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Child care center · Dover, DE
GROWING SPROUTS EARLY LEARNING CENTER LLC.
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: 872 FOREST STREET, Dover, DE 19904
Phone: (302) 744-8370
Ages served: 6 weeks through 5 years.
Age group: Infant through Pre-School
Licensed capacity: 58 children
OCCL license number: 1479150
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.
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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)
- 8 violations cited on these visits
- 5 complaint investigations completed (No Evidence to Substantiate: 5)
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 14 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.
July 7, 2026 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 5 violations
General Qualifications
Regulation code 28U · Correct by July 14, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, July 14, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff are fingerprinted every five years. A staff member needs to be fingerprinted for the facility as her fingerprints expired July 6, 2026.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by July 21, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, July 9, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs an immunization record.
Indoor Space
Regulation code 49U · Correct by July 21, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, July 8, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure walls are cleanable and in good repair. Repair the hole in the wall near the mirror shelf, the wall at the corner near the bathroom door, and the holes in the wall above the changing table in the toddler classroom. Repair the wall under the window near the nap cots in the three-year-old classroom. Repair the wall under the window near the emergency exit door in the infant classroom. Repair the base of the door frame at the front door. Ensure trash is covered. The trash can located in the preschool classroom bathroom was observed not covered.
Outdoor Area
Regulation code 53U · Correct by July 21, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, July 10, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure gates in the outdoor play area are self-closing and self-latching. The first gate was observed not to self-close every time it was opened. The second gate was observed locked. Ensure gates are not locked during the center's hours of operation. Replenish the fall zone material under all equipment that is designed for the children's feet to leave the ground and swings to ensure there is six inches of rubber mulch.
Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
Regulation code 56U · Correct by July 21, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, July 10, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure nap equipment is safe and non-absorbent. Replace the several ripped nap mats in the preschool classroom.
July 8, 2025 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by July 22, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, July 10, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs first aid certification. One staff member needs an adult health appraisal and TB results. One staff member needs an adult health appraisal.
Emergency Planning
Regulation code 66U · Correct by July 22, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, July 10, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Purchase additional bottled water for an emergency supply to shelter-in-place for 24 hours.
July 18, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by August 7, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, August 9, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Child #12 needs up dated health appraisal and immunizations.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
July 26, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 3 violations
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Regulation code 27U · Correct by July 26, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, July 26, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff-to-child ratios are maintained through qualified staff, early childhood interns are permitted to supervise children ages toddler through school-age. Two interns were observed supervising a group of seven infants. This was discussed and corrected when a qualified staff person entered the classroom.
Air Quality and Windows
Regulation code 46U · Correct by August 9, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, August 2, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure windows used for ventilation have screens in good repair. The bathroom window in the one and two-year-old classroom, used for ventilation, does not have a screen.
Outdoor Area
Regulation code 53U · Correct by August 9, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, August 2, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Repair or remove the broken play equipment from the outdoor play area. Rake or replenish the mulch in the fall zone areas to ensure there is 9 inches of mulch in the fall zone areas.
July 8, 2022 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 3 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by August 5, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, July 28, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs an application and administration of medication training.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by August 5, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, July 30, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs lead screening results.
Kitchen and Food Preparation
Regulation code 50U · Correct by August 5, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, July 30, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Replenish resilient material on playground in the fall zones.
Complaint investigations
All 8 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 May 7, 2026 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On March 31, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding accident/injury procedures. An investigation was conducted on April 15, 2026. There is no evidence to substantiate for accident/injury procedures because according to staff, the parent of Child #1 was notified immediately after staff assisted the child, an accident injury report was completed, and the report was signed by Parent #1. Additionally, LS #1 observed a copy of the signed accident/injury report.
Completed July 30, 2025 · 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 February 18, 2025 · 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 January 21, 2025 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On December 19, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding staff communication, not following the complaint policies in the handbook, and not providing the owner's contact information. An investigation was conducted on January 9, 2025. There is no evidence to substantiate for staff communication, not following the complaint policies in the handbook, and not providing owner contact information because staff denied the allegations and provided documentation they have responded to Parent #1's requests and questions.
Completed April 22, 2024 · 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).
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
Completed March 27, 2023 · Result: Substantiated
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On February 26, 2023, the Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint regarding improper discipline, safe sleep, diapering, and staff not being truthful. An investigation was conducted on March 3, 2023. The complaint is substantiated for safe sleep because an infant was observed asleep in a bouncer with a blanket. The allegation of improper diapering procedures is substantiated because staff stated for naptime a child gets a pull-up put on in the classroom and the classroom does not have an area with all requirements for diapering. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegation of improper discipline because all staff and children interviewed denied this and appropriate interactions were observed. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegation of staff not being truthful. When all staff were questioned, the answers were consistent and no additional information was gathered or observed. Additional concerns were one child in the Pre-K classroom was not signed in on the attendance record and an infant was observed in a bouncer seat with a bottle instead of being held or placed in a feeding chair.
Completed February 22, 2023 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on January 30, 2023, regarding unqualified staff, lack of supervision, and notification of a communicable disease. An investigation was conducted on February 6, 2023. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for unqualified staff alone with children or lack of supervision because all staff denied children using the restroom unsupervised and denied staff under 18-years-old supervising children. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for notification of a communicable disease because staff stated other classrooms and staff were not exposed to COVID-19, and the administrator provided the notification to parents of the children in the preschool classroom who were potentially exposed to COVID-19.
Completed February 3, 2022 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
OCCL received a complaint on January 26, 2022. An investigation was conducted on January 26, 2022, regarding improper discipline. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because all staff interviewed denied the allegations, stated they do not have concerns with their coworkers interactions with children, and video footage was unavailable for the date of the incident due to a dead battery.
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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.