Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 3 of the 4 visits below. Across Denver centers it cites something at about 55% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Denver with Denver and never with another state.
Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.
This provider does not publish pricing.
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 · September 18, 2025
2.138.A · Correction due September 18, 2025
Reviewed program's files and observed program lacking documentation of tornado drills being conducted monthly during August and September of 2025 and lock down drills being conducted quarterly during the previous year.
Required correction: Ensure all required drills are completed within the required time frames and documentation of each drill is maintained, per the above requirements. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 10/18/2025. Correct by 09/18/2025
2.213.N · Correction due October 18, 2025
Reviewed 10 staff files and observed 1 staff member, who has been employed longer than 30 days and is responsible for the collection, review, and maintenance of child immunization records, lacking a current CDPHE immunization training.
Required correction: Obtain current documentation of completion of the CDPHE immunization course for all staff who are responsible for the collection, review and maintenance of child immunization records, within 30 days of employment. Respond with verification of compliance by 10/18/2025. Correct by 10/18/2025
2.220.C · Correction due September 18, 2025
Reviewed children's medications and observed a child's prescribed medication lacking the original labeled container.
Required correction: Ensure all medications are kept in the original labeled bottle or container and all prescription medications contain the original pharmacy label. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 10/18/2025. Correct by 09/18/2025
2.218.C.5
Reviewed children's medication and observed an expired health care plan that was also lacking a parent/guardian's signature.
Required correction: Ensure all children's individual health care plans are updated at least every (12) months,
2.230.C.8 · Correction due September 18, 2025
Rocks covering a large portion of the resilient surfacing (rubber chips) throughout the outdoor playground, and a long section of metal edging protruding up around the picnic tables, both posing potential hazards to children.
Required correction: Ensure the outdoor play areas are free from hazardous materials or debris. Staff must make the climbing equipment on the playground inaccessible to children until the area is free of potential hazards. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 10/18/2025. Correct by 09/18/2025
Supervisory visit · October 18, 2024
2.127.B · Correction due October 18, 2024
Reviewed program's postings and observed the program lacking documentation of the most recent Child Care Licensing Report of Inspection or a notice as to where the most recent licensing inspection may be reviewed.
Required correction: Immediately (10/18/2024) ensure the most recent licensing Report of Inspection or a notice as to where it may be viewed is posted. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 10/18/2024
2.138.A
Reviewed program's files and observed program lacking documentation of tornado drills held during the months of March - October 2024 and a lockdown drill held after December 2023.
2.212.G · Correction due November 17, 2024
Reviewed 10 staff files and observed the program to be lacking documentation of a current medical exam followed by a subsequent self reported health history for Cintia M and Christina A., who have been employed longer than 30 days.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring all staff have obtained a medical statement signed and dated by a health care provider within 30 days of employment, followed by completion of the annual self-reported health history. Correct by 11/17/2024
2.213.B · Correction due October 18, 2024
Reviewed 10 staff files and observed Stacy F. lacking documentation of a current Department-approved training in Standard Precautions.
Required correction: Immediately (10/18/2024) ensure the program obtains and maintains documentation of a current Standard Precautions training for all staff to include Stacy F. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 10/18/2024
Reviewed 10 staff files and observed Stacy F. lacking documentation of a current Department-approved
2.213.N · Correction due November 17, 2024
Reviewed Director's file, who was identified as being responsible for the collection, review and maintenance of child immunization records, and observed it lacking documentation of the current Department-approved CDPHE immunization course.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance ensuring the program obtains and maintains a current CDPHE immunization training certificate for the person who is responsible for the collection, review and maintenance of child immunization records. Correct by 11/17/2024
Supervisory visit · November 15, 2023
Correction due November 16, 2023
Reviewed 10 staff files and observed Claudia M. lacking an updated Trails clearance letter obtained prior to five years from the date reflected on the current clearance letter.
Required correction: Within 24 hours (11/16/2023) submit verification that Claudia M. has resubmitted the child abuse and neglect inquiry form. All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that Claudia M. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Correct by 11/16/2023
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 Boulder County Head Start’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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.
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.
Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
Do you run Boulder County Head Start? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.