Barnum · Licensed center
DPS ECE Barnum
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 60 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
- April 22, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since October 2024
- Fixed?
- Correction was due August 25, 2025. 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 2025 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · August 25, 2025
2.230.C.7 · Correction due August 25, 2025
On the ECE Playground, observed the right part of the left swing (facing the street) containing an "S" hook at the top connecting the swing with an "S" hook that has a gap larger than a dime, causing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Ensure all swings that have "S" hooks are secure at all times. Correct immediately and respond by 9/1/2025. Correct by 08/25/2025
2.230.C.6 · Correction due August 25, 2025
On the playground, observed a gap on both slides at the platform large enough to pose a potential strangualtion hazard.
Required correction: Ensure all playground equipment is safe and designed to guard against entrapment. Correct immediately and respond by 9/1/2025. Correct by 08/25/2025
2.120.C.1.a · Correction due August 25, 2025
Observed SM1 and SM2's files lacking documentation of a TRAILS clearance letter. Observed SM1 and SM2 working together.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that SM1 and SM2 have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS clearance letter for staff members 1 and 2 with written response to the Specialist by 9/1/2025. Correct by 08/25/2025
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
- Address
- 85 Hooker St, Denver, 80219
- License
- 85083
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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Sources and dates
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Details
- Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked November 2026 data.colorado.gov
Medium means the middle half of Denver-area’s 1,145 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 8 to 40; large is 115 to 320.