Licensed Large Family Child Care
✓ Licensed
Rivers Of Learning Academy, Llc
Dover, DE
· Kent County
FORREST AVENUE,
Dover, DE 19904
Quick Facts
Capacity
12 children
Age Range
6 weeks through Kindergarten.
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
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Licensed Licensed Large Family Child Care
Active License
License Number
1358847
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
RIVERS OF LEARNING ACADEMY, LLC is a Licensed Large Family Child Care in DOVER DE, with a maximum capacity of 12 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of 6 weeks through Kindergarten.. It is open Monday - Friday, 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information:
Financial Arrangements: Child Care Food Program;
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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| 2026-07-08 | Non Compliance | 13Q - General Requirements | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Two staff members need CPR and first aid certification on file. One staff member needs a date of hire, 2 references, a release of employment history, service letter attempts, or for more references, a health appraisal on OCCL s form, TB results, a letter of eligibility, adult abuse registry check, child abuse reporting law, a job description, completed orientation, OCCL's health and safety for childcare professionals training, child abuse and neglect certificate. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-07-08 | Non Compliance | 21Q - Parents Right to Know Act | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure newly enrolled children are added to the parents' right-to-know log. Five children need to have the log completed by their parents. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-07-08 | Non Compliance | 23Q - Children's Health Appraisal | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Three children need health appraisals on file, two children need immunization records on file, and one child needs blood lead results on file. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-07-08 | Non Compliance | 29Q - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure safety hazards are not accessible and that walls and ceilings are in good repair. The second room's ceiling is falling and peeling; repair or replace it to ensure it is cleanable and intact. The infant room wall is peeling; repair and/or replace it so it is cleanable. The heater paint is peeling off, leaving flakes on the floor. Repair the peeling paint and sweep up the paint flakes. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-07-08 | Non Compliance | 31Q - Kitchen and Food Preparation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure that the food stored is dated and labeled. Foods in the freezer and refrigerator need dates open or expiration dates, and contents. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-07-08 | Non Compliance | 32Q - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure the sandbox is covered or remove the sand. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-07-08 | Non Compliance | 35Q - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure that rest equipment is labeled infant and that other equipment is not labeled. Ensure that the rest equipment is not touching when stored. The toddler's rest equipment and bedding are touching. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-07-08 | Non Compliance | 36Q - Equipment | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure T straps in high chairs are in use while a child is sitting in the chair. Ensure walkers are used only when prescribed by a doctor. Ensure plastic and Styrofoam are not accessible to the children. The specialists observed 3 children in high chairs with no T straps in use. The specialist observed a child in a walker. The specialist observed children eating from Styrofoam bowls. There is an unsecured plastic cover over a window. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-07-08 | Non Compliance | 8Q - License Renewal | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure a renewal application is submitted 60 days prior to license expiration. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-07-02 | Non Compliance | 21Q - Parents Right to Know Act | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure a Parent's Right to Know Log is completed by tours and enrolled families. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-07-02 | Non Compliance | 23Q - Children's Health Appraisal | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Two children need blood lead screenings, and one child needs an updated health appraisal. One child needs an infant feeding plan. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-07-02 | Non Compliance | 69Q - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Two staff members require one reference letter and the results of an adult abuse registry check. One staff member needs a job description. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-07-02 | Non Compliance | 70Q - Training | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure that annual training is submitted 30 days before license expiration for the Provider and assistant. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-07-02 | Non Compliance | 8Q - License Renewal | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure a renewal application is submitted 60 days before license expiration. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-01-17 | Non Compliance | 13Q - General Requirements | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are completed. Two staff need references. Two staff need a release of employment histories. Two staff need service letter attempts. Two staff need health appraisals and TB results. Four staff need adult abuse registry checks. Two staff need Child abuse and neglect reporting law reviews. Four staff need job descriptions. One staff needs OCCL's Health and Safety training, child abuse and neglect certificate, administration of medication certificate, CPR, and First Aid training. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-01-17 | Non Compliance | 17Q - Telephones | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Post emergency phone numbers for ambulance or emergency medical services, police, fire departments (911); the Poison Control Center; and the 24-Hour Child Abuse Report Line (currently 1-800-292-9582). | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-01-17 | Non Compliance | 21Q - Parents Right to Know Act | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure that tours and enrolled families complete the Parent's Right to Know Log and that the tours and enrollments receive the Parent's Right to Know form. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-01-17 | Non Compliance | 22Q - Children's Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Three children need a health appraisal, blood lead screening, Parent's Right to Know notice on file, and permission to sleep in another area. One child needs immunizations on file. One child needs medication permission. Four children need emergency transportation permission. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-01-17 | Non Compliance | 25Q - Infants' Records | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure daily logs for children under one are completed. The visit began at 9:35 a.m., the log was viewed at 10:51 a.m. The infant was awake at the beginning of the visit. The log states the infant started sleeping at 8:40 a.m. with no sleep checks. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-01-17 | Non Compliance | 27Q - Hazardous Materials | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure medications and cords are out of reach. An ointment was stored on the bottom shelf of the diaper-changing area, and a radio with a cord was accessible to children. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2025-01-17 | Non Compliance | 28Q - Heating and Cooling | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure heat shields on the baseboard heater are intact in the diaper changing area. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-01-17 | Non Compliance | 29Q - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure walls are in good repair. THe bathroom tiles on the wall near the floor have come off. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-01-17 | Non Compliance | 30Q - Fire Safety | Completed |
| Corrective Action: A licensee shall at least have a properly installed, battery-operated working smoke alarm. A licensee shall complete a monthly fire prevention inspection and post the current report in a visible space. No inspections have been accomplished since opening. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-01-17 | Non Compliance | 31Q - Kitchen and Food Preparation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure the refrigerator is at 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Food items must be correctly labeled with the contents and date of preparation. Food must be stored in closed or sealed containers labeled with the contents and expiration date. The refrigerator was at 42 degrees Fahrenheit; food was stored with no label of contents, expiration date, or lid. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-01-17 | Non Compliance | 35Q - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure a child's rest equipment is labeled with the child's name or assigned chart number unless cleaned and disinfected after each use. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-01-17 | Non Compliance | 38Q - Hand Washing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: A licensee shall ensure staff and children's hands are washed with liquid soap and running water, even if gloves are worn. Paper towels or a mechanical hand dryer are used. Before and after eating or handling food, giving medications, and toileting or diapering, the infant's hands were not washed after diapering, the toddler's hands were not washed before eating lunch, and the provider's hands were not washed after handling food. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2025-01-17 | Non Compliance | 40Q - Diapering and Soiled Clothing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure disposable diapers are placed in a foot-activated trashcan that is used only for diapers. This trashcan must be within arm's reach of the changing area, lined with a plastic bag, and sanitized daily. There was no foot-activated trash can available. The diaper was closed and left on the changing table, and the used disposable covers were not removed. The diaper changing area was not sanitized or disinfected after. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-01-17 | Non Compliance | 51Q - Feeding of Infants | Completed |
| Corrective Action: A parent or guardian provides a written feeding statement listing the foods and drinks, including specific formula or breast milk, an infant eats or drinks. This schedule must be updated monthly and as needed; | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-01-17 | Non Compliance | 8Q - License Renewal | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure the State business license is updated yearly unless tax-exempt verification is provided. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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