Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 3 of the 4 visits below. Across Denver centers it cites something at about 55% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Denver with Denver and never with another state.
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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 · September 10, 2025
2.213.B · Correction due September 10, 2025
Reviewed 4 staff files and Staff members #1 and #2 were lacking a current Standard Precautions training
Required correction: All staff must complete a Department-approved standard precautions training prior to working with children. This training must be renewed annually and will be counted towards ongoing professional development. Correct immedaitely and respond with verification of compliance by 10/10/2025. Correct by 09/10/2025
2.213.D
Reviewed 4 staff files and staff member #3 was lacking a current Shaken Baby training.
2.213.G · Correction due September 10, 2025
Reviewed 4 staff file and staff members #1,#2, #3 were all lacking a currecnt Child Abuse Prevention training.
Required correction: Within thirty (30) calendar days of employment, all employees and regular volunteers must be trained using a Department-approved training about child abuse prevention, which includes common symptoms and signs of child abuse, how to report, where to report, and when to report suspected or known child abuse or neglect. This training must be renewed annually. Correct immedaitely and respond with verification of compliance by 10/10/2025. Correct by 09/10/2025
2.219.B.4 · Correction due October 10, 2025
Reviewed 2 children's files and 1 child over the age 2 had an expired health statement.
Required correction: Health statements for children over two (2) years of age to seven (7) years of age must be updated in accordance with the American Academy of Pediatrics Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care schedule for routine well child exams. Correct and respond with verification of compliance by 10/10/2025. Correct by 10/10/2025
The facility was lacking the emergency drill log the last 12 months.
Supervisory visit · October 15, 2024
2.219.B.4 · Correction due November 14, 2024
Reviewed 2 children's files and 1 child over the age of 2 had an expired (6/5/2024) health statement.
Required correction: Review all children files over the age of 2 have a current health statement that is in accordance with the AAP health care schedule for routine well child exams. Correct and respond with verification of compliance by 11/14/2024. Correct by 11/14/2024
2.230.B
In the front area of the center there was a box fan with a long cord that was accessible to children posing a possible safety hazard. In the break room there were two batteries in an unlocked drawer posing a possible safety hazard.
2.223.A.2 · Correction due October 15, 2024
Reviewed the attendance verification sheet for the blue classroom and the attendance verification sheet was not completed when the blue classroom went outside to the playground.
Required correction: Staff members must complete written attendance verification periodically through out the day, ***Corrected at the time of the visit the staff member completed a name to face check and recorded the number of children.*** Respond with a plan of on going compliance by 11/14/2024. Correct by 10/15/2024
2.213.B · Correction due October 15, 2024
Reviewed 3 staff files and 1 staff member Nache Emanual had an expired standard precautions training.
Required correction: Ensure all staff members must complete a department approved standard precautions training and renew annually. Correct and respond with verification of compliance by 11/14/2024. Correct by 10/15/2024
2.217.C.5 · Correction due October 15, 2024
Reviewed the Child Care Health Consultant's file and it was lacking a current Dora license.
Required correction: The center must maintain documentation from DORA that the licensure is in good standing. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 11/14/2024. Correct by 10/15/2024
2.217.C.8 · Correction due October 15, 2024
Reviewed the Child Care Health Consultant's file and it was lacking a current immunization training.
Required correction: The center must obtain and maintain proof of course completion. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 11/14/2024. Correct by 10/15/2024
2.220.G · Correction due October 15, 2024
Observed a bottle of children's cold medication located on a counter top in the break room that was not locked and was accessible to children.
Required correction: All medications must be locked and inaccessible to children. ***Corrected at the time of the visit the staff member disposed of the medication making the medication inaccessible to children.*** Correct with a plan of on going compliance by 11/14/2024. Correct by 10/15/2024
Supervisory visit · November 16, 2023
7.702.72.B · Correction due November 16, 2023
Outside on the toddler and preschool playground there was peeling green truf posing a tripping hazard.
Required correction: Ensure that all indoor and outdoor furnishing including the green truf must be sturdy and free of hazard. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 12/16/2023. Correct by 11/16/2023
7.702.91.B · Correction due November 16, 2023
In the blue classroom there was a large area of peeling paint above a blue child chair and near a door.
Required correction: Ensure that the building must be kept in good repair including the paint. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 12/16/2023. Correct by 11/16/2023
Reviewed the facilities health inspection and it was not an approving health inspection.
7.702.5.C.5 · Correction due November 16, 2023
Reviewed 1 child's health care plan and the health care plan was expired.
Required correction: Review and ensure that all health care plans must be updated annually. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 12/16/2023. Correct by 11/16/2023
7.702.51.A.2.a · Correction due December 16, 2023
Reviewed 2 children's files and 2 children had immunizations records for each child, but immunizations were not on an approved form.
Required correction: Review and ensure that all immunizations must be on the approved from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Correct and respond with verification of compliance by 12/16/2023. Correct by 12/16/2023
Complaint · July 10, 2023
Unfounded · 7.702.2.D · Correction due July 27, 2023
Any center having a Director assigned to a classroom must have qualified and adequate staff, allowing the Director or qualified staff the ability to attend to the duties of a director as they arise.
Required correction: Ensure that if the director is assigned to a classroom there must be a qualifited staff that can attend to the duties of the director as they arise. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 8/3/2023.
Unfounded · 7.702.62.A.2 · General Requirement/Physical Care · Correction due July 27, 2023
The time a child arrives and leaves the center each day must be recorded. Staff members must complete written attendance verification periodically throughout the day, including during transitions.
Required correction: Ensure that all staff members must complete written attendance verification for each child how arrives and leaves the center each day must be recorded. Staff members must complete a written attendance verification through out the day and periodically. ***Corrected at the time of the visit the staff members in the green and orange classrooms completed a name to face sheet. Respond with verification of compliance by 8/3/2023.
Unfounded · 7.702.71.C · Equipment/Materials · Correction due July 27, 2023
Items labeled ?keep out of reach of children? must be inaccessible to children.
Required correction: Ensure that all items labeled "keep out of reach of children" must be inaccessible to children. Respond with verification of compliance by 8/3/2023.
Unfounded · 7.702.72.B · Correction due July 27, 2023
Indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings must be sturdy, safe, and free of hazards.
Required correction: Ensure that all indoor furnishing including the peeling paint, missing baseboard, and closet doors, handles must be safe and free of hazard. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 8/3/2023.
Unfounded · 7.702.72.C.8 · Outdoor Requirements · Correction due July 27, 2023
All outdoor play areas used for children?s activities must be checked daily and kept safe and free from hazardous materials or debris by removal of debris, dilapidated structures, and broken or worn play equipment. The staff must identify hazardous, high-risk areas; those areas must be made inaccessible to children to reduce the possibility of injuries and accidents.
Required correction: Ensure that all outdoor play areas used for children's activities must be kept safe and free of hazard. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 8/3/2023.
Unfounded · 7.702.35.A · Correction due July 27, 2023
A record must be maintained, either written or electronic, for each staff member that includes the following:
Required correction: Ensure that the facility must have a staff files and ensure they can be reviewed. Correct immediately and respond with verification of staff files by 8/3/2023.
Unfounded · 7.702.62.A.1 · General Requirement/Physical Care · Correction due July 27, 2023
All children must be under the direct supervision at all times of a qualified adult who has been assigned the responsibility to supervise
Required correction: Ensure that all children must be under direct supervision at all times of a qualified adult assigned the responsibility to supervise. Corrected at the time of the visit the director meet the children at the outside door located down the hallway. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 8/3/2023.
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 Early Success Academy’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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