Licensed Child Care Center
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Little Hearts Childcare, Llc
Wilmington, DE
· New Castle County
111 WEST 22ND STREET,
Wilmington, DE 19802
Quick Facts
Capacity
92 children
Age Range
6 weeks through 12 years.
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
State Rating
3
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Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
1194452
Issued By
Delaware Department of Services For Children, Youth And Their Families
Licensor
District Office
State of Delaware, Office of Child Care Licensing
Reviews
Cheryl P.
2022-09-19 19:01:58
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I have used this provider for more than 6 months
I love love love this childcare facility. When you walk through the front door you automatically get family vibes. I have 3 children attending Little Hearts. My children always have wonderful things to say about there teachers. My children never want to leave. This is the absolute best daycare in Wilmington!
John
2021-06-28 11:11:06
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
I have used this provider for more than 6 months
My experience with this childcare center is really horrible. My kids complain to me that they get yelled at are threatened.
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About the Provider
LITTLE HEARTS CHILDCARE, LLC is a Licensed Child Care Center in WILMINGTON DE, with a maximum capacity of 92 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 - 5:30 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information:
Financial Arrangements: Child Care Food Program;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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| 2026-04-09 | Non Compliance | 24U - Staff Qualifications | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure EC Administrator has age-specific specializations for population served. Staff #7 needs Infant/Toddler Specialization on DEEDS Admin Cert. Send OCCL confirmation email of submitted application by 5/8/2026. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-04-09 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff-to-child ratios are maintained at all times. During visit, the one-year-old classroom was observed with 9 children and one staff member. During the visit, the preschool staff member was observed standing between tow classrooms leaving classrooms with no direct supervision. Corrected at Visit. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2026-04-09 | Non Compliance | 28U - General Qualifications | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Staff must receive an eligibility determination or a provisional eligibility before the start of employment. Staff #12 was sent home at the visit and cannot return until eligibility has been received. Send eligibility letter to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-04-09 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Professional Development Plan needed for Staff #2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Annual Review of Safe Sleep needed for Staff #2, 3, 6, 8, 9. Annual Review of Abuse and Neglect needed for Staff #2, 3, 6, 8, 9. Orientation needed for Staff #1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12. OCCL Health and Safety Training needed for Staff #10, 12. Job Description needed for Staff #1, 5, 11. References needed for Staff #1, 4, 5, 10, 11. Declaration and Drug/Alcohol statement needed for Staff #4, 12. Health appraisal with TB screening needed for Staff #1, 4, 10. Release of Employment History needed for Staff #4. Service Letters (or 2 additional references) needed for Staff #7, 10, 11, 12. CPR and First Aid needed for Staff #10. Annual Training hours for Staff #2, 6, 8, 10. Out of State Clearances needed for Staff #10. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-04-09 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Blood lead screening results needed for Child #4, 12. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-04-09 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure indoor space is hazard-free, cleanable and in good repair. Remove extension cord in room 6 or secure and cover if in used. Ensure walls are cleanable. Patch/paint exposed dry wall in Rooms 2, 3, School-Age are. Send photos. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-04-09 | Non Compliance | 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure a separate hand-washing sink is used in the kitchen. Move soap dispenser from double-sink to singe handwashing sink. Send photo to OCCL. Ensure there is a working thermometer reading 0 in the kitchen freezer. Ensure there is a working thermometer reading 41 or colder in the refrigerator in room 6. Send photos of thermometers. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-04-09 | Non Compliance | 53U - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure requires protective surface is beneath climbing equipment/slides. Move portable slide from blacktop area to an area with resilient material that absorbs falls. Send photo to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-04-09 | Non Compliance | 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure sleep equipment is non-absorbent and cleanable. Replace all torn nap mats in classrooms throughout the center. Send photos of new mats to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-04-09 | Non Compliance | 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all staff are following diapering procedure including cleaning mats, washing staff and child hands between each change. Review diapering process and have staff sign off. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-04-09 | Non Compliance | 67U - Transportation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure there is a full travel first aid kit with emergency numbers in the bus. Send photo to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2026-04-09 | Non Compliance | 69U - Pets | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure there are no pets that are known to be carriers of illnesses, such as turtles. Remove turtle from room 6. Inform OCCL when removed. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2025-04-07 | Non Compliance | 26U - Staffing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Provide documentation of the administrator's presence in the center at least 50% of the hours of operation. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-04-07 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all staff stay in their assigned classrooms at all times to maintain correct staff-to-child ratios. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2025-04-07 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Provide documentation of completion of all staff files. Submit: CPR/FA certification for staff #1, 2, 6, & 8; administration of medication certification or training for Staff #3, 5, 10; prof. dev. plan for Staff #1; annual abuse and neglect for Staff #8; orientation for Staff # 3, 7; OCCL Health and Safety for Staff # 3, 5, 6, 7, 10; an application for Staff #7; two non-family references for Staff #6, 7, 11; declaration and drug/alcohol notices for Staff #7; release of employment / service letters #6, 7. Not determined: completion of annual training hours for Staff #2 needs 10 hours; #6 needs 6 hours; #12 needs 1.25; #8 needs 18 hours and # 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9 need two hours in health & safety. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-04-07 | Non Compliance | 36U - Staff Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit accurate attendance for all staff and children with each classroom arrival and departure. Send April 7-11 and 14-18 to OCCL . | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-04-07 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Provide updated infant feeding schedules for all infants for the month of April. