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Dream Haven Learning Center

701 Old Harmony Rd, Newark, DE 19711 · New Castle County (302) 294-6471 License #158000
9
inspections on file
13
recorded violations
—
severity not classified by the state
Oct 27, 2026
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

Records held from Sep 27, 2021 onward. Earlier visits may exist in the agency’s own files.

Delaware publishes only visits where a regulation was cited, plus complaint investigations. Visits that found no violations do not appear in the state's data, so a gap between dates here does not mean the program went uninspected. Delaware does not publish a severity weight for its citations.

Inspection history for Dream Haven Learning Center
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Oct 27, 2026OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
Aug 11, 2026OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
Jun 26, 2026OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
Jun 16, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review4 regulations cited4Agency record
Jun 2, 2026OCCL Standards ComplaintSubstantiated1Agency record
Apr 29, 2026OCCL Standards ComplaintSubstantiated1Agency record
Aug 28, 2025OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
Jun 17, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review5 regulations cited5Agency record
Oct 22, 202460-Day Visit2 regulations cited2Agency record

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Jun 16, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 4 deficiencies cited
Not classified
30U — Personnel Files

“Ensure Staff Files are complete. The following is needed: - Signed Professional Development Plan--Staff #3 - Orientation--Staff #2 - Annual Review of Safe Sleep--Staff #4 - OCCL Health & Safety Training--Staff #6 - Job Description--Staff #2, 4 - References -- Staff #2 (2) - Release of Employment--Staff #4 - Service Letters--Staff #1, #4”

Corrected Jul 8, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
40U — Child Files

“Ensure Child Files are complete. The following is needed: Child #8 needs Blood Lead Screener Results”

Corrected Jul 8, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
57U — Equipment

“Ensure the twos and the preschool classrooms have accessible science materials.”

Corrected Jul 7, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
61U — Diapering and Soiled Clothing

“Replace the diaper changing mat in the Two's/Preschool Bathroom. There is a big rip down the middle”

Corrected Jul 7, 2026 · Status as recorded: Completed
Jun 2, 2026OCCL Standards Complaint · 1 deficiency cited
Not classified
Substantiated complaint

“On April 27, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding allegations of improper staff-to-child ratio requirements, exceeding maximum group size requirements, and inadequate supervision during naptime due to a staff member sleeping while assigned caregiving responsibilities. Based on the investigation, including staff interviews and review of documentation, this complaint is substantiated for improper staff-to-child ratio requirements. Licensing Specialist (LS) #1 reviewed two weeks of attendance records and identified two instances of a classroom operating out of staff-to-child ratio and three instances of children being signed into a classroom with no staff signed in. This complaint is also substantiated for inadequate supervision during naptime. LS #1 interviewed four staff members separately, and three staff members reported observing a specific staff member sleeping during naptime while assigned caregiving responsibilities. An additional concern identified during the investigation involved inaccuracies in child and staff attendance documentation. LS #1 reviewed two weeks of attendance records and identified approximately fifteen documentation discrepancies related to child attendance records and staff attendance records. These discrepancies include staff or children not being signed in or out of classrooms as required.”

Correction date not recorded
Apr 29, 2026OCCL Standards Complaint · 1 deficiency cited
Not classified
Substantiated complaint

“On April 8, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding an allegation of not documenting accidents/injuries. Based on documentation reviewed and interviews this complaint is substantiated for not documenting an accident/injury for Child #1 from the October 2025 incident. The owners at the center stated they did not complete an accident/ injury report for November 14, 2025, because they did not see the object in the nose and this incident began at home.”

Correction date not recorded
Jun 17, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 5 deficiencies cited
Not classified
30U — Personnel Files

“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs CPR/First Aid and DEEDS Early Learning Certificate”

Corrected Jul 21, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
43U — Children's Attendance

“Ensure Child Attendance Records are accurate. Preschool did not have two children signed in upon inspection.”

Corrected Jun 17, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
49U — Indoor Space

“Ensure all plugs have plug covers. One outlet in the Toddler Room did not have a cover. Was corrected at visit.”

Corrected Jun 17, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
61U — Diapering and Soiled Clothing

“Ensure Diaper Changing Procedure is posted in the preschool bathroom.”

Corrected Jul 15, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
74U — Lesson Plans

“Ensure Lesson Plans are posted in the classrooms. The Toddler and the Preschool classroom did not have a current plan posted at time of inspection.”

Corrected Jun 17, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Oct 22, 202460-Day Visit · 2 deficiencies cited
Not classified
30U — Personnel Files

“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs an updated Health Appraisal/TB Screener”

Corrected Nov 22, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
40U — Child Files

“Ensure child files are complete. Child #2 needs a Blood Lead Screener.”

Corrected Nov 22, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed

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