Acelero Learning Harrington Center
A licensed child care center in Harrington, Delaware 19952
112 East Street, Harrington, Delaware 19952. (302) 398-9196.
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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 May 12, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
7 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
7 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 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.
May 12, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs a professional development plan.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. One child needs blood lead screening results and screen time permission.”
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Outdoor Area
“Ensure the gates in the outdoor play area are self-closing and self-latching. The front gate to the Early Head Start outdoor play area is not self-latching.”
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Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure children are provided with a top and bottom covering for nap time. A child was observed without a top or bottom covering, and two children were observed without a bottom covering. This was discussed and corrected when all three children were provided with a top and bottom covering.”
Mar 20, 2026: unannounced1 violation
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Changes Affecting a License
“Submit a plan review and receive approval before making additions or renovations to the outdoor areas of the center. On March 20, 2026, the director of monitoring and compliance contacted this licensing specialist via email to notify OCCL of the installation of the outdoor play equipment and synthetic turf for an infant/toddler outdoor play area. A plan review was not submitted, and approval was not received prior to completing the installation.”
Dec 9, 2025: 60-Day Visit2 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs orientation and a service letter. One staff member needs administration of medication training and/or certification, annual review of abuse and neglect, orientation, employee declaration, and drug/alcohol statement. Three staff members need an application or resume, job description, two references, employee declaration, drug/alcohol statement, fingerprint receipt, eligibility letter from CHU, an adult abuse registry check, adult health appraisal with TB results, release of employment history, and service letters.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a health appraisal, immunization record, and blood lead screening results. One child needs parents right to know acknowledgement. One child needs blood lead screening results. Five children need date of enrollment, hours and days they attend, and screen time permission.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 4 violations cited |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 9, 2025 | 60-Day Visit | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 3 years through 5 years.
- Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed).
- Licence number 1674082.
- Capacity: 55 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- No complaint investigations in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Delaware Early Childhood Center | Not given |
| Jj’s Learning Experience, LLC. | Not given |
| Backwoods Lfcch | Not given |
| Mariah Warrington | Not given |
| Ladonna Lewis | Not given |
| Children & Families First Head Start Harrington | Not given |
| Public School/Lake Forest/Lake Forest South Elementary | Not given |
| Acelero Learning Harrington Center This child care provider | Not given |
| Shell’s Early Learning Harrington Center | Not given |
| Wonder Years Learning Center, LLC | Not given |
| Shell’s Early Learning Center-Harrington | Not given |
| Mardella White | 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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