Sprinkles Christian Child Care & Development, LLC
A licensed child care center in Bear, Delaware 19701
60 Fir Ave, Bear, Delaware 19701. (302) 524-4460.
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The short answer
Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Oct 23, 2026.
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?
5 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Aug 6, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
19 violations cited in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
19 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 6, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. CPR/First aid for Staff #3, 5, and 6. PD plan for Staff #1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8. OCCL Health and Safety training for Staff #5, 6, and 10. 2 References for Staff #4, 5, 6, 10. 1 Reference for Staff #7. Release of employment for Staff $5, 6, 7, 10. 1 service letter or 2 additional references for Staff #5, 6, 7, 10. Adult abuse registry check for Staff #10. Health appraisal w/TB test for Staff #5, 6, 7. Send to OCCL.”
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Annual Training
“Training hours for Staff #1, 2, 3, 8, 9 will be cited if not received by 8/31/2026.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Developmental plans for Child #4, 5, 6, 9. Screen time permission for Child #10. MAR for Child #11. Send to OCCL.”
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Hazardous Materials
“Ensure radon test is done every 5 years. Send results to OCCL.”
Aug 13, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations
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Insurance Coverage
“Ensure general liability insurance is not expired. Send a copy to OCCL.”
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Personnel Files
The inspectors’ words, 137 words
“Ensure staff files are complete. FA/CPR needed for Staff #5, 7, 9, and 10. Signed PD plans for Staff #1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12. Annual review of safe sleep and abuse and neglect for Staff #1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 12. Orientation for Staff #4, 7, 8, 10, 12. OCCL Health and Safety training for Staff #7 and 8. Job description for Staff #8. 2 references for Staff #5, 7, 8, 10, 12. Release of employment for Staff #5, 8, 10, 12. Service letter or 2 additional references for Staff #5, 7, 8, 10, 12. Declaration for Staff #12. Drug/alcohol statement for Staff #5 and 12. Adult abuse for Staff #8, 10, 12. Health appraisal for staff #8. TB test for Staff #7 and 8. Full staff file and out-of-state checks for Staff #4.”
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Parents Right to Know
“Send Parent’s Right to Know log.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Health appraisal with immunizations for Child #3 and 4. Immunizations for Child #1. Blood lead screening for Child #1 and 5. Developmental plan for Child #4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12. Send all to OCCL.”
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Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Ensure diaper changing procedure is posted in infant and Starfish A. Send a picture.”
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Emergency Planning
“Ensure evacuation routes are posted in both Starfish classrooms. Send a picture.”
Jul 1, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation
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Annual Training
“Ensure all staff complete annual training hours 30 days before the license expiration date. 18 hours are needed for Staff #1, #3, #5, #6, #7 including 2 in health and safety. 9 hours are needed for Staff #8, including 1 hour in health and safety. Staff #2 needs 14 hours more hours of training. Staff #4 needs 7-hour including 2 hours in health and safety. Please send documentation by June 30 or this will become non-compliant.”
Jun 6, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure personnel files are complete. PD plan is needed for Staff #2, #3, and #8. Staff #3 needs Adult abuse, health Appraisal w/TB, release of employment history, and Service letter. Recommended: Have all staff sign an annual review of Sleep Safe and Abuse and Neglect. Please send documentation to OCCL by July 8, 2024.”
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First Aid and CPR Training
“Ensure all staff are certified in CPR and first aid within two months of employment. Staff #1, #3, #6, and #8 need CPR and FA training. *Noted CPR training is scheduled for 6/11/2024 for all staff. Please send documentation to OCCL by July 7, 2024”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Blood lead screening is needed for Child #3, #4, and #9 Please send documentation to OCCL by July 7, 2024.”
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Documenting Children’s Progress
“Ensure children’s progress is documented. Child #1,#2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, and #9 need development plans. Noted at visit, a training is scheduled to help staff complete progress reports. Please send documentation to OCCL by July 8, 2024.”
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Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Ensure a foot-activated diaper pail is within arms’ reach of the diapering chaining table in the preschool room. Send a picture to OCCL by July 8, 2024.”
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Emergency Planning
“Ensure the infant room board is complete post evacuation route and schedule. Send a picture to OCCL by July 8, 2024.”
Dec 13, 2023: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. A professional development plan is needed for staff #1, 2. A full file is needed for staff #3 including CPR/FA. Staff #4 needs CPR/FA, OCCL health and safety training, health appraisal with TB test, release of employment, one service letter with one more reference or 3 additional references. Staff #6 needs 7 hr OCCL health and safety training, one service letter with one additional references or three more references. Staff #7 needs a health appraisal with TB test”
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Feeding of Infants
“Ensure infants are not given a bottle while laying in a crib. This was corrected at the visit.”
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Aug 6, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 4 violations cited |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 6 violations cited |
| Jul 1, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 6, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 6 violations cited |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 12 years.
- Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed), Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Licence number 1492538.
- Capacity: 68 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 1 complaint investigation in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: Substantiated (1). 1 more has no usable completion date.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
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| Nov 5, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On October 8, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding incorrect ratios, lack of supervision, failing to use appropriate behavior management supports, and not having sufficient staff to monitor entrance to the facility. An investigation began on October 14, 2025, and concluded on October 27, 2025. Based on documentation and video footage reviewed, this complaint is substantiated for incorrect ratios and failing to use appropriate behavior management supports. Attendance documentation showed five instances over four days where classrooms were not following proper staff-to-child ratios. Video footage showed staff not intervening in an altercation between two children for 40 seconds. Based on staff interviews and observations, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for lack of supervision or not having sufficient staff to monitor entrance to the facility. Staff are qualified and supervise the classrooms and there is sufficient staff to monitor entrance to the facility. |
| IA Investigation: no result yet | Delaware gives no summary. |
Who does the caring?
- Delaware doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers.
Who owns it?
- Delaware’s open data doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- 2026: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
- 2025: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
- 2024: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Providers aren’t compared: Delaware lists only the visits that found violations, so a count can’t tell a clean record from one never visited.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Sprinkles Christian Child Care & Development, LLC This child care provider | Not given |
| Germaine Oden | Not given |
| Kidz Ink I | Not given |
| Lil’ Einstein’s Learning Academy | Not given |
| St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church Preschool | Not given |
| Valerie Chinn DBA A Kidz World LLC | Not given |
| Cornerstone Early Education and Youth Center, Inc. | Not given |
| Kidz Ink IV Academy of Early Learning | Not given |
| A. S. Academy of Learning 2 | Not given |
| Ashley Stanford DBA Little Arrows Childcare LLC | Not given |
| Grow N’ Learn | Not given |
| Dianne Peters | Not given |
| Bree Thompson | Not given |
What the record doesn’t say
- Delaware doesn’t grade violations by severity, so read what was cited.
- Delaware’s open data lists a visit only when a violation was cited there, so visits that found nothing aren’t shown.
- Delaware publishes five years of reviews and complaints; this page shows the last three.
- Delaware doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
- Delaware lists only the visits that found violations, so a provider with none listed may not have been visited at all: no count of violations is used to headline, filter or compare its providers.
Sources
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities (iuzd-3dbt).
Released Oct 23, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information (wb83-pkcv).
Released Oct 23, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews (pnbd-85r6).
Released Oct 23, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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