Happy Hearts Development Center, INC.

Center · Lafayette · 411 Homestead St

What kind of place is this?

Size 203 children licensed Larger than the middle half of 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 4
License status Active

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
December 30, 2025
On file
3 visits since February 2024
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was December 30, 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 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.

Dec 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · December 30, 2025

2.218.C.5.a · Correction due December 30, 2025

Reviewed children's health care plans and observed one child lacking a parent/guardian signature on the health care plan.

Required correction: Ensure all children's health care plans are updated at least every (12) months and as changes occur, include all required information, and are signed by the health care provider and the parent/guardian. ***Corrected at the time of visit. Director obtained the parent's signature on the child's health care plan. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 12/30/2025

State records file

Jan 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · January 13, 2025

2.138.A · Correction due January 13, 2025

Reviewed program's files and observed program lacking documentation of a lockdown drill conducted within 3 months of the previously documented lockdown drill.

Required correction: Immediately (1/13/2025) ensure all required drills are completed within the required time frames and documentation of each drill is maintained. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 01/13/2025

2.219.B.2

Reviewed 13 child files and observed 2 files with current health statements lacking a signature by a health care provider.

State records file

Feb 2024 Supervisory visit report not read State records file

Where this record comes from

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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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Before you tour

Happy Hearts Development Center, INC. 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

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All checked July 2026.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Licensing and contact

State record

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