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Child care center · Dover, DE
CHILDREN & FAMILIES FIRST HEAD START COLONIAL GARDENS
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: 1000 HAYES CIRCLE, Dover, DE 19904
Phone: (302) 741-2490
Ages served: 3 years through 5 years.
Age group: Pre-School
Licensed capacity: 54 children
OCCL license number: 1474955
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. No facility injuries reported. 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)
- 1 visit where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
- 1 violation 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 2 visits with violations in the state's file (which starts November 12, 2021), newest first, with 3 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 5, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Outdoor Area
Regulation code 53U · Correct by December 26, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, January 14, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure the gates to the outdoor play area self-close. The two exterior gates do not self-close.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
December 1, 2022 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by December 15, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, December 5, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs a service letter, or two documented attempts and two additional references.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by December 15, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, December 5, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Five children need updated health appraisals.
The state's file lists no complaint investigations for this program from November 29, 2021 to November 10, 2026.
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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.