Kids University
A licensed child care center in Dover, Delaware 19901
864 S State St, Dover, Delaware 19901. (302) 674-2719.
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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 Mar 18, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
14 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
14 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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.
Mar 18, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations
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Notification to OCCL
“Ensure to notify OCCL within five business days of the termination, resignation, transfer or hiring of an early childhood administrator.”
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs Administration of Medication. One staff needs OCCL’s Health and Safety training.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Two children need updated health appraisals. Two children need updated immunizations. One child needs a completed medication administration record.”
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Outdoor Area
“Ensure gates are self-closing/ self-latching.”
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First Aid Kits
“Ensure first aid kit is complete. Kit was missing bandage twpe.”
Mar 3, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Two staff need reference letters. One staff needs a job description. Two staff need first aid training.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. One child needs current health appraisal with immunizations and blood lead screening. Three children need developmental screening. Two children need updated infant feeding statements.”
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Outdoor Area
“Ensure gates are self closing/ self latching.”
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Lesson Plans
“Ensure lesson plans include weekly opportunities to explore food and healthy habits.”
Dec 9, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
The inspectors’ words, 102 words
“Ensure children are supervised at all times. According to attendance records, on November 15, 2024, there were four children alone in the infant room from 12pm until 4pm. In the Pre-K room, November 13, 2024, there were two children alone from 5pm until 5:27pm. On November 14, 2024, there were three children alone from 11:23 am until 11:40 am and one child from 5:06 pm until 5:19 pm. On November 15, 2024, there were 4 children alone from 11:00 am until 11:30 am. On November 13, 2024, in the PM Transition room, there was one child alone from 4:48 until 5:30 pm”
Sep 5, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations
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Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
“Ensure staff to child ratios and proper supervision is maintained at all times. Specialist noted an aide in the green room alone with 4 children. This was discussed and corrected at the visit when a qualified staff member entered the room. Ensure unqualified staff are not alone with children. The one-year-old classroom had an aide alone with four children. This was discussed and corrected at the visit when a staff member qualified as an intern joined the classroom.”
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs an additional reference. One staff needs orientation, job description, references, service letter with 2 documented attempts or 2 additional letters of reference.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. One child needs hours/days attending and transportation permission. Five children need health appraisals. Four children need immunizations. Five children need blood lead screening results.”
Jul 18, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Three staff need CPR/FA certification. Three staff need Administration of Medication certification. One staff needs Annual Review of Safe Sleep. Three staff need OCCL’s Health and Safety training. One staff needs a job description on file. Four staff need references. One staff needs letter of eligibility. One staff needs Release of Employment. Three staff need service letters with 2 documented attempts.”
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 5 violations cited |
| Mar 3, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 4 violations cited |
| Dec 9, 2024 | Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 5, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 3 violations cited |
| Jul 18, 2024 | Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 5 years.
- Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed), Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Licence number 1591053.
- Capacity: 22 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 2 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: Substantiated (2).
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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| Dec 2, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding improper staff-to-child ratio, unqualified staff, classroom capacity, and not having the administrator present the required amount of time. An investigation was conducted on October 31, 2024. This complaint is substantiated for unqualified staff alone with children and improper staff-to-child ratio because according to attendance records, an intern was alone with three infants on October 21, October 24, and October 25, 2024. On October 22, 2024, an aide was alone with three children in the Pre-k room. There is no evidence to substantiate not following measured room capacity because according to attendance records and during the visit, rooms were following the measured capacity. There is no evidence to substantiate not having the administrator present the required amount of time because Staff #1 stated the administrator is out on medical leave. After the visit, Owner #1 informed OCCL that Administrator #1 resigned. A concern noted was staff were signed into more than one classroom at the same time on October 21, October 22, October 23, October 24, and October 25, 2024. Another concern noted was according to the attendance records, there were several days where staff and children were not signed out of the classrooms. Also, according to attendance records on October 25, 2024, there were three pre-K children with no staff signed into the room from 11:30 am until 12:00 pm. |
| Oct 4, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding lack of supervision, improper staff-to-child ratio, mixed ages if more than 12 children are present, not providing a parent handbook, not having the administrator present 50% of the hours of operation, and unqualified staff. An investigation was conducted on September 5, 2024. This complaint is substantiated for unqualified staff because an aide was alone with four one-year-olds during the visit. This complaint is substantiated for not having an administrator present at least 50% of the hours of operation because based on interviews, the administrator is not present for the required amount of time. Based on interviews and observations, there is no evidence to substantiate lack of supervision, mixed ages of children, improper staff-to-child ratio, and not providing a parent handbook. |
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?
- No facility injuries reported. 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 |
|---|---|
| Kids University This child care provider | Not given |
| Favored Children Academy | Not given |
| Pediatric Health Choice at the Children’s Secret Garden | Not given |
| Shell’s Early Learning Center - Dover | Not given |
| Beginnings and Beyond II | Not given |
| Destined for Greatness Learning Center II | Not given |
| The Little Peoples Lfcc 2 | Not given |
| Gathering Lambs | Not given |
| All Beautiful Children Learning Academy | Not given |
| Angels of Mine Daycare | Not given |
| Cherise Vogel | Not given |
| Mercedes Shorts DBA All Shorts of Love LLC | Not given |
| Loren Fuller | 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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This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.
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