Licensed Child Care Center
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The Learning Tree Children's Academy
Dover, DE
· Kent County
403 WEST LOCKERMAN STREET,
Dover, DE 19904
Quick Facts
Capacity
40 children
Age Range
6 weeks through 12 years.
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
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Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
817160
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
THE LEARNING TREE CHILDREN'S ACADEMY is a Licensed Child Care Center in DOVER DE, with a maximum capacity of 40 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 weeks through 12 years.. It is open Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 5:30 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: 2021: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.;
Hours of Operation
- Monday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Tuesday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Wednesday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Thursday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Friday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulation Code | Status |
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| 2025-12-10 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure maximum group size is not exceeded and supervision of children is provided by assigned staff person. LS Brey observed a child exiting the older preschool classroom unsupervised, crossing through the younger preschool classroom, and entering the bathroom in the one and two-year-old classroom. The one and two-year-old classroom was at maximum group size of 12. Retrain staff on proper supervision and maximum group size. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-12-10 | Non Compliance | 28U - General Qualifications | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff are fingerprinted and receive a comprehensive background check every five years. Complete fingerprinting for Staff #7. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-12-10 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs an eligibility letter. Five staff need an updated PD plan, One staff needs CPR/FA, PD plan, two documented attempts to obtain service letters, and references. One staff person needs CPR/FA and signed PD plan. One staff needs references. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-12-10 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Four children need updated infant monthly feeding statements. Three children need a blood lead level test result. Two children need a health appraisal, immunizations, and blood lead level test result. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-12-10 | Non Compliance | 43U - Children's Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure each child's exact arrival and departure is documented. The arrival times for every child in the three-year-old classroom was not documented. This was corrected at the visit when the times were added. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2025-12-10 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure walls are in good repair. Repair wall in the bathroom near the toilet. Ensure outlets are protected with safety covers. Add covers to exposed outlets in the older pre-k classroom. Ensure air fresheners are not used. An aerosol air freshener was observed in the three-year-old classroom. Remove air freshener. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-12-10 | Non Compliance | 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure a working thermometer is in the kitchen's freezer and refrigerator. Add a thermometer to the large freezer. Ensure refrigerators and freezers maintain an appropriate temperature. Adjust temperatures. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-12-10 | Non Compliance | 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure rest equipment is labeled with the child's name, including infant cribs. Label cribs. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-12-10 | Non Compliance | 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure diaper pails are lined and foot-activated. Add liners to the infant classroom and one and two-year old classroom. Utilize diaper pail in the infant room for all diapering. Ensure diaper-changing procedure is posted. Post procedure in the one and two-year-old classroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-12-10 | Non Compliance | 66U - Emergency Planning | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure at least one evacuation drill a year occurs during nap time. Conduct December's drill during nap. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-12-10 | Non Compliance | 72U - Feeding of Infants | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure nothing is added to the infants'' bottles other than prepared formula or breastmilk. LS Brey observed cereal in an infant's bottle. Inform families a physician's note is required to serve cereal in bottles. Ensure infants' bottles are labeled with their name. Label bottles. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-12-10 | Non Compliance | 8U - License Renewal | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure renewal application is submitted at least 60 days prior to license expiration. Submit application. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-12-05 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs a signed professional development plan and two references. One staff needs four references. One staff needs a signed professional development plan, to complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals, one more attempt at obtaining a service letter, and two or four references depending on the service letter. Three staff need a signed professional development plan. One staff needs a staff orientation and adult health appraisal with TB screening. One staff needs to complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals, and two references. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-12-05 | Non Compliance | 36U - Staff Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff are accurately signing in and out of the classrooms. This was corrected at the visit when a staff person corrected her time. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2024-12-05 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Two children need an updated monthly feeding statement. One child needs updated immunizations and blood lead level test result. One child needs a blood lead level test result. One child needs an updated health appraisal and blood lead level test result. One child needs hours and days of attending. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-12-05 | Non Compliance | 43U - Children's Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure each child's exact arrival and departure are documented. One child was not signed into the one and two-year-old classroom and one child was not signed out of the four and five-year-old classroom. This was corrected at the visit when the attendance was updated in each classroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2024-12-05 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure air fresheners are not used in child care spaces. This Specialist observed an air freshener in the bathroom off the infant classroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-12-05 | Non Compliance | 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure the refrigerator in the kitchen reads 41 degrees F or below. Ensure the refrigerator in the infant room and the top freezer in the kitchen have a thermometer and maintain proper temperatures. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-12-05 | Non Compliance | 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure rest equipment is free of rips and non-absorbent. This Specialist observed a nap mat with a large rip in the four and five-year-old classroom. Ensure cribs in the infant room are at least 18 inches apart and labeled with the child's name. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-12-05 | Non Compliance | 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure diaper changing mats are non-absorbent. Replace mat in the one and two-year-old classroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-12-05 | Non Compliance | 63U - Administration of Medication | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure medications are stored securely with the child's name and includes a proper Medication Administration Record (MAR). This Specialist observed several bottles of baby lotion, baby oils, and baby powders in the cabinet in the infant room. None of the bottles were labeled with a child's name, nor was there an MAR for them. Dispose of bottles or label them with the correct child's name and obtain written parent consent on a completed MAR. