Mercy Land Academy
A licensed child care center in Middletown, Delaware 19709
211 E Main St, Middletown, Delaware 19709. (302) 378-2013.
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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?
3 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Oct 15, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
17 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
17 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 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 15, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs their health and safety training, Staff #2 needs their health and safety training and eligibility letter, and Staff #3 needs 4 references and a returned service letter or 2 documented attempts.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Submit blood lead screening results for Children #2 and 6 to OCCL.”
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Outdoor Area
“Ensure all outdoor fall zones are covered near the slides. Send a picture of fall zones covered to OCCL.”
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Transportation
“Ensure the travel van has emergency numbers for the children. Send a picture of the van’s emergency binder to OCCL.”
Oct 14, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Submit DEEDS certificate for Staff #4. Submit CPR/FA, Administration of Medication certificate, orientation form, 4 references, health appraisal, health and safety training, and a returned service letter or 2 documented attempts for Staff #6. Submit job description, release of employment history, 4 references, and their eligibility letter (OOS from Maryland) for Staff #7.”
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Staff Attendance
“Ensure staff sign in/out whenever they enter or leave a classroom. 1 staff member was night signed in, in the preschool room and one staff did not sign out. This was corrected at the visit.”
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Hazardous Materials
“Submit Radon results to OCCL.”
Oct 15, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review10 violations
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Insurance Coverage
“Submit liability insurance.”
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1, 2, and 3 need updated CPR/FA certification. Staff #2 and 5 needs their administration of medication certification. Staff #3 needs 11 training hours. Staff #4 needs 9 training hours. Staff #5 needs a DEEDS certificate, CPR/FA, health and safety training, 4 references, release of employment history, and a returned service letter or 2 documented attempts at sending the letter.”
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Parents Right to Know
“Submit parents right to know log.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #1 needs an immunization record and blood lead screening results. Child #5 needs a full health appraisal with immunizations. Child #4 needs parents right to know, screen time, and mat permission signatures, and a blood lead screening result. Child #8 needs parents right to know, screen time, and mat permission signatures. Child #15 needs a full health appraisal with immunizations and blood lead results. Child #16 needs hours and days of attendance.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure all trashcans are covered. The opening room, and girls bathroom do not have lids. Send a picture of cans with lids to OCCL. Place outlet covers in the school age room and send a picture to OCCL. Remove yellow cord in the one year old room.”
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Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Replace all diaper mats and send a picture to OCCL. (Received) All mats are torn. Place disposable covers at each station and send a picture to OCCL.”
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Lesson Plans
“Ensure the school-age room has a posted monthly calendar of activities. Send calendar for the month of October to OCCL. Ensure all lesson plans have 2 or more weekly food/healthy habits and science components. Send updated lesson plan for 1 week for all classrooms.”
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Activity Areas
“Ensure the school-age, Pre-K, opening room, and one year old room have sufficient materials. The school-age room does not have a construction/block, art, manipulatives, or dramatic play station. The Pre-K room does not have enough science or music materials. The opening room does not have a manipulatives, art, or dramatic play station, or science and music materials. The one year old room does not have a manipulatives, science, construction, or art station. No building block or materials. Send a picture of all rooms with the required (sufficient) materials to OCCL.”
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Activity Schedule
“Post daily schedule in the one year old room.”
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Infant and Toddler Care
“Remove walker in the one year old room.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 4 violations cited |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 3 violations cited |
| Oct 15, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 10 violations 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 1127712.
- Capacity: 54 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 1 complaint investigation in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: No Evidence to Substantiate (1).
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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| Jul 8, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | OCCL s investigation of regulatory non-compliance began after clearance from other agencies was received. This case was closed on June 3, 2026. On November 25, 2025, OCCL received a complaint regarding allegations of improper behavior supports. A follow-up was conducted on June 12 and June 22, 2026, after clearance was received to begin OCCL s investigation. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint. Staff #1 and Staff #2 both denied, in writing, that Staff #1 ever hit, punched, physically disciplined, or otherwise physically harmed Child #1 or any other child in care. Staff #2, who served as Child #1 s primary classroom teacher, reported no incident of physical abuse or inappropriate physical contact involving Child #1 during the period in question. Staff #1 reported having limited contact with Child #1 due to Staff #1 s role as a floating teacher and stated he/she was never alone with Child #1 outside of nap-time coverage, during which another teacher was present. Administrator #1 reported conducting an internal review following the allegation and stated no evidence was found indicating Staff #1 engaged in the conduct alleged. |
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 |
|---|---|
| Katherine Manning | Not given |
| Barbara Needles | Not given |
| Shaun Mullan-Wright DBA Sunshine Children’s House | Not given |
| Happy Place Child Care of Middletown | Not given |
| Jeffrey Whiting | Not given |
| Susan Thompson | Not given |
| Peace Arousa Augusta Osayanmwen | Not given |
| Mercy Land Academy This child care provider | Not given |
| Brilliant Little Minds @apc | Not given |
| Grow & Learn Childcare Center | Not given |
| Charlotte Goode | Not given |
| Celebree School of Middletown | 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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