional development plans completed. Two staff need Heath and Safety for Child Care Professionals training, One staff need orientation, employment history form, and a job description. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-10-16 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all areas are in good repair. The preschool, school age, and toddler areas need the air vents repaired or replaced. The walls in the preschool classroom need the peeling paint repaired. All the baseboards in the classrooms need to be repainted. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2022-10-04 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Two children need lead test results. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-10-04 | Non Compliance | 72U - Feeding of Infants | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure bottles are labeled with name, time, and date prepared. This was discussed and corrected at the visit. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2021-12-14 | Non Compliance | 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Three children in the preschool room needed a sheet to meet the required minimum of 2 sheets for napping. This was corrected when 3 sheets were brought to the room and provided to the children. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2021-10-04 | Non Compliance | 18U - General Human Resources and Personnel Policies | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff handbook is complete and in positive behavior management and and child abuse and neglect reporting. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2021-10-04 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff to child ratios are maintained at all time with qualified staff. Upon arrival staff #11 was alone iwth 7 children n the play ground the youngest was 2 years oldand the oldest was 5 years old. This was corrected when staff #9 took staff #11's position on the playground. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2021-10-04 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs job description, 2 references, health appraisal, and Tb test, and release of employment history, with 2 attempts documented if no service letter is obtained 2 more reference letters will be needed. Staff #2 needs a professional development plan, annual review of abuse and neglect, release of employment history with 2 documented attempts, if no service letter is obtained 2 more reference letters will be needed. Staff #3 needs professional development plan, annual review of safe sleep, annual review of abuse and neglect reporting procedures. Staff #4 needs Job description, references, declaration, drug and alcohol statement, health appraisal and TB test, release of employment history and 2 attempts to gain a service letter if no service letters are gained 4 reference letters will be needed. Staff #5 needs orientation. Staff #7 needs 2 references health appraisal and TB test, release of employment history, with 2 attempts of gaining a s | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2021-10-04 | Non Compliance | 38U - Parents Right to Know | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure Parents Right to Know Log is completed. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2021-10-04 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child file are complete. Child 3 needs date of enrollment, days attending care, and hours attending care, emergency card info, health appraisal, immunizations, and transportation permission. Child 9 needs immunizations updated. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2021-10-04 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: fix, repair, or replace blue bathroom cabinet door for the sink. Fix, repair, or replace purple bathroom tile that is cracked, missing large piece. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2021-10-04 | Non Compliance | 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure freezer in infant room has a working thermometer. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2021-10-04 | Non Compliance | 53U - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure fence gaps are no more than 3-1/2 inches. Repair fence, and ensure the self closing and locking mechanism is operational and children can be secured in the playground. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2021-10-04 | Non Compliance | 55U - Riding Toys | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure riding toys are in good condition, no sharp edges, and intact for safe use. This was corrected when toys with sharp edges and broken were removed from the playgrounds. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2021-10-04 | Non Compliance | 66U - Emergency Planning | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure fire drills are conducted and documented monthly. Do 2 fire drills this month to make up for not having one in September. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2021-10-04 | Non Compliance | 74U - Lesson Plans | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure lesson plans are hung up weekly. The preschool room did not have a lesson plan written or hung up for this week. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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