Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 2 of the 4 visits below. Across Denver home daycares it cites something at about 57% 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.
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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 · July 13, 2026
2.337.B.1.a · Correction due July 13, 2026
There was no resilient surfacing surrounding the rock climber, and the climber was more than 18 inches in height.
Required correction: All climbing equipment exceeding 18 inches in height must have resilient surfacing of at least 6 inches. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 07/13/2026
2.321.A.2.b
A prescribed medication required by a care plan was not present on site at the program.
2.336.C.1 · Correction due July 13, 2026
There were gloves and wipes labeled keep out of reach, as well as two tape dispensers with sharp edges accessibel in kitchen drawers.
Required correction: All hazardous and keep out of reach items must be inaccessible to children. **Corrected at the time of inspection, materials were made inaccessible.** No Response required. Correct by 07/13/2026
Supervisory visit · October 12, 2023
7.707.923.A · Correction due October 12, 2023
A tube of Desitin and Bourdeaux's Butt Paste accessible on a low shelf of the changing table in the kitchen both labeled "Keep out of the reach of children".
Required correction: Ensure all hazardous items are inaccessible to children at all times. Correct immediately and send verification of compliance to specialist with written response. *Corrected at the time of inspection, provider moved creams to the top of the refrigerator, inaccessible to children. No response needed for this violation. Correct by 10/12/2023
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 Dawn O'Callaghan’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.
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