BrightPath Porter Child Care Center
Daycare center in Bear, DE. 1703 Porter Road, Bear, DE 19701
About the program
BrightPath Porter Child Care Center is a licensed daycare center in Bear, Delaware. It is licensed for 160 children and serves infant, toddler, preschool and school age ages.
BrightPath Porter is a childcare center in Bear, Delaware, serving children from six weeks to twelve years old.
The program states NAEYC accreditation and includes meals.
It accepts child care subsidy.
Tuition and capacity
Tuition: not listed. BrightPath Porter Child Care Center does not publish a fee schedule on its website. Programs in the area that publish full-time tuition have a median starting price of $590 a month.
Licensing and safety
Open the state record →Most violations are record-keeping, training or maintenance items, and nearly every program has some. Read what each one was and how fast it was fixed. Delaware records each regulation found out of compliance at a review, with the corrective action required and the date it was corrected. The state does not assign a risk level.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are complete. PD plan needed for staff #1. Annual safe sleep for Staff # 11, 12. Orientations is needed for Staff #1, 3, 11, 12. OCCL health and Safety Training for Staff #1, 3, 8, 11, 12. Job Description needed for Staff #11. References needed for Staff #4 (2), Staff #8 (2). Adult Abuse is needed for Staff #1, 11, 12. Release for employment is needed for Staff #1. Please send documentation to OCCL by June 5, 2026.
First Aid and CPR Training (regulation 35U)
Ensure staff are certified in CPR and First Aid within two months of hire. Staff #10 needs an updated certification. Send documentation to OCCL by June 5, 2026.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. Date of enrollment and days attending needed for CHIld #1, 2, 8, 16. Emergency card information needed for Childs #1, 2, 3, 8. Updated health appraisal needed for Child #1, 3, 6, 11, 14, 15, 16. Immunizations needed for Child #3, 14, 16. Blood lead results needed for Child #14, 15 Transportation and medication permission needed for Child #1, 3, 8. Send documentation to OCCL by June 5, 2026.
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
Ensure garbage cans are covered. Preschool 1 and Preschool 2 classrooms need trash cans with lids. Send picture/documentation to OCCL by June 5, 2026.
Transportation (regulation 67U)
Ensure vans drivers have poison control number. Add poison control number to van. Send picture/documentation to OCCL by June 5, 2026.
Show all 17 violations on file
Positive Behavior Management (regulation 20U)
Ensure positive Behavior Management policy is followed. A licensee shall ensure the following actions are prohibited. Roughly handling a child or physical punishment inflicted on a child s body, including, but not limited to the following: shaking, grabbing, striking, hairpulling, biting, pinching, plucking, slapping, hitting, kicking, or spanking. Self-report from administrator: Staff #1 hit/smacked Child #1 on the hand. Staff #2 did not report this incident to administration. Staff #1 was placed on administrative leave and terminated. Staff #2 received a final written warning for failure to report.
Positive Behavior Management (regulation 20U)
A licensee shall ensure that all staff use prevention strategies, appropriate redirection rather than restraint, and positive developmentally-appropriate methods of behavior supports for children, which encourage self-control, selfdirection, positive self-esteem, social responsibility, and cooperation.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #2 and #3 need 7-hour health and safety training Staff #4 needs an Application or a Personal data sheet and a Job description. Staff #5 needs service letters and two or four references Send corrections to OCCL by June 16, 2025.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. Child #11 and #16 need Blood lead screening results. Child #15 needs screen time permission Send documentation to OCCL by June 16, 2025.
