Colorado Institute For Early Learning

Center · Montbello · 12000 E 47th Ave

What kind of place is this?

Size 20 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
May 22, 2026
On file
2 visits since September 2025 — both cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 21, 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 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.

May 2026 Supervisory visit 5 findings

Supervisory visit · May 22, 2026

2.212.G

Reviewed 3 staff files and staff member 1 did not have a Subsequent self-reported health history.

Required correction: All staff members must submit to the center a medical statement, signed and dated by a physician or other health care provider, verifying that they are in good mental, physical, and emotional health appropriate for the position for which they have been hired. This statement must be dated no more than six (6) months prior to employment or within thirty (30) calendar days after the first date of employment. Subsequent self-reported health histories must be submitted

2.212.N · Correction due May 22, 2026

Reviewed 3 staff files and staff member 2 was lacking a signed statement for center’s policies and procedures for the administration of medications.

Required correction: Prior to working with children, each staff member must read and be trained on the center’s policies and procedures for the administration of medications. Staff members must sign a statement indicating that they have read and have been trained on the center's administration of medications policies and procedures. Correct immediately and reposnd with verification of compliance by 6/21/2026. Correct by 05/22/2026

2.219.B.1.a.2

Reviewed a child file and the child was lacking the the parent immunization online module that is required.

Required correction: Submit the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Certificate of Nonmedical Exemption (May 2023) received upon the completion of Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Online Immunization

2.219.B.2 · Correction due June 21, 2026

Review 2 children's files and both children were lacking a health statement and have been attending care for more than 30 days.

Required correction: Within thirty (30) calendar days of admission, and within thirty (30) calendar days following the expiration date of a previous health statement, the parent(s)/guardian(s) of each child must submit a statement of the child’s current health status or written verification of a scheduled appointment with a health care provider. The statement of the child’s current health status must be signed and dated by a health care provider who has seen the child within the last twelve (12) months, or within the last six (6) months for children less than two and one-half (2½) years of age. The statement must include when the next visit is required by the health care provider. All health statements must be kept at the center. Correct and respond with verification of compliance by 6/21/2026. Correct by 06/21/2026

Reviewed 3 staff files and staff member 3 was lacking a CBI clearance letter (DOH 10/7/2025).

State records file

Sep 2025 Original visit 2 findings

Original visit · September 29, 2025

2.230.C.1.c · Correction due September 29, 2025

Outside on the preschool playground at the bottom of the double green slide there was less than 4 inches of wood chips. Outside on the playground under the two swings there was less than 2 inches of wood chips.

Required correction: Loose fill resilient surface must be raked regularly to retain its resiliency and to retain a depth of at least six (6) inches. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 10/6/2025 Correct by 09/29/2025

Outside on the playground there were 3 metal stakes stick up out of the black plastic playground boards. The

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

Colorado Institute For Early Learning 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.

Sources and dates

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All checked July 2026.

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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