FIRSTART PRESCHOOL

Center · Brighton · 625 S 8th Ave

What kind of place is this?

Size 74 children licensed In the middle half for 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 3
License status Active

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
January 23, 2026
On file
3 visits since April 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 23, 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.

Jan 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · January 23, 2026

2.213.N · Correction due February 23, 2026

Reviewed 10 staff files. The office manager responsible for immunization records missing documentation of the the immunizations training.

Required correction: All staff responsible for the collection, review, and maintenance of child immunization records must complete the required immunizations training and renew the training annually. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 02/23/2026

State records file

Feb 2025 Supervisory visit 6 findings

Supervisory visit · February 27, 2025

2.120.I · Correction due February 27, 2025

Reviewed 9 staff files and found Andriana to have an expired TRAILS background check.

Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members Andriana O. have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letters for staff members Andriana O. with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 02/27/2025

2.121.D.4.a

Reviewed 9 staff files and found Martha P. to be missing CBI and FBI clearance letters.

Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's

2.212.G · Correction due March 27, 2025

Reviewed 9 staff files and found Martha P. to be missing a medical statement with a start date of 9/20/2024.

Required correction: Obtain and maintain a current medical statement for staff member. Correct within 30 days 3/27/2025. Correct by 03/27/2025

2.213.B · Correction due February 27, 2025

Reviewed 9 staff files and found Martha P. to be missing a Department approved Standard Precautions, with a start date of 9/20/2024.

Required correction: Obtain and maintain a current Department approved Standard Precautions. Correct immediately 2/27/2025. Correct by 02/27/2025

2.219.B.4 · Correction due March 27, 2025

Reviewed 6 child files and found two to have expired health statements.

Required correction: Obtain and maintain current health statements. Correct within 30 days 3/27/2025. Correct by 03/27/2025

2.229.C · Correction due February 27, 2025

In the Enrichment Room Clorex wipes in a cabinet, and in the Little Monets room, hand soap is all labeled "keep out of reach of children" and is accessible to children.

Required correction: All items labeled " Keep out of reach of children" Must be inaccessible to children at all times. Correct immediately 2/27/2025. Corrected at the time of inspection, the Director removed the soap and locked the cabinet. No response is required. Correct by 02/27/2025

State records file

Apr 2024 Supervisory visit 4 findings

Supervisory visit · April 3, 2024

2.121.A.1 · Correction due April 3, 2024

No documentation of a FBI check clearance letter for Nicole A. was available for review and no documentation of a CBI check clearance letter for Jennifer M..

Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members Nicole and Jennifer have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of FBI, Clearance Letters for staff members Nicole and Jennifer with written response to Specialist. Correct by 04/03/2024

2.121.D.1

Staff are listed on the facility's license number who no longer work for the facility.

2.121.D.5 · Correction due April 3, 2024

No documentation of an updated FBI criminal record check for Nicole H.. Nicole's previous FBI clearance letter is dated 6/14/2017.

Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members X, Y, and Z have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of FBI clearance letter for Nicole H. with written response to Specialist. Correct by 04/03/2024

2.213.F · Correction due April 3, 2024

No documentation of First Aid/CPR certification or module for Emma F. was available for review. Staff has worked for the facility for over 1 year.

Required correction: Obtain documentation of required training for staff and send a copy to specialist with written response. Correct immediately. Correct by 04/03/2024

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.

Ask for this program’s record now

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 FIRSTART PRESCHOOL’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.

Before you tour

FIRSTART PRESCHOOL 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

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.

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.

Do you run FIRSTART PRESCHOOL? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.