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Mansfield Discovery Depot

A child care center in Storrs Mansfield, Connecticut 06268

50 Depot Rd, Storrs Mansfield, Connecticut 06268. (860) 487-0062.

Connecticut’s own record, on elicense.ct.gov

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The short answer

Record last released by Connecticut Office of Early Childhood on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 9 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2024. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean4
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

4 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Oct 21, 2026.

9 violations cited in the last three years, 1 of them in investigations.

Source:

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Inspections. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Investigations and Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Violations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

9 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2024. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

9 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each violation, in its source’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.

Source:

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Violations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Jul 3, 2024: unannounced inspection (full)8 violations
  • Staff Health Records: A file shall be kept on the licensed premises for each employee of the child care center or group child care home which shall include an acceptable medical statement and a written report of a negative tuberculin test.

    Rule 19a-79-4a(a)(1) and/or 19a-79-4a(a)(2).

  • License Premise Clean/Good Repair/Safe: The building, equipment and services shall be maintained in a good state of repair. A maintenance program shall be established that ensures that the interior, exterior and grounds of the building are maintained, kept clean and orderly, free from accumulations of refuse, dampness, stagnant water, dilapidated structures and other health and safety hazards.

    Rule 19a-79-6a and/or 19a-79-7a.

  • Potentially Hazardous Substances Locked: Potentially hazardous substances in the child care centers and group child care homes shall be stored in a separate locked area.

    Rule 19a-79-7a(e)(10).

  • Water Temperature 60 degrees-115 degrees: The water heating equipment shall deliver water at the tap, the temperature of which shall be within a range of sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit to one hundred fifteen (115) degrees Fahrenheit. It shall have the capacity to deliver the required amounts at all times in conformance with the State of Connecticut Basic Building Code.

    Rule 19a-79-7a(e)(3).

  • Playground Free From Hazards: Hardware such as air conditioners, water heaters or fuse boxes shall be inaccessible to children. The playground shall be free of glass, debris, holes and other hazards.

    Rule 19a-79-7a(g)(4) and/or 19a-79-7a(h).

  • Nonprescription Topical Medications: Administration/Parent Permission/MAR: The written permission of the parent(s) shall be required prior to the administration of the nonprescription topical medication and a medication administration record shall be written in ink and kept on file at the facility for each child administered a nonprescription topical medication.

    Rule 19a-79-9a(a)(2).

  • Oral/Topical/Inhalant/Injectable Medications: Authorized Prescriber/Parent Permission/MAR: Except for nonprescription topical medications, no medication shall be administered to a child without the written order of an authorized prescriber and the written permission of the child’s parent(s) which shall be on file at the facility. Individual written medication administration records for each child shall be written in ink, reviewed prior to administering each dose of medication and kept on file at the facility for at least two (2) years after the child is no longer attending the program.

    Rule 19a-79-9a(b)(3) and/or 19a-79-9a(b)(4).

  • Oral/Topical/Inhalant/Injectable Medications: Unused/Expired Meds Returned/Disposed: All unused or expired medication shall be returned to the parent(s) or disposed of if it is not picked up within one (1) week following the termination of the order, in the presence of at least one witness. The facility shall keep a written record of the medications destroyed which shall be signed by both parties. The facility shall require the parent(s) of a child who has a prescription for an automatic prefilled cartridge injector, or similar automatic injectable equipment used to treat an allergic reaction or injectable equipment used to administer glucagon or inhalant medication to treat asthma, to provide the injector or equipment labeled with the information from the prescriber upon enrollment and attendance of such child at the facility, and replace such medication and equipment prior to its expiration date.

    Rule 19a-79-9a(b)(5)(D) and/or 19a-79-9a(b)(5)(E).

Feb 20, 2024: investigation (self-reported)1 violation
  • Supervision: The operator shall be responsible for assuring the supervision of the children at all times while the children are at the facility, indoors or outdoors, or on field trips. At no time shall a child be left unsupervised.

    Rule 19a-79-4a(c)(4)(D).

All 5 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 21, 2026Unannounced inspection (full)Status: In Process
Oct 15, 2025Unannounced inspection (full)No violations cited
Jul 3, 2024Unannounced inspection (full)8 violations cited
Jun 11, 2024Unannounced inspection (partial)No violations cited
Feb 15, 2024Investigation (self-reported)1 violation cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Care Center, first licensed Oct 28, 1991.
  • Licensed for ages 6 weeks to 12 years.
  • Connecticut’s licence classes: Under 3 years, Preschool, School age.
  • Licence DCCC.13856, valid Jun 1, 2026 to May 31, 2030.
  • Capacity: 118 children (48 under 3).
Source:

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Program Data. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Connecticut acted against it?

  • 1 investigation in the last three years: 1 self-reported.
  • How they were resolved, in Connecticut’s words: Corrective Action Plan (1).
Source:

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Inspections. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • Connecticut doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers.

Who owns it?

  • Connecticut’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Connecticut’s licensing data has no quality rating.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 69 child care providers in Tolland County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 9.
Source:

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Child Care & Youth Camp Licensing Violations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • Connecticut doesn’t grade violations by severity, so read what was cited.
  • Connecticut’s open data gives the rule behind each violation, not what the inspector saw.
  • Connecticut doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated, only how each investigation was resolved.
  • Connecticut doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
  • This page shows Connecticut’s records from the last three years; its open data goes back to 2005.

Sources

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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