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MERCY LAND ACADEMY

Child care center · 211 E MAIN ST, Middletown, DE 19709 · License 1127712

0Compliance score
Poor

Capacity 54. Infant through School-Age Accepts subsidy

Violation history (27)

SeverityDateStandard / narrativeCorrected
?Tue Oct 14 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 45U - Hazardous Materials
Submit Radon results to OCCL.
Yes
?Tue Oct 14 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 36U - Staff Attendance
Ensure staff sign in/out whenever they enter or leave a classroom. 1 staff member was night signed in, in the preschool room and one staff did not sign out. This was corrected at the visit.
Yes
?Tue Oct 14 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are complete. Submit DEEDS certificate for Staff #4. Submit CPR/FA, Administration of Medication certificate, orientation form, 4 references, health appraisal, health and safety training, and a returned service letter or 2 documented attempts for Staff #6. Submit job description, release of employment history, 4 references, and their eligibility letter (OOS from Maryland) for Staff #7.
Yes
?Tue Oct 15 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 38U - Parents Right to Know
Submit parents right to know log.
Yes
?Tue Oct 15 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 77U - Infant and Toddler Care
Remove walker in the one year old room.
Yes
?Tue Oct 15 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 76U - Activity Schedule
Post daily schedule in the one year old room.
Yes
?Tue Oct 15 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure child files are complete. Child #1 needs an immunization record and blood lead screening results. Child #5 needs a full health appraisal with immunizations. Child #4 needs parents right to know, screen time, and mat permission signatures, and a blood lead screening result. Child #8 needs parents right to know, screen time, and mat permission signatures. Child #15 needs a full health appraisal with immunizations and blood lead results. Child #16 needs hours and days of attendance.
Yes
?Tue Oct 15 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 74U - Lesson Plans
Ensure the school-age room has a posted monthly calendar of activities. Send calendar for the month of October to OCCL. Ensure all lesson plans have 2 or more weekly food/healthy habits and science components. Send updated lesson plan for 1 week for all classrooms.
Yes
?Tue Oct 15 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Replace all diaper mats and send a picture to OCCL. (Received) All mats are torn. Place disposable covers at each station and send a picture to OCCL.
Yes
?Tue Oct 15 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 49U - Indoor Space
Ensure all trashcans are covered. The opening room, and girls bathroom do not have lids. Send a picture of cans with lids to OCCL. Place outlet covers in the school age room and send a picture to OCCL. Remove yellow cord in the one year old room.
Yes
?Tue Oct 15 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 75U - Activity Areas
Ensure the school-age, Pre-K, opening room, and one year old room have sufficient materials. The school-age room does not have a construction/block, art, manipulatives, or dramatic play station. The Pre-K room does not have enough science or music materials. The opening room does not have a manipulatives, art, or dramatic play station, or science and music materials. The one year old room does not have a manipulatives, science, construction, or art station. No building block or materials. Send a picture of all rooms with the required (sufficient) materials to OCCL.
Yes
?Tue Oct 15 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 16U - Insurance Coverage
Submit liability insurance.
Yes
?Tue Oct 15 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1, 2, and 3 need updated CPR/FA certification. Staff #2 and 5 needs their administration of medication certification. Staff #3 needs 11 training hours. Staff #4 needs 9 training hours. Staff #5 needs a DEEDS certificate, CPR/FA, health and safety training, 4 references, release of employment history, and a returned service letter or 2 documented attempts at sending the letter.
Yes
?Tue Oct 17 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 53U - Outdoor Area
Ensure playground' is free of hazards. Replace turf and send a picture to OCCL.
Yes
?Tue Oct 17 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure all staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs to be re-fingerprinted and determined eligible. Staff #2 needs their professional development plan. Staff #3 needs their first aid certification, release of employment history, and a returned service letter or 2 documented attempts of sending the letter. Staff #4 needs updated CPR/First Aid certification and a professional development plan. Staff #5 needs their first aid certification, administration of medication, orientation form, health and safety training, signed and dated application, 4 references, health appraisal with TB results, release of employment and a returned service letter or 2 documented attempts. Staff #6 needs annual safe sleep and child abuse and neglect signatures, a professional development plan, and 1 hour in health/safety training.
Yes
?Tue Oct 17 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure all child files are complete. Children #1, 2, and 5 need blood lead screening results. Children #3 and 4 need hours/days of attendance or date of enrollment. Child #8 needs their parents right to know, screen time, transportation, and mat signatures.
Yes
?Tue Oct 17 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 49U - Indoor Space
Ensure all bathrooms have outlet covers. This was corrected at the visit.
Yes
?Thu Oct 13 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Submit the following to complete staff files: CPR/First Aid for Staff #3 and 4 Health and safety training for Staff #3 (1 hour) Signed and dated professional development plans for Staff #1,3,5,7, and 8. Annual review of safe sleep and child abuse for Staff #3 Job description for Staff #7 and 8 Two references for Staff #1 and 1 reference for Staff #4 Adult abuse registry check for Staff #1 and 7 Eligibility letters for Staff #7 and 8 An adult health appraisal with TB results for Staff #4 Release of employment for Staff #1,2,4,6, and 7 Service letters with documented attempts for Staff #1,2,4,6, and 8.
Yes
?Thu Oct 13 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 75U - Activity Areas
Ensure there are enough activities for children. Place blocks, manipulatives, activities for children in the school-age room.
Yes
?Thu Oct 13 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 74U - Lesson Plans
Ensure the lesson plans contain a science component. The lesson plan in the one-two's room did not include a science component. Send an updated lesson plan with a science component to OCCL.
Yes
?Thu Oct 13 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 72U - Feeding of Infants
Ensure infant bottles are labeled. One infant did not have a label on their bottle. Ensure the parent is completing the infant feeding schedule, along with the parents signature. A teacher signed and completed an infant feeding schedule. Send in labeled bottles and the infant feeding schedule completed by the parent to OCCL.
Yes
?Thu Oct 13 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Ensure the diaper mat in the boy's bathroom is replaced. Send a picture of new diaper mat to OCCL.
Yes
?Thu Oct 13 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
Ensure all nap items, cots are labeled. One pack-n-play in the infant room, and all nap cots in the pre-k room were not labeled. Label nap pack-n-plays and cots, and send to OCCL.
Yes
?Thu Oct 13 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 53U - Outdoor Area
Ensure the outdoor area is free from hazards, and all fall zones are protected. The outdoor playground is currently unsafe for children due to the outdoor carpet coming up. Ensure children are not using the playground until the carpet is fixed. Send a picture of updated playground to OCCL.
Yes
?Thu Oct 13 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 49U - Indoor Space
Ensure electrical outlets are covered. Cover all outlets in the infant room (near the computers), school-age room, pre-k room (above the television), and the girls bathroom. Send picture of covered outlets to OCCL.
Yes
?Thu Oct 13 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 43U - Children's Attendance
Ensure children's attendance is documented upon arrival and departure. One child was not signed in, in the infant room. Children were not signed out in the Pre-K room, and one child was not signed in, in the Pre-K room. This was corrected at the visit. Send in one weeks attendance of all classrooms to OCCL. Documentation was submitted and the facility is still non-compliant.
Yes
?Thu Oct 13 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Submit the following to complete children's files: Complete developmental plans with goals for all children infants through pre-k (school age children do not need it) A signed parent infant feeding schedule Blood lead test results for Child #1,2,6,7,10, and 12, and a health appraisal for Child #9.
Yes

Severity 5 = most serious. Source: official state record.

Inspections (4)

4 inspection record(s) on file from DE-OCCL.

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