Hazardous Materials (regulation 45U)
Ensure radon testing is completed every five years. Send the updated report to OCCL by June 16, 2025.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. Child #7 & # 8, need blood lead results Child #12, who is new to the program needs blood lead results too. . Please send documentation to OCCL by June 12, 2024.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
All staff files must be complete. -Updated first and CPR are needed for Staff #5, #7. - Updated CPR only is needed for Staff #2, #4. -Administration of Medication certification is needed for Staff #4, #7. -Annual review of abuse and neglect and safe sleep are needed for Staff #1 (A and N only); and for #6. -A professional development plan is needed for Staff #9, #14. -The seven-hour Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Professionals is needed for Staff #1, #2, #3, #5, #7, #9, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18. -Additional reference letters are needed for: -Staff #6 (4), #8 (2 or 4), #14 (2), #15 (2), #18 (2 or 4). -A job description is needed for Staff #6, #14. -Eli
Annual Training (regulation 33U)
Annual Training hours were due June 30.2023 now non-compliant. Please submit hour for the following staff Staff #1 needs 6 hours of training. Staff #3 needs 4 hours of training. Staff #4 needs 2.5 hours of training. Staff #5 needs 4.4 hours of training. Staff #10 needs 2.5 hours of training. Staff #11 needs 2.5 hours of training. Staff #17 needs 7 hours of training.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
All child files must be complete. -Child #1 needs a school-age health appraisal, immunization records, and blood lead screening results. -Child #12 needs a signed parent right-to-know form. -Child #15 needs a child health appraisal.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
All child files must be complete. -Child #5 needs lead blood screening results. -Child #6 needs a health appraisal, immunization records, and lead blood screening results. -Child #12 needs a health appraisal, immunization records, and lead blood screening results. -Child #13 needs one more emergency contact in file. -Child #14 needs blood lead screening results. -Child #15 needs mat permission form.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
All staff files must be complete. -Staff #1 needs 2 reference letters and a health appraisal with TB results. -Staff #2 needs a signed orientation form in the file. -Staff #3 needs Administration of Medication certification and an eligibility letter. -Staff #4 needs Administration of medication certification and a signed orientation form.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
All child files must be complete. -A child health appraisal with immunization records is needed for Child #1. -Child #3 needs a signed parent right-to-know form.
What parents say
The staff in this building is insanely dis-regulated and unkempt, not only did licensing get called on this location for two consecutive weeks due to an abusive staff member and a supposed drunk one, continuous neglect and disrespect and lack of care toward children that is handled unprofessionally, not to mention multiple instances of leaving children alone unattended for up to half an hour. Mistreatment towards…
emma · 1/5 on Google · 7 months agoWe love bright path & couldn’t recommend miss. Darlene more. She is amazing, our son has grown and learned so much from her class!
Zach Norton · 5/5 on Google · 5 months agoI had two children enrolled in Kidz Ink. My oldest child has been there for 5 years and my youngest for 3 years. My oldest child is 7 and school age and he needed more one on one assistance with the virtual learning, the classroom (at Kidz Ink) was just too loud for him to learn effectively in that environment. My youngest is 3 and is still attending because I believe the learning done there is necessary for…
Carolyn Lund · 4/5 on Google · 5 years agoI've had two children attend Kidz Ink over the past 5 years. I have always been very happy with the staff and Directors. If anyone has had an infant they know Ms. Bea. She's worked for Kidz Ink for over 10 years, which I loved. That showed me that there was some consistency. My oldest was in the Pre-Kindergarten program with Ms. Evelyn and had some contact with Ms. Marva. These two teachers are not only loving…
Lynnette Maiden · 5/5 on Google · 9 years agoGetting there
1703 Porter Road, Bear, DE 19701
Questions about BrightPath Porter Child Care Center
Is BrightPath Porter Child Care Center licensed?
Yes. BrightPath Porter Child Care Center holds an active Child Care Center licence from Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing (licence 1512149), with a licensed capacity of 160 children. The state record was synced in September 2026.
Has BrightPath Porter Child Care Center had any inspection violations?
Delaware records 11 violations for BrightPath Porter Child Care Center in the last three years, across 8 inspections on file. The median daycare center in the area has 7. Each one is listed above with the date it was corrected.
What ages does BrightPath Porter Child Care Center take?
BrightPath Porter Child Care Center is licensed to serve infant, toddler, preschool and school age ages, and is open 6 am to 6 pm, Mon to Fri.
How much does BrightPath Porter Child Care Center cost?
BrightPath Porter Child Care Center does not publish tuition on its website. Ask for the full fee schedule on a tour, including registration, supply and late pick-up fees. The program accepts child care subsidy.
