Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.
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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.
Supervisory visit · November 17, 2025
2.219.B.2 · Correction due December 17, 2025
Reviewed 9 child files and found 2 children to have expired health statements.
Required correction: All children must have current health statements on file within 30 days of enrollment and 30 days of expiration. Correct and respond with written statement. Correct by 12/17/2025
2.220.A
Reviewed emergency medication that were on-site and found 2 children to be missing medications specified on the medication plans.
2.220.C · Correction due November 17, 2025
Reviewed emergency medication that were on-site and found 1 child medication to be missing the original pharmacy label.
Required correction: Medication must contain the original pharmacy label. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 11/17/2025
Supervisory visit · January 22, 2024
2.209.A.4 · Correction due January 22, 2024
The admission paperwork did not include space for an address for the emergency contacts.
Required correction: The admission record must include space for the address of any emergency contacts. Correct immediately and respond with statement of compliance. Correct by 01/22/2024
2.120.I
Reviewed 12 files and found Morgan H and Jennifer L to have an expired TRAILS clearance letter.
Required correction: All TRAILS checks must be renewed every 5 years.
2.121.J.1 · Correction due January 22, 2024
Reviewed 12 staff files and found Rachel M to be missing documentation of an out of state clearance letter. Rachel has lived out of state in the last 5 years.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that Rachel M has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of the Out of State Clearance Letter for Rachel with written response to Specialist. Correct by 01/22/2024
2.210.A.2 · Correction due January 22, 2024
Reviewed 12 staff files and found Karen G to be missing documentations of qualifications. Karen was working as an ECT at the time of the inspection.
Required correction: Documentation of qualifications must be kept on on record at the program. Correct immediately and provide documentation of qualifications with written response. Correct by 01/22/2024
Reviewed 12 staff files and found Rachel M to be missing documentation of completion of the Emergency and Disaster Preparedness training.
2.120.A · Correction due January 22, 2024
Reviewed 12 staff files and found Michelle K to be missing a TRAILS background check.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that Michell e K has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of the TRAILS Clearance Letters for Michelle K with written response to Specialist. Correct by 01/22/2024
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.
The department will also review one program’s complete file on request, which is more than either source above contains. Leave your email and Shortlist will ask for AMERICAN ACADEMY KINDIEPREP’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
All checked July 2026.
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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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