Cadence Academy Preschool-Millsboro
A licensed child care center in Millsboro, Delaware 19966
213 W State St, Millsboro, Delaware 19966. (302) 934-5437.
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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 Jul 22, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
11 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
11 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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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.
Jul 22, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations
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Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
“Ensure ratios and maximum group size are maintained at all times. LS Brey observed a combination of nine infants and one-year-old’s in a classroom with two staff. This was immediately addressed with the staff and Administrator and corrected.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a blood lead level test result.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure gate in the infant and one-year-old classroom is safely maintained. LS Brey observed the latch mechanism having loose screws that can be easily accessed and removed by children. Repair latch.”
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Outdoor Area
“Ensure fall zone requirements are met. Replenish mulch to nine inches in fall zone areas.”
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Lesson Plans
“Ensure weekly lesson plans included activities in all required domains and special activities. Add social-emotional activities to the lesson plans for Little Ants, Grasshoppers, Inchworms, Busy Bees, and Wiggle Worms. Add music activities to the lesson plan for Busy Bees.”
Jul 15, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Eight staff need an updated Administration of Medication certification.”
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Outdoor Area
“Ensure two exit gates are in good repair and self-close and self-latch. Repair exit gates.”
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Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Ensure diapering procedures are followed for pull-up changes, including utilizing a disposable cover, a foot-activate diaper pail, and posting a procedure. This was corrected at the visit when these items were added to the Busy Bees and Silly Spiders toilet rooms.”
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Activity Areas
“Ensure classrooms for ages two years and older have the five required activity areas. This was corrected at the visit when accessible art supplies were added to the Wiggle Worms classroom.”
Jul 25, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs an adult Health Appraisal.”
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Outdoor Area
“Ensure gates in the outdoor play are self-closing and self-latching.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 5 violations cited |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 4 violations cited |
| Jul 25, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 12 years.
- Takes part in: Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Licence number 1521206.
- Capacity: 138 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: Substantiated (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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| Mar 19, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On March 4, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding restricting the hours therapists can serve children in the Center to between the hours of 9:30 am and 3:00 pm and improper staff-to-child ratio in the morning and afternoon. An investigation was conducted on March 8, 2024. This complaint is substantiated for improper staff-to-child ratio because according to attendance records viewed, the Grasshopper room was over ratio in the morning on three days, and the Wiggle Worm classroom was over ratio in the morning on four days. The administrator stated they have a system in place in the event they would become over ratio to immediately correct it by having a floater or office staff enter the room until another staff arrives; however, the attendance records do not indicate another staff person entered the room to remain in compliance. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegation of restricting therapists access to the center because the administrator stated they requested therapists limit their visits between the hours of 9:30 am and 3:00 pm but have never prohibited their entrance during hours of operation. Sign-in sheets in the center show therapists have visited before 9:30 am and have had sessions last until after 3:00 pm. Non-compliance Cited: Reg #27: Ensure staff-to-child ratio is maintained at all times, adhering to the regulations for the youngest age present in a combined classroom. According to attendance records viewed, the Grasshopper room was over ratio in the morning on three days and the Wiggle Worm classroom was over ratio in the morning on four days. This was corrected on March 15, 2024, when the administrator proactively sent the licensing specialist an action plan to remain in compliance with ratios. They have arranged staffing in order to open up each classroom daily which eliminates the need to combine classrooms in the morning. In addition, they are committing to re-training staff on proper sign-i n and sign-out procedures. |
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?
- 2026: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
- 2025: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
- 2024: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
- 2023: 2 facility injuries. 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 |
|---|---|
| Children’s Place Child Development Center | Not given |
| Little Einstein’s Preschool - Millsboro | Not given |
| Gigglebugs Early Learning Center, LLC | Not given |
| Boys & Girls of Oak Orchard - the Growing Tree | Not given |
| Rosa Custis | Not given |
| Natasha Kinsler | Not given |
| Tammy Marie Johnson | Not given |
| Care A Lot Child Development Center, LLC | Not given |
| YMCA of Delaware/Long Neck Elementary | Not given |
| Care A Lot Child Development Center | Not given |
| Cadence Academy Preschool-Millsboro This child care provider | Not given |
| YMCA of Delaware/East Millsboro | 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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