Avenue Preschool
A licensed child care center in Milford, Delaware 19963
20 North Church Avenue, Milford, Delaware 19963. (302) 422-8775.
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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 Mar 5, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
9 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
9 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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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.
Mar 5, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Two staff need an orientation, two documented attempts to obtain service letters, and references. One staff person needs an orientation, OCCL’s Health & Safety Training, an application/resume, and references.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a health appraisal. Three children need an updated health appraisal with immunizations. One child needs a blood lead level test result.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure all sinks supply both hot and cold water. One sink in the girl’s toilet room only had cold water. This was corrected at the visit when the hot water was turned on. Ensure sinks are in good repair. One sink in the girl’s toilet room was clogged and not draining properly. This was corrected at the visit when the drain was repaired.”
Mar 6, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Two children need updated health appraisals and immunizations. Two children need blood lead level test results. Three children need updated health appraisals.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure sinks supply both hot and cold water. The sink in the bathroom in room 104 only supplied cold water. This was corrected at the visit when the hot water was turned on.”
Mar 20, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. All staff were missing their eligibility letters. This was corrected at the visit when the letters were printed and added to each file.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Two children need an updated Health Appraisal and immunizations. Three children need a blood lead level test result.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure air fresheners are not used in the classrooms. This was corrected at the visit when the air freshener was removed.”
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Outdoor Area
“Repair main gate and gate between play areas in the outdoor playground to ensure they are self-closing and self-latching.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 3 violations cited |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 20, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 4 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 3 years through 5 years.
- Delaware lists it as: Nonprofit.
- Licence number 495819.
- Capacity: 80 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Not given |
| The Learning Center, Tlc Inc. | Not given |
| Alice Metzner | Not given |
| Avenue Preschool This child care provider | 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
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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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