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-04-07 | Non Compliance | 43U - Children's Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit accurate attendance for all staff and children with each classroom arrival and departure. Send April 7-11 and 14-18 to OCCL . | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-04-07 | Non Compliance | 45U - Hazardous Materials | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Provide documentation of current radon test readings of 4.0 pCi/I or below. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-04-07 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit documentation to OCCL a covered trash can in the infant and dragonflies' classrooms. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-04-07 | Non Compliance | 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Provide documentation of thermometers in the refrigerators in the infants, bumblebees and butterflies room reading 41 degrees F or below. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-04-07 | Non Compliance | 51U - Toilet Facilities | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Provide documentation of accessible paper towels in the infant room, and repair or replacement of the toilet in the butterflies' bathroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-04-07 | Non Compliance | 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Provide documentation of the infant cribs being placed 18 inches apart. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-04-07 | Non Compliance | 57U - Equipment | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Provide documentation of removal of the hazardous block basket and broken chair in the school-age room. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-04-07 | Non Compliance | 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit documentation for disposable covering for the changing table in the infant room and a foot-activated trash can for diapering in the bumblebees room. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-04-08 | Non Compliance | 26U - Staffing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Provide accurate documentation of the administrator's presence and performing administrative duties at least 50% of the hours of operation. (6:00 to 6:00 x 5 M-F and 9:00 to 5:00 x 2 S-S = 76 hours/week--- 50 % = 37.5 hours /week.) The Administrator submitted a revised application with reduced hours of operation on May 14, 2024. Her documented hours are now meet the 50% requirement. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-04-08 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit the following to complete staff files: CPR / FA certification for three staff members; prof. dev plans for four staff members; annual review of safe sleep and child abuse /neglect for three staff members; orientation for one staff member; OCCL H&S training for one staff member; job descriptions for two staff members; signed declaration for one staff member; staff HA w/tb for one staff member; TB only for one staff member; HA for one staff member. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-04-08 | Non Compliance | 33U - Annual Training | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit documentation for the completion of annual training hours by April 30, 2024. This will become non-compliant May 1, 2024. Staff #2 needs 18 hours; Staff #3 needs 2 hours; Staff #7 needs 18 hours; Staff #11 needs 12 hours. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-04-08 | Non Compliance | 37U - Staff Communication | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Provide documentation of administrator's addressing Staff #6's need to use respectful tones/words/language with children in her care. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-04-08 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Child #4 needs an updated health appraisal with immunizations. Children # 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, & 13 need developmental plans. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-04-08 | Non Compliance | 45U - Hazardous Materials | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Remove Borax- hazardous material form the SA room. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-04-08 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Remove/replace the rug, label the cubbies and repair/replace the cracked tiles in the school age room. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-04-08 | Non Compliance | 53U - Outdoor Area | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Repair/preplace broken tricycles . Clean trash and remove carpets from play area. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-04-08 | Non Compliance | 72U - Feeding of Infants | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure ALL infants have updated infant feeding statements. Send documentation to OCCL for all enrolled infants. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-04-05 | Non Compliance | 16U - Insurance Coverage | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit proof of current liability and vehicle insurance. Liability expires 6-26-23. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-04-05 | Non Compliance | 26U - Staffing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Discussed: The administrator of record was not present, did not file for review, nor documentation of attendance. The staff member in charge of day to day operations stated the Admin. has not been present for an undetermined amount of time due to personal issues and is uncertain of her return. A plan to document compliance with reg. #26 must be submitted by April 12, 2023. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-04-05 | Non Compliance | 28U - General Qualifications | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit documentation of the applicant's re-fingerprinting which need to be completed every five years. (x3-9-23) | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-04-05 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit the following to complete staff files: CPR/FA for 2 staff members; medication administration certification for 2 staff members; a professional dev. plan & orientation for one staff member; OCCL H&S training for 7 staff members; job descriptions for 3 staff members; release of employment/service letters for one staff member; references for 3 staff members; adult abuse check for 2 staff members; health appraisals w/ TB for 2 staff members; a full file for one staff member. A current driver's license is needed for one of the vehicle drivers. Not determined staff training hours for 2 staff members- this will become non-compliant if not received by April 30, 2023. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-04-05 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit the following to complete children's files: days/hours of attendance for 1 child; blood test results for 4 children. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-04-05 | Non Compliance | 45U - Hazardous Materials | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Remove caulk gun and insect traps from under unlocked cabinet or lock the cabinet under the sink in the bumblebee room | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-04-05 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Repair baseboards in the bumblebee classroom; Repair peeling paint on the walls in the Dragonflies room; Clean carpets and repair or replace fraying carpets in the ladybugs classroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-04-05 | Non Compliance | 65U - First Aid Kits | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Obtain an arm sling for the first aid kit. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-04-05 | Non Compliance | 66U - Emergency Planning | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Obtain additional emergency water. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-04-05 | Non Compliance | 74U - Lesson Plans | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Post the lesson plan in the infant room. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-04-05 | Non Compliance | 8U - License Renewal | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit a complete renewal application 60 days prior to license expiration and a 2023 DE business license. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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