Precious Moments Education & Community Center Inc.
A licensed child care center in Dover, Delaware 19901
4607 S Dupont Hwy, Dover, Delaware 19901. (302) 698-4696.
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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?
4 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Oct 21, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
8 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
8 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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.
Oct 21, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations
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Personnel Files
“Complete staff files are needed for four staff members.”
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Child Files
“Complete child file is needed for one child.”
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Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure cribs that are in usage are at the lowest level. Two cribs were observed with infant’s name not at its lowest level. (This was corrected when staff lowered both cribs)”
Oct 15, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are completed. Staff #1 need two reference letters, a copy of the eligibility letter is in staff file and a service letter.”
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Child Files
“Complete children file is needed for three children. Child#4 needs and updated health appraisal, Child #10 and 12 needs blood lead test result.”
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Lesson Plans
“Ensure the lesson plans meets the requirement in all areas in the ones, two’s and pre-K”
Oct 30, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation
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Administration of Medication
“Ensure staff have parent complete MAR for medication that they bring to the center in the infant and one-year old classroom. Additionally provide documentation that all staff understands the administration of medication procedures.”
Oct 16, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation
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Personnel Files
“Complete files are needed for Staff #1 needs a service letter or one more reference. Staff #3 needs administration of medication.”
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 3 violations cited |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 3 violations cited |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 violation 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 87439.
- Capacity: 142 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 3 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: No Evidence to Substantiate (3).
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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| Mar 17, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | The Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint on February 3, 2026, regarding a lack of supervision, not following the accident/injury procedures, and improper staff-to-child ratio. An investigation began on February 4, 2026, and concluded on February 10, 2026. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because staff members who were interviewed stated they did not observe any scratches or marks on Child #1. Staff members also stated if a child has any type of incident or injury, the administrator would be informed immediately, the incident would be documented, and the report would be shared with the child s parent. Additionally, the attendance record reviewed reflected that the classroom followed the staff-to-child ratio on that day. |
| Sep 4, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | The Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint on July 24, 2024, regarding the center not following the accident/ injury procedures and lack of supervision. An investigation was conducted on August 5, 2024. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because interviewed staff denied the allegation of lack of supervision and denied Child #1 sustaining any injury while in care. |
| Apr 25, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | The Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint on March 25, 2024, regarding the center not following the expulsion policy and discrimination. An investigation was conducted on March 27, 2024. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because the owner and administrator stated the child s parent and guardian were not forthcoming with the necessary information on Child #1’s seizures and the medication that was provided after the child was dropped off to the center was not in the original packaging. In addition, Child #1 s care was not terminated; the parent was informed that Child #1 could not return to the center until the necessary documents were received and reviewed. |
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 |
|---|---|
| Precious Moments Education & Community Center Inc. This child care provider | Not given |
| Favored Children Academy | Not given |
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| 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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