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Early Life Learning LLC

A licensed child care center in Milford, Delaware 19963

258 North Rehoboth Boulevard, Milford, Delaware 19963. (302) 422-3728.

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 Oct 23, 2026.

The last 24 months 8 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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?

4 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Apr 7, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.

8 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

8 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

8 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

Apr 7, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations

  • Outdoor Area

    “Ensure fall zones have at least 9 inches of material extending 6 ft in all directions of fall zones.”

    Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 8, 2026.

  • Feeding of Infants

    “Ensure infants have a feeding schedule updated at least every month. One child needs an updated feeding schedule.”

    Rule 72U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 29, 2026.

Apr 2, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations

  • Hazardous Materials

    “Ensure Radon testing is conducted every five years. Current Radon expired on 3/23/2025.”

    Rule 45U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 15, 2025.

  • Outdoor Area

    “Ensure fall zones have at least 9 inches of material and extends at least 6 feet in all directions.”

    Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 8, 2025.

Oct 14, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations

  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs an additional reference on file.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Oct 28, 2024.

  • Child Files

    “Ensure child files are complete. Two children need development plans on file.”

    Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Oct 28, 2024.

  • Outdoor Area

    “Ensure fall zones are covered with at least 9 inches of protective material.”

    Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Nov 1, 2024.

Aug 19, 2024: 60-Day Visit1 violation

  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs working papers on file. Staff #2 needs updated health appraisal with TB results on OCCL’s form.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Oct 2, 2024.

All 4 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 7, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations cited
Apr 2, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations cited
Oct 14, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations cited
Aug 19, 202460-Day Visit1 violation 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 1599286.
  • Capacity: 138 children.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Delaware acted against it?

  • 2 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: No Evidence to Substantiate (2).
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Nov 5, 2025OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to SubstantiateThe Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on October 17, 2025, regarding lack of positive behavior supports. An investigation was conducted on October 23, 2025. There is no evidence to substantiate lack of positive behavior supports because staff stated they use both hands to safely move children off equipment and denied being rough.
May 12, 2025OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to SubstantiateOn April 29, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding improper discipline. An investigation was conducted on May 5, 2025. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint because staff stated they have never witnessed anyone being aggressive and plucking a child in the head.

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?

  • 2025: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
Source:

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.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

12 compared
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Just in Time Learning AcademyNot given
Little Bucs Learning Center LLCNot given
Smart Start Learning Center LLCNot given
Early Life Learning LLC This child care providerNot given
Acelero Learning Milford CenterNot given
The Learning Center, Tlc Inc.Not given
Alice MetznerNot given
Avenue PreschoolNot given
Milford Early Learning CenterNot given
Delaware Early Childhood CenterNot given
Hartly Family Learning CenterNot given
Gift of Love Early Learning CenterNot 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 Oct 24, 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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