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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 · February 4, 2026
2.312.C · Correction due February 4, 2026
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed missing documentation of Standard Precautions training for Dorothy Barnes.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of Standard Precautions training for all staff. Correct by 02/04/2026
2.320.A.7
Reviewed 3 children's files and observed expired or missing documentation for emergency medical care for CH 1-2/15/2025, CH 2- 9/7/25, and CH 3- Missing.
Required correction: Obtain current documentation of emergency medical authorization for all children in care. Correct by
2.321.A.2.c · Correction due February 4, 2026
Reviewed 3 children's file and observed CH3 to be missing documentation of current immunization status.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of immunization status for all children in care. Correct by 02/04/2026
2.321.A.3 · Correction due March 4, 2026
Reviewed 3 children's files and observed missing documentation of current statement of health for CH3.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of statement of health statement for all children in care. Correct by 03/04/2026
Observed fire extinguisher to be manufactured in 2012.
2.312.R.1 · Correction due February 4, 2026
Reviewed 2 files and observed Mary 3.75 training hours for 2025.
Required correction: Obtain an additional 3.25 hours of training for Mary. Correct by 02/04/2026
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 1, 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 Dorothy Barnes’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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All checked July 2026.
Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.
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