11th Avenue Head Start

Center · Lakewood · 6201 W 11th Ave

What kind of place is this?

Size 29 children licensed Smaller than the middle half of Denver centers, where the middle half licenses 40–113. Measured across 1,156 Denver centers, 2026-08-17.

Will it fit our family?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Colorado Shines Level 1
License status Active

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
September 9, 2025
On file
1 visit, September 2025 — it cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was October 9, 2025. Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
Most serious
Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood lists each program’s complaints on its Colorado Shines page, with the department’s verdict on each and a report behind it, going back about three years. Older complaints are released only on request. The department does not rank complaints by severity in either place.

Sep 2025 Original-Change of Owner visit 5 findings

Original-Change of Owner visit · September 9, 2025

2.213.K · Correction due October 9, 2025

Reviewed 2 staff files and found the Director to be missing the Department-approved Introduction to Child Care Health Consultation training.

Required correction: Obtain and maintain documentation of Department-approved Introduction to Child Care Health Consultation training. Correct within 30 days. Correct by 10/09/2025

Reviewed 2 staff files and found the Director to be missing the Department-approved Working with an Early

2.213.E · Correction due October 9, 2025

Reviewed 2 staff files and found both to have expired Department-approved First Aid and CPR training.

Required correction: Obtain and maintain documentation of Department-approved First Aid and CPR training. Correct within 30 days. Correct by 10/09/2025

2.121.D.5 · Correction due September 9, 2025

Reviewed 2 staff files and found one to have an expired FBI clearance letter.

Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of FBI Clearance Letter for staff member with the written response to the Specialist. Correct by 09/09/2025

2.122.A · Correction due October 9, 2025

Documentation of fire inspection was not available for the Specialist to review.

Required correction: Obtain and maintain documentation of a current fire inspection before approval. Correct within 30 days. Correct by 10/09/2025

State records file

Where this record comes from

The Department of Early Childhood keeps about three years of complaints on a program’s public page. Anything older is released only on request, as a single file covering the whole state. Shortlist asked for that file under the Colorado Open Records Act and renews it yearly; it is what this page shows for complaints older than the department’s own window.

The file this page is built from arrived on September 13, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in September 2027.

The department publishes a report for each of these visits. Shortlist has not read those reports yet, so this page shows when the state came and not what it found.

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Before you tour

11th Avenue Head Start hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask which of these findings were serious, and what changed.Colorado Department of Early Childhood publishes a correction deadline, never whether the work was done or how serious it was.

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Licensing and contact

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

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