Thornton · Licensed family home
Charlotte Phelps
At a glance
- Full-size family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
- A public school program, per Colorado's licensing records.
What the state has found
The state lists 3 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood
- Last visit
- August 6, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since September 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was August 6, 2026. 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, where it publishes one, 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.
Aug 2026 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · August 6, 2026
2.312.C · Correction due August 6, 2026
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed provider and assistant file to be lacking documentation of a current Department approved training for standard precuations.
Required correction: Immediately (8/6/2026) ensure that the provider and assistant obtains documentation of a current Standard Precautions training certificate. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring that the provider obtains and maintains documentation of a current Standard Precautions training certificate. Correct by 08/06/2026
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed provider and assistant to be lacking documentation of a current completed department approved training for child abuse prevention.
2.312.J · Correction due August 6, 2026
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed provider to be lacking a current completed CDPHE immunization course.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring the primary provider and all individuals responsible for the children's immunization records obtains and maintains documentation of a current completed CDPHE immunization training. Correct by 08/06/2026
2.312.I · Correction due August 6, 2026
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed provider and assistant be lacking a current completed department-approved safe sleep training.
Required correction: Immediately (8/6/26) ensure that all staff complete and maintain a current department approved training for infant safe sleep. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 08/06/2026
Aug 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · August 18, 2025
2.336.C.15 · Correction due August 18, 2025
Observed fire extinguisher not highly visible.
Required correction: Make fire extinguisher highly visible. Corrected at time of visit, provider placed fire extinguisher in kitchen. No response is necessary. Correct by 08/18/2025
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 November 8, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in November 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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Details
- Area
- Thornton, 80229
- License
- 1526755
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 5
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Sources and dates
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Details
- License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked November 2026 data.colorado.gov
Full-size means licensed for 12 children, the most any Denver-area family home holds; 216 of Denver-area’s 570 licensed family homes are. Small is 4 to 6; mid-size is 7 to 11.