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-12-12 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 and Staff #2 need to complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals. Staff #1 needs to complete staff orientation, two attempts at Service Letters, Health Appraisal with TB Screening, and one more reference is no Service Letters are received. Staff #3 needs two attempts at Service Letters and two or four references based on the reponse from the Service Letters. Staff #5 needs two attempts at Service Letters and one more reference if Service Letters are not returned. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-12-12 | Non Compliance | 38U - Parents Right to Know | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure any person touring the facility signs the Parents Right Know Log. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-12-12 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Child #4 and #8 need blood lead level test results. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-12-12 | Non Compliance | 43U - Children's Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure every child is signed into each classroom at the exact arrival time. This was corrected at the visit when staff signed the children in. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2023-12-12 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Dispose of air fresheners in each classroom. This was corrected at the visit when all air fresheners were removed from the Center. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2023-12-12 | Non Compliance | 53U - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all fall zones have at least 9 inches of mulch under them. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-12-12 | Non Compliance | 58U - Sanitation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure soap and water is available. There was no soap and water available in the one and two-year-old classroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-12-12 | Non Compliance | 63U - Administration of Medication | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure anything applied to children, other than soap and water, has a Medication Administration Record (MAR) completed for it. Ensure all medications are labeled and stored out of reach of children. LS Brey observed nose saline, orajel, and bug spray in the cubbies and accessible to children, in the one and two-year-old classroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-12-12 | Non Compliance | 65U - First Aid Kits | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure the first aid kit has all required items available. Add an eye patch, pen, notepad or paper, plastic bag, and scissors to the first aid kit. This was corrected at the visit when these items were added. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2023-12-12 | Non Compliance | 74U - Lesson Plans | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure lesson plans include physical, cognitive, social-emotional, and language/literacy activities daily. Lesson plans for ages two years and older must also include weekly opportunities in food/healthy habits, science, music, and sensory. Ensure all lesson plans are posted. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-12-12 | Non Compliance | 75U - Activity Areas | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure activity areas include science and art materials that are accessible to children. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-12-12 | Non Compliance | 8U - License Renewal | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure renewal application is submitted at least 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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| 2022-12-28 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs CPR and first aid certification. Two staff members need administration of medication training or certification. Two staff members need a signed professional development plan. Three staff members need complete orientation records. One staff member needs eligibility determination. One staff needs an adult health appraisal with TB results. One staff member needs a service letter or two documented attempts and two additional references. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-12-28 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Two children needs updated health appraisals with immunization records. Two children need blood lead screening results. One child needs a development plan. Two children need medication permission. Three children need updated infant feeding schedules. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-12-28 | Non Compliance | 45U - Hazardous Materials | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure hazardous materials are stored inaccessible. Multiple cleaners were observed in an unlocked cabinet in the infant bathroom. Remove the cleaners or lock the cabinet. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-12-28 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure walls are cleanable and in good repair. The drywall and chipped paint need to be repaired in the one and two-year-old classroom, main bathroom, and the infant classroom. Ensure the carpet is in good repair. The carpet under the gate in the infant classroom needs to be repaired. The carpet on the wall next to the exit door in the infant classroom need to be repaired. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-12-28 | Non Compliance | 53U - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Replenish the mulch with nine inches of mulch in the fall zone areas in the outdoor play area. Remove the broken planter from under the window. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-12-28 | Non Compliance | 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Replace the ripped nap mats in the one and two-year-old classroom and the three and four-year-old classroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-12-28 | Non Compliance | 66U - Emergency Planning | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Purchase an emergency water supply. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-12-28 | Non Compliance | 74U - Lesson Plans | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure lesson plans contain weekly opportunities for each special activity for 24 months and older. Add food/healthy habits, science, music, and sensory to the three and four-year-old classrooms lesson plan. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-10-19 | Non Compliance | 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure safe sleep practices are used at all times. An infant was observed asleep in a car seat covered with a blanket. The car seat was placed in the infant's crib. The teacher in the infant classroom must complete the training titled Infant Safe Sleep Practices for Childcare Providers on DEPD Now by 10/26/2022. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-08-09 | Non Compliance | 28U - General Qualifications | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff are fingerprinted within 5 days of their 18th birthday. A staff member turned 18 in May and was not fingerprinted. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-08-09 | Non Compliance | 53U - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure fall zones are covered. A play structure was moved off the mulch fall zone area onto black top when a new larger structure was installed. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-08-09 | Non Compliance | 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure safe sleep practices are used. A seven-month-old was observed asleep and covered with a blanket in a crib. This was discussed with the staff and the blanket was removed. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2022-08-09 | Non Compliance | 9U - Changes Affecting a License | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit a revised plan review and receive approval before making additions or renovations to the outdoor play area. A new play structure was installed in the mulch area without OCCL approval. This was discussed and the administrator agreed to comply in the future. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2022-06-29 | Non Compliance | 36U - Staff Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff attendance is accurate. Staff #1 and #2 was not signed in to the classrooms they were covering for lunch breaks. This was corrected when the staff signed in. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2021-12-10 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff-to-child ratios are maintained with qualified staff. Upon arrival, two aides were observed alone with three infants while the qualified staff member was using the restroom. This was corrected at the visit when the qualified staff member entered the classroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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