Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.
This provider does not publish pricing.
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.
Complaint · January 9, 2026
Unfounded
The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record and publishes an investigation report for it. Shortlist has not read that report, so this row includes no citation detail.
Supervisory visit · January 9, 2026
2.213.B · Correction due January 9, 2026
Reviewed 7 staff files and observed that 2 staff were missing documentation of a current Standard Precautions training.
Required correction: Immediately, all staff must complete standard precautions prior to working with children and must renew annually. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance to the Licensing Specialist. Correct by 01/09/2026
2.213.G
Reviewed 7 staff files and observed that 1 staff member was missing documentation of a current abuse prevention training.
2.120.D · Correction due January 9, 2026
Reviewed 7 staff files and observed that 1 staff members abuse and neglect inquiry was not submitted.
Required correction: Immediately, all individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS for the staff member with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 01/09/2026
2.212.G · Correction due February 8, 2026
Reviewed 7 staff files and observed that 1 staff member was missing a medical statement.
Required correction: Within 30 days, all staff must submit a medical statement, signed and dated by a physician or other health care provider within 30 days of their first date of employment. Subsequent self-reported health histories must be submitted annually. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance to the Licensing Specialist. Correct by 02/08/2026
Supervisory visit · March 28, 2025
2.212.G · Correction due April 27, 2025
Reviewed 8 staff files and observed that Chaya P. was missing documentation of a health statement.
Required correction: Within 30 days, all staff must submit a medical statement signed and dated by a physician. Subsequence self-reported health histories must be submitted annually. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance to the Licensing Specialist. Correct by 04/27/2025
2.213.B
Reviewed 8 staff files and observed that Rivka S. was missing documentation of a current Standard Precautions training.
Required correction: Immediately, all staff must complete Standard Precaution prior to working with children and annually. Submit
2.213.F · Correction due April 27, 2025
Reviewed 8 staff files and observed that Mamie G. was missing documentation of a current First Aid/CPR training.
Required correction: Within 30 days, all employees caring for children must complete the department approved First/CPR module or certification. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance to the Licensing Specialist. Correct by 04/27/2025
2.213.G · Correction due March 28, 2025
Reviewed 8 staff files and observed that Sara S and Rivka S were missing documentation of a current abuse prevention training.
Required correction: Immediately, all staff must complete the department approved training about abuse prevention within 30 days of employment and annually. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance to the Licensing Specialist. Correct by 03/28/2025
2.229.C
In the Toddler classroom, observed a bucket of sunscreens labeled "keep out of reach of children" on a shelf accessible to children and, in an unlocked cabinet, observed wipes labeled "keep out of reach of children" accessible to children.
2.230.B · Correction due March 28, 2025
In the Infant classroom and the Pre-K classroom, observed chairs to be stack posing a hazard to children.
Required correction: Immediately, indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnsihings must be free of hazards. Submit a written statement of compliance to the Licensing Specialist. Correct by 03/28/2025
Complaint · September 8, 2023
7.702.71.L
In the Gimmel classroom, observed small clothes pins on the wall in child's reach and small pearls attached to a branch hanging from the ceiling causing a potential choking hazard.
Complaint · September 8, 2023
Unfounded
The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record and publishes an investigation report for it. Shortlist has not read that report, so this row includes no citation detail.
Complaint · August 18, 2023
Unfounded · 7.702.71.L · Equipment/Materials · Correction due September 8, 2023
Toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and any materials accessible to children under than three (3) years of age must not be a choke hazard or able to be inhaled. Any area of the facility accessible to children less than three (3) years of age must be free of any choke or inhalation hazards.
Required correction: Any materials accessible to children under the age of 3 years of age must must not be a choke hazard. ****Corrected at the time of inspection, owner removed small clothes pins and pearls.
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.
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Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.
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