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Child care center · Bear, DE
TREE OF LIFE LEARNING CENTER, INC. DBA THE LEARNING TREE
A licensed child care center in Bear, Delaware, with its state inspection and complaint history from the Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL).
Program details
Program type: Licensed child care center
Address: 1799 PULASKI HIGHWAY, Bear, DE 19701
Phone: (302) 838-5650
Ages served: 6 weeks through 12 years.
Age group: Infant through School-Age
Licensed capacity: 157 children
OCCL license number: 1483614
Current enforcement action (as published): none listed in the state's file
Injuries reported to the state (as published): the state's file lists injuries in the last 5 years that needed medical or dental treatment. 2026: 3 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported. 2024: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
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Inspection history
Last 3 years (November 12, 2023 to November 12, 2026, when the state's files were last updated)
- 2 visits where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
- 3 violations cited on these visits
- 2 complaint investigations completed (No Evidence to Substantiate: 1; Substantiated: 1)
A violation means a licensing specialist found that a Delaware licensing rule wasn't met. The state gives the program a date to correct each one and records when it was corrected. Complaint results use the state's own terms, as published. Read the official record for details.
Visits with violations
All 7 visits with violations in the state's file (which starts November 12, 2021), newest first, with 12 violations in all. The state's file lists only visits where a rule was cited, so visits where nothing was cited are not shown. Each violation shows the state's short title for the rule, its regulation code, the date the state set for the fix and the correction status as published.
September 8, 2026 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by October 9, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, October 16, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure personnel files are complete. Staff #1 needs OCCL health and safety training and health appraisal. Staff #3 needs OCCL health and safety training. Staff #4 needs updated annual adult abuse . Staff #5 needs updated annual adult abuse and safe sleep. Send documents to OCCL.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by October 9, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, October 20, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Child #14 needs current health appraisal and blood lead test result. Send documents to OCCL.
September 6, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by October 7, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, October 14, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Submit the following to complete staff files: OCCL H&S training for Staff #1, 2; a health appraisal for Staff #2; two references for Staff #4. Not determined: completion of annual training hours. #1 needs 1; #3 needs 9, and #5 needs 8. Will be non-compliant if not received by September 30, 2024.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
September 5, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by October 5, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, October 16, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Submit the following to complete the staff files: documentation of completion of OCCL health and safety training for 11 staff members; complete, signed, dated professional development plans for seven staff members; annual safe sleep and ch. abuse/neglect for one staff member; 2 references for one staff member; a signed declaration for one staff member; health appraisals with TB for two staff members. not determined at this time are completed annual training hours for five staff members.
Kitchen and Food Preparation
Regulation code 50U · Correct by October 5, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, September 5, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Provide a copy of a food establishment permit for the contracted food vendor supplying the center's food; provide documentation of the thermometers reading the appropriate temperatures 41 degrees F. for refrigerators and 0 degrees F. for freezers. (The readings were taken very soon after a delivery.)
September 2, 2022 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 4 violations
Staff Qualifications
Regulation code 24U · Correct by October 3, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, September 2, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
The administrator needs infant/toddler specialized training. The application was submitted with DEEDs during the visit.
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by October 3, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, September 19, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Submit the following to complete the staff files: Annual safe sleep and abuse/neglect form for one staff person; orientation for three staff members; a job description, references, adult abuse, and declaration/drug/alcohol for one staff member; health appraisals w/TB for two staff members; service letters for two staff members, medication certification for four staff members; revised with correct dates professional dev. plans for all staff. Annual training for seven staff members will be non-complaint if not received prior to license expiration.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by October 3, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, September 19, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Submit the following to complete the children's files: blood lead screening for children #3, 5, and 11.
Emergency Planning
Regulation code 66U · Correct by October 3, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, September 5, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure the center has an adequate supply of emergency water.
March 18, 2022 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by April 11, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, April 14, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Submit the following items to OCCL to complete the staff files: professional dev. plans for two staff members, 1 reference for one staff member, a health appraisal w/ TB for one staff member, a health appraisal only for one staff member.
January 28, 2022 · 60-Day Visit · 1 violation
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by February 4, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, January 31, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Submit the following documentation to complete staff files. Two references are needed for two staff members and one of those staff members needs administration of medication certification or training and a professional development plan.
January 27, 2022 · Complaint Visit · 1 violation
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Regulation code 27U · Correct by February 4, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, March 3, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
The state's notes for this violation may name a person, so we don't show them here. They're in the state's published file (see Sources).
Complaint investigations
All 4 complaint investigations in the state's file (which starts November 29, 2021), newest first, with the result and the state's summary as published.
Completed October 15, 2026 · Result: Substantiated
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary of this complaint may name a person, so we don't show it here. It's in the state's published file (see Sources).
Completed May 12, 2025 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On April 30, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding improper discipline. An investigation was conducted on May 2, 2025. Based on the results of this investigation there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because all five staff members who were interviewed denied ever witnessing any staff member use improper discipline with children and no video evidence was available to support the allegation.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
Completed November 2, 2023 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary of this complaint may name a person, so we don't show it here. It's in the state's published file (see Sources).
Completed July 20, 2023 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary of this complaint may name a person, so we don't show it here. It's in the state's published file (see Sources).
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Sources
- Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities: program details, enforcement action and injuries report.
- Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information: visits, violations, corrections and specialist notes.
- Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews: complaint investigations, results and summaries.
All three are published by the Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on data.delaware.gov as Public Domain and cover about the last five years. State files updated November 12, 2026. We show the state's text as published. Program details last checked October 21, 2026.