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Mercylove Academy LLC

A licensed large family child care in Wilmington, Delaware 19802

100 West 38th Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19802. (302) 442-3804.

Delaware’s own record, on data.delaware.gov

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The short answer

Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Nov 4, 2026.

The last 24 months 11 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Every month

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 May 7, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.

11 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

11 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

11 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

May 7, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review10 violations

  • Children’s Files

    “Ensure child files are complete. Child #8, #9 need a health appraisal. Child #11, #12 need an infant feeding schedule. Child #12 needs a health appraisal, immunization, and blood lead screening. Child #13 needs the enrollment form completed.”

    Rule 22Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 1, 2026.

  • Hazardous Materials

    “Ensure hazardous materials are inaccessible. Lock needs to be installed on kitchen and bathroom cabinets.”

    Rule 27Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 18, 2026.

  • Indoor Space

    “Ensure indoor space is cleanable. Kitchen/eating area wall has peeling paint/drywall. Update electrical inspection.”

    Rule 29Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 18, 2026.

  • Outdoor Area

    “Ensure the outdoor area is free of hazards; trash bags need to be removed. Play equipment needs to be provided.”

    Rule 32Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 19, 2026.

  • Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments

    “Ensure sleep equipment is in good condition and labeled. Mats need to be repaired or replaced. Pack-n-Plays need to be labeled.”

    Rule 35Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 18, 2026.

  • Administration of Medication

    “Ensure medication is updated and not expired. If not using send home; creams, tylenol and inhalers.”

    Rule 42Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 5, 2026.

  • First Aid Kit

    “Ensure First Aid kit is complete. Need FA guide and splint.”

    Rule 44Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 19, 2026.

  • Transportation

    “Ensure the transportation vehicle is up to date. Fire extinguisher, first aid kit, carseats/boosters.”

    Rule 46Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 18, 2026.

  • Training

    “Staff #1 needs medication certification and 15 hours of training. Staff #3 needs updated FA/CPR. Staff #4 needs release of employment, service letter or 2 attempts, adult abuse registry check, OCCL 7-hour training, and medication certification.”

    Rule 70Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 26, 2026.

  • License Renewal

    “Ensure renewal application is submitted 60 days prior to expiration.”

    Rule 8Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 6, 2026.

May 7, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation

  • Children’s Files

    “Ensure children’s files are complete. Child #9, #13 need health appraisals. Child #12 needs blood lead screening.”

    Rule 22Q. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 20, 2025.

All 2 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 7, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review10 violations cited
May 7, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Large Family Child Care.
  • Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 6 years.
  • Takes part in: Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
  • Licence number 1558356.
  • Capacity: 12 children.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Delaware acted against it?

  • No complaint investigations in the last three years.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

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.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 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.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

13 compared
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Mercylove Academy LLC This child care providerNot given
Kool Kids Learning CenterNot given
Chosen Children Child Care, LLCNot given
Donna NicholsNot given
Carter’s Child Care and Learning CenterNot given
Shining Stars Childcare Inc.Not given
My Children Childcare Center, LLCNot given
Lily DollardNot given
Little Hearts Childcare, LLCNot given
Little Legends Learning & Family Development CenterNot given
Boys & Girls Club @ Warner ElementaryNot given
Brandy MooreNot given
The Choir School of DelawareNot 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

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing. Delaware’s own record is on data.delaware.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Replies

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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