Acelero Learning Milford Center
A licensed child care center in Milford, Delaware 19963
518 North Church Avenue, Milford, Delaware 19963. (302) 422-1642.
Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. Delaware’s own record is on data.delaware.gov.
The short answer
Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Oct 29, 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 Oct 20, 2026; 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 Oct 29, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
10 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Nov | Dec | ||||||||||
| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 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 29, 2026. Updated daily.
Oct 20, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations
-
Personnel Files
The inspectors’ words, 128 words
“Ensure staff files are complete. Three staff members need CPR and first aid certifications. One staff member needs a DEEDS certificate. One staff member needs administration of medication training and/or certification. One staff member needs a professional development plan. Four staff members need annual review of abuse and neglect. Two staff members need orientation. Three staff members need OCCL’s Health and Safety Training. One staff member needs an application or resume. One staff needs a job description. One staff member needs two references. Three staff members need employee declaration and drug/alcohol statement. One staff member needs corrections to their adult health appraisal. One staff member needs an adult health appraisal with TB results. One staff member needs a release of employment history. Three staff members need service letters.”
-
Indoor Space
“Ensure walls are cleanable and in good repair. Repair the wall in classroom 3 behind the trash can located at the classroom sink. Repair the wall under the window behind the writing area located in Classroom 3.”
-
Outdoor Area
“Ensure the gate in the outdoor play area is self-closing and self-latching. The gate was observed to self-close; however, the latch mechanism did not consistently latch. Repair the latch mechanism.”
-
Emergency Planning
“Post an evacuation route in Classroom 1.”
-
Activity Schedule
“Post a daily schedule in Classroom 1.”
Feb 10, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations
-
Staffing
“Train a staff member, who is qualified as at least an Early Childhood Teacher, in the day-to-day operations. This was corrected when a qualified ECT was trained and the training was documented on the training record.”
-
Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs administration of medication and a professional development plan.”
-
Indoor Space
“Ensure individual labeled storage space is organized to ensure children’s belongings are not touching. The cubbies in Classroom 3 were observed to be overcrowded, and children’s belongings were touching. This was discussed and corrected when the items were arranged to no longer touch. Ensure the water temperature is at 120 degrees F or below. The sinks in Classroom 2 and Classroom 3 were observed at 134 degrees F and rising.”
-
Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Ensure diapers are disposed of in a foot-activated trashcan that has been lined with a plastic bag. The diaper trashcan in Classroom 3 did not have a plastic liner and trash was observed in the trashcan. This was discussed and corrected when a plastic liner was added to the trashcan.”
Jan 8, 2026: 60-Day Visit1 violation
-
Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs CPR and first aid certification, OCCL’s Health and Safety Training, and an adult abuse registry check. One staff member needs an adult abuse registry check. One staff member needs orientation and an eligibility letter from CHU.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 5 violations cited |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 4 violations cited |
| Jan 8, 2026 | 60-Day Visit | 1 violation 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 1674084.
- Capacity: 50 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 29, 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 29, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On June 16, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding lack of supervision. This was also self-reported to OCCL by the center. An investigation was conducted on June 23, 2026. The complaint is substantiated. The investigation determined that Child #1 was able to exit the playground through an unsecured gate and travel approximately two blocks from the facility before being located by a City of Milford employee. A concern noted during the investigation was determined that the outdoor play area had not been adequately inspected for safety hazards prior to the children entering the playground. As a result, the gate to the outdoor play area remained open, providing Child #1 with an opportunity to leave the secured outdoor play area without staff awareness. |
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: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 29, 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 29, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Just in Time Learning Academy | Not given |
| Little Bucs Learning Center LLC | Not given |
| Smart Start Learning Center LLC | Not given |
| Early Life Learning LLC | Not given |
| Acelero Learning Milford Center This child care provider | Not given |
| The Learning Center, Tlc Inc. | Not given |
| Alice Metzner | Not given |
| Avenue Preschool | Not given |
| Milford Early Learning Center | Not given |
| Delaware Early Childhood Center | Not given |
| Hartly Family Learning Center | Not given |
| Gift of Love Early Learning Center | 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
-
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities (iuzd-3dbt).
Released Oct 29, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
-
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information (wb83-pkcv).
Released Oct 29, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
-
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews (pnbd-85r6).
Released Oct 29, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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.
This copy of the record was made on Oct 30, 2026.
From the provider
The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.
Replies
None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.
Paid listing
None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the provider”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.