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Child care center · Dover, DE
YMCA OF DELAWARE/SOUTH DOVER
A licensed child care center in Dover, 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: 955 SOUTH STATE STREET, Dover, DE 19901
Phone: (302) 346-9622
Ages served: Kindergarten through 12 years.
Age group: School-Age
Licensed capacity: 60 children
OCCL license number: 148025
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. 2024: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
View the official record on Delaware's child care search (search for the program's name).
Inspection history
Last 3 years (November 12, 2023 to November 12, 2026, when the state's files were last updated)
- 3 visits where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
- 9 violations cited on these visits
- 0 complaint investigations completed
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 5 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.
December 10, 2025 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 3 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30T · Correct by January 9, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, January 9, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Three staff need CPR/FA. One staff needs PD plan. One staff needs OCCLs Health and Safety training. One staff need health appraisals with TB results. Two staff need service letters or two documented attempts.
Parents Right to Know
Regulation code 38T · Correct by January 9, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, January 21, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure Parents Right to Know log is completed with current, new and touring families.
Child Files
Regulation code 40T · Correct by January 9, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, January 9, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Three children need date of enrollment, days/hours of attending. One child needs an updated health appraisal. Three children need blood lead screening results.
December 11, 2024 · Announced Full Compliance Review · 4 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30T · Correct by December 31, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, January 13, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs drug and alcohol statement, health appraisal with TB and service letters with two documented attempts.
Child Files
Regulation code 40T · Correct by December 31, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, January 10, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Six children need health appraisals on file. Five children need immunizations on file. Seven children need blood lead screening results on file.
First Aid Kits
Regulation code 65T · Correct by December 31, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, January 7, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure First Aid kit is complete. First Aid kit needs a first aid guide.
Staffing
Regulation code 88T · Correct by December 11, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, December 11, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure a School Age Site Administrator or School Age Site Assistant is present during operating hours. Specialist observed 2 interns alone with 11 children. This was corrected when a School Age Administrator arrived.
December 4, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by December 21, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, December 21, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs CPR and First Aid, professional development plan, and adult abuse registry check. Staff #2 needs orientation form. Staff #3 needs CPR and First Aid, Administration of Medication, professional development plan, OCCL's Health and Safety training, and adult health appraisal with TB results. Staff #4 needs CPR and First Aid, professional development plan, OCCL's Health and Safety training and adult health appraisal with TB results.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by December 21, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, December 6, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Child #1,2,7,12,14 need blood lead screening results.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
December 7, 2022 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by January 13, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, December 22, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs eligibility letter, OCCL approved health appraisal, completed service letter. This was corrected because the staff members last day is 12/22/22.
December 8, 2021 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Staffing
Regulation code 88T · Correct by January 14, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, March 11, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure the facility has a qualified administrator. Ensure site-coordinator is trained in the day-to-day operations.
Child Care Activities
Regulation code 91T · Correct by January 14, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, January 13, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure there is a monthly activity complete and posted.
Complaint investigations
The 1 complaint investigation in the state's file (which starts November 29, 2021), newest first, with the result and the state's summary as published.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
Completed March 2, 2022 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
OCCL received a complaint on February 22, 2022, regarding unqualified staff alone with the children. An investigation was completed on February 28, 2022. There is no evidence to substantiate the complaint because when paired together, the staff that were present are qualified to be with the children. There is an additional staff present three days per week. The staff also had a plan to address parent pick-ups and bathroom breaks for the children.
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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.