Helping Hands Learning Center I
A licensed child care center in Bridgeville, Delaware 19933
11 Church Street, Bridgeville, Delaware 19933. (302) 337-9287.
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The short answer
Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Nov 1, 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?
2 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Oct 9, 2025; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
10 violations cited in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
10 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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 Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
Oct 9, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review7 violations
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General Qualifications
“Ensure a comprehensive background check and eligibility are determined before the start of employment. Staff #3 was hired in August 2025 but has not received a comprehensive background check. (”
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Personnel Files
“Complete files are needed for the following staff members: Staff #1needs a service letter , Staff #2 needs two hours of annual health and safety training, Staff #3 needs one reference letter, employee declartation, alchol and substance abuse statement, a health apprasial with TB and DEED sertication, Staff #4 needs elibility letter and other documents for a cook.”
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Child Files
“Staff #5 needs blood lead screening results.”
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Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Ensure to use a foot activate pail for diapering and must be within arm reach of diaper table. Additionally ensure after diaper changing children hands are washed along with staff in the one- year - old classroom. ( This was corrected during the visit)”
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Administration of Medication
“Provide a MAR for a diaper cream. ( This was corrected when the parent completed the MAR)”
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Feeding of Infants
“Ensure all feeding schedules are updated monthl;y for all infants in care.”
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Lesson Plans
“Ensure to include weekly opporunites on the two year old and preschool lesson plans.”
Oct 10, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations
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Personnel Files
“Complete files are needed for the following staff members: Staff #1 needs one hour of health and safety training, Staff #2 needs CPR/FA training, Staff #3 needs CPR/FA training and OCCL health and safety training,”
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Child Files
“Complete file is needed for Child #6. Child #6 need an immunization and blood lead test result.”
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Hazardous Materials
“Two updated radon test results are needed for two classrooms.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 7 violations cited |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 8 years.
- Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed), Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Licence number 1244791.
- Capacity: 65 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 1, 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 Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
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| May 15, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding not following the food policy on April 23, 2025, and April 25, 2025. An investigation was conducted on May 5, 2025. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because staff members interviewed stated they follow the monthly feeding schedule when feeding an infant, which is documented daily and shared with the parent. During the visit, LS #1 and LS #2 observed staff preparing and feeding children according to the monthly feeding schedule for that child. |
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 Nov 1, 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 Nov 1, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Catherine Ross | Not given |
| Latonya Bruce | Not given |
| Serena Spencer DBA Serena’s Family Care | Not given |
| Helping Hands Learning Center I This child care provider | Not given |
| Vanessa Savage | Not given |
| Venita Johnson | Not given |
| Breana Tulowitzki | Not given |
| Children & Families First Head Start Bridgeville | Not given |
| La’tasha Nichols | Not given |
| Acelero Learning Bridgeville Center | Not given |
| Cynthia West | Not given |
| Carole Johnson | 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 Nov 1, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information (wb83-pkcv).
Released Nov 1, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews (pnbd-85r6).
Released Nov 1, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
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