Greater Dover Boys and Girls Club
Daycare center in Dover, DE. 1683 New Burton Rd, Dover, DE 19904
About the program
Greater Dover Boys and Girls Club is a licensed daycare center in Dover, Delaware. It is licensed for 289 children and serves school age ages.
It accepts child care subsidy.
Tuition and capacity
Tuition: not listed. Greater Dover Boys and Girls Club does not publish a fee schedule. Programs in the area that publish full-time tuition have a median starting price of $607 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. One staff needs a health appraisal. One staff needs CPR/FA certification and two reference letters. One staff needs a health appraisal with TB. One staff needs OCCL's Health and Safety Training and two additional references. One staff needs OCCL's Health and Safety Training. One staff needs Orientation, two references, and a health appraisal with TB. One staff needs a health appraisal with TB. One staff needs a DEEDS qualification and two additional reference letters. One staff needs CPR/FA certification and two additional reference letters. One staff needs an additional reference letter and a health appraisal. One staff needs a health appraisal with TB. One
Staff Attendance (regulation 36U)
Ensure staff document the exact arrival and departure in the classroom. One staff person wrote a future time of departure on attendance. Retrain staff on appropriate attendance.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. Nine children need updated health appraisals with immunizations. One child needs immunizations.
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
Ensure staff do not use air fresheners or diffusers in the classrooms. A scented diffuser was on in the three and four year old classroom. This was corrected at the visit when it was addressed with the staff person who unplugged it and agreed to remove it from the classroom.
Outdoor Area (regulation 53U)
Ensure fall zone requirements are met in the outdoor play area. Replenish rubber mulch to six inches in both playgrounds. Ensure exit gates are self-closing and self-latching. Repair gates in both playgrounds, as discussed.
Show all 30 violations on file
Sanitation (regulation 58U)
Ensure each classroom is equipped with a labeled soap/water bottle for cleaning. Most classrooms did not have a soap/water bottle available. Add bottles.
Administration of Medication (regulation 63U)
Ensure Medication Administration Records (MAR) are completed for sunscreen, including the specific name of the medication. Ensure each child has their own bottle and it is labeled with their name. Complete new MAR's, as needed.
First Aid Kits (regulation 65U)
Ensure off-site first aid kit used in the vans contain soap and water. Add these items to each van.
Lesson Plans (regulation 74U)
Ensure lesson plans in the preschool classrooms contain a weekly activity in a food/healthy habit topic. Add this to the existing lesson plans.
General Qualifications (regulation 28U)
Ensure staff have a comprehensive background check and receive an eligibility determination prior to working with children. According to the Administrator for the preschool classrooms, a new staff person has been in the classroom without a letter of eligibility. Submit letter of eligibility.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff person needs a release of employment history. One staff person needs one additional reference letter and an adult health appraisal with TB screening. One staff person needs to complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals and an adult health appraisal. One staff person needs two documented attempts to obtain service letters and two additional references if no service letters are returned. One staff person needs a professional development plan. One staff person needs annual review of child abuse and neglect, employee declaration, drug and alcohol statement, release of employment history and two documented attempts to obtain
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. Two children need a development plan. One child needs emergency transportation permission.
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
Ensure children have individual storage space labeled with their name. Label baskets and cubbies.
Outdoor Area (regulation 53U)
Ensure gates in the fence in the outdoor playground are self-closing and self-lathing. Repair gates.
First Aid Kits (regulation 65U)
Ensure the traveling first aid kit has all required items. One van needs an ice pack and first aid guide. One van needs a first aid guide and triangular bandage. This was corrected at the visit when the items were added.
Staff Attendance (regulation 36U)
Ensure staff sign in and out of the classroom. The Pre-K staff member was not signed into the classroom. The SA staff was not signed out of the classroom.
Hazardous Materials (regulation 45U)
Ensure chemicals are not accessible to children and spray bottles with cleaners are labeled and available. LS observed closets not locked and chemical accessible in two classrooms. No classrooms had disinfectant labeled or vialabe in the classroom.
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
Ensure walls and doors are clean and in good repair. All classrooms need walls repaired and painted. All classrooms need the doors and frames for the bathrooms painted. Ensure floors are cleaned. Classroom 138 the tape on the floor needs to be removed and the residue cleaned off the floor. Tables in a classroom need to be scrapped to remove tape residue. Two classrooms need personal space for individual belongings labeled. Ensure outlets with power strips have covers two classrooms need outlet covers.
