Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 3 of the 4 visits below. Across Denver home daycares it cites something at about 57% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Denver with Denver and never with another state.
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.
Supervisory visit · August 12, 2026
2.336.C.1 · Correction due August 12, 2026
A container of hand sanitizer wipes labeled "keep out of reach of children" accessible to children on a table near the water jug at the entrance of the indoor area.
Required correction: Ensure all hazardous items and materials are inaccessible to children in care. ***Corrected at the time of visit. Provider immediately removed the container of wipes from the table and placed it up on a high shelf, making it inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 08/12/2026
2.337.D.2
Splintered and broken wood at the bottom of the green outdoor climber, posing a potential hazard to children.
Required correction: Ensure all outdoor areas are frequently surveyed and kept safe and free from hazards. Correct immediately
2.321.A.3 · Correction due September 11, 2026
Reviewed (6) child files and observed Child (1) and Child (3), who have both been enrolled longer than (30) days, to have health statements that expired on 5/11/2026 and 4/6/2026, respectively.
Required correction: Ensure all child files contain a current health statement signed and dated by a health care provider, per the above guidelines, within (30) days of enrollment. Document correction in written response to Specialist. Correct by 09/11/2026
Supervisory visit · September 2, 2025
2.321.E.3 · Correction due September 2, 2025
Children's individual sunscreens lacking labels containing children's first and last names.
Required correction: Provider immediately (9/2/2025) labeled the sunscreens with children's first and last names. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 09/02/2025
2.127.C
Reviewed program's postings and observed program lacking posted information regarding the procedures for filing a complaint with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.
2.127.B · Correction due September 2, 2025
Reviewed program's postings and observed the program lacking documentation of the most recent Child Care Licensing Report of Inspection or a notice as to where the most recent licensing inspection may be reviewed.
Required correction: Provider immediately (9/2/2025) posted a notice on the parent board informing parents as to where the most recent child care licensing Report of Inspection may be reviewed. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 09/02/2025
2.320.A.7 · Correction due September 2, 2025
Reviewed 5 child files and observed 1 file with an expired emergency medical authorization.
Required correction: Immediately (9/2/2025) ensure all child files contain an authorization for emergency medical care that is signed and dated by the parent/guardian and updated annually. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 09/02/2025
2.321.A.2.c
Reviewed 5 child files and observed 1 file containing an expired CDPHE Certificate of Nonmedical Exemption, and lacking an immunization record.
2.321.A.3 · Correction due October 2, 2025
Reviewed 5 child files and observed 3 files with expired statements of health status.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance ensuring all child files contain a current statement of health status that is signed and dated by a health care provider, per the above guidelines. Correct by 10/02/2025
Reviewed Provider's files and observed one of three pets in the home to have an expired rabies immunization record.
2.312.H · Correction due September 2, 2025
Reviewed Provider and equally qualified Provider's file, who have both been employed longer than 30 days, and observed both files with an expired Department-approved child abuse prevention training.
Required correction: Immediately (9/2/2025) ensure all staff obtain and maintain a current Department-approved training regarding child abuse prevention. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 09/02/2025
2.312.J · Correction due September 2, 2025
Reviewed Provider's file, who is responsible for the collection, review and maintenance of child immunization records, and observed it lacking a current CDPHE immunization training.
Required correction: Immediately (9/2/2025) ensure any individual who is responsible for the collection, review and maintenance of child immunization records, obtains and maintains current documentation of the CDPHE immunization training. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 09/02/2025
Original Change of Location/Type visit · October 30, 2023
Program lacking documentation of all drills held over the past 12 months for all required drills within the required timeframes.
7.701.33.D.5 · Correction due October 31, 2023
Ginger J. and Deborah V. lacking documentation of CBI and FBI clearance completed within the past 5 years.
Required correction: Within 24 hours (10/31/2023) provide documentation of the appointments made with the Departments 3rd party vendor. Also ensure that the BIU Colorado Child Care Background Check Power Point Presentation is reviewed. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 10/31/2023
7.707.31.A.10 · Correction due November 29, 2023
Ginger J. lacking documentation of a current health statement completed within the last 2 years.
Required correction: Provide documentation of a current health statement for Ginger J. completed within the past 2 years. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 11/29/2023
7.707.36.B.8
Deborah V. lacking documentation of qualifications as the co provider of a Large Family Child Home.
7.707.921.F · Correction due October 30, 2023
Primary Care being provided in the detached garage and at the time of the inspection, temperature reading at 54 degrees fahrenheit within the garage and unable to verify that the heating facility is capable of maintaining a draft free temperature of a minimum of 68 degrees fahrenheit at floor level.
Required correction: Immediately (10/30/2023) ensure that the detached garage is capable of maintaining a draft free temperature of a minimum of 68 degrees fahrenheit at floor level. Provide documentation, along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 10/30/2023
Correction due October 30, 2023
Deborah V. lacking documentation of the currently completed child abuse and reporting training certificate.
Required correction: Immediately (10/30/2023) ensure that all staff to include Deborah V. obtains and maintains a current certificate of training in the required child abuse and neglect course. Provide documentation through a current certificate of training along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 10/30/2023
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 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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All checked July 2026.
Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.
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