Outdoor Area (regulation 53U)
Ensure debris is removed from the outdoor play area, gates are self-closing self-latching, fall zones are replenished, and broken or unrepairable equipment is repaired or removed.
Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments (regulation 56U)
Ensure the rest/nap equipment is labeled.
First Aid Kits (regulation 65U)
Ensure the first aid kit roll gauze and triangle bandage is replenished.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff file are complete. One staff needs a professional development plan completed. One staff needs annual review of abuse and neglect. One staff needs Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals completed. Four staff need orientation. Two staff need references. One staff needs employee declaration, and drug and alcohol statement. Three staff need a health appraisal and TB results. Three staff need a second attempt to receive a service letter from prior employment. One staff needs an adult abuse registry check.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. Seven children need a health appraisal and immunization record updated. Five children need lead blood test results.
Children's Attendance (regulation 43U)
Ensure exact arrival and departure times of children are documented. The facility was not documenting the arrival and departure of the children in any classroom with exact arrival or departure time. This was corrected a tthe visit.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are completed. Staff #2 needs administration of medication certification. Staff #4 needs Administration of Medication certificate. Staff #5 needs 1 more attempt for a service letter to McDonalds. Staff #6 needs administration of medication certification and an out of state Maryland child abuse and neglect background check. Staff #8 needs an out of state check for New York for child abuse and neglect. Staff #9, Staff #10, Staff #11, and Staff #2 needed to be finger printed before their start date. Staff #11 needs a release of employment history and two reference letters since no service letters were returned from either prior employment. Staff #12 needs a health appr
Staff Attendance (regulation 36U)
Ensure the exact arrival and departure times of staff are recorded. LS McPhatter observed a staff member and child were not signed into room 123 This was corrected when the staff member signed the child and herself in on the attendance record. LS McPhatter observed room 117 had staff #16 and Staff #3 signed out at 9:00am but the current time was 8:56 am. Staff #6 was signed in for 3:00pm and signed out at 6:00 pm for Friday, May 13, 2022.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. Child #2 needs emergency contacts phone numbers. Child #10 needs emergency contact names and phone numbers. Child #13 needs emergency phone numbers. Child #18 needs emergency phone numbers and a physical. Child #10 needs the immunization exempt form. Child #17 needs an updated physical on file.
Children's Attendance (regulation 43U)
Ensure exact arrival and departure of the child(ren) is documented for the classroom. LS McPhatter was told that the classrooms 116 and 117 were combined in the am session. The documentation does not state the attendance taken was combined but rather each room was in their respective spaces. It was discussed that if rooms combine and when they separate this needs to be reflected on the attendance record.
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
Ensure the walls are in good repair. LS McPhatter observed the walls have peeling paint and pitting about 1inch in length in the sheetrock. Repair or replace the walls and paint.
Kitchen and Food Preparation (regulation 50U)
Ensure perishable food including lunches prepared at home are kept from spoilage either in a refrigerator at 40 degrees or colder or a freezer frozen at 0 degrees or colder. LS McPhatter observed at 8:32 am a lunchable with lunchmeat, cheese, and juice pouch on the top of a cubbies the child was signed in the classroom at 7:55 am.
Getting there
1683 New Burton Rd, Dover, DE 19904
Questions about Greater Dover Boys and Girls Club
Is Greater Dover Boys and Girls Club licensed?
Yes. Greater Dover Boys and Girls Club holds an active Child Care Center licence from Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing (licence 1212039), with a licensed capacity of 289 children. The state record was synced in September 2026.
Has Greater Dover Boys and Girls Club had any inspection violations?
Delaware records 21 violations for Greater Dover Boys and Girls Club in the last three years, across 5 inspections on file. The median daycare center in the area has 10. Each one is listed above with the date it was corrected.
What ages does Greater Dover Boys and Girls Club take?
Greater Dover Boys and Girls Club is licensed to serve school age ages, and is open 6:30 am to 6 pm, Mon to Fri.
How much does Greater Dover Boys and Girls Club cost?
Greater Dover Boys and Girls Club does not publish tuition. Ask for the full fee schedule on a tour, including registration, supply and late pick-up fees. The program accepts child care subsidy.
