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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 · December 8, 2025
2.121.D.4.a · Correction due December 8, 2025
Reviewed 9 staff files and staff member 4 and staff member 8 were lacking CBI clearance letters cleared through the department.
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 4 and 8 has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of CBI Clearance Letter for staff members 4 and 8 with written response to the Specialist by 12/15/2025. Correct by 12/08/2025
2.212.A
In classroom 108 a staff member stated there were 15 children were present at the time of the visit. After review of the attendance roster and counting of children the classroom had 16 children present.
2.213.D · Correction due December 8, 2025
Reviewed staff files and staff member #3 had an expired (8/18/2025) Shaken Baby Training.
Required correction: Staff working with children less than 3 years of age must complete and renew a Shaken Baby Training. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 12/15/2025. Correct by 12/08/2025
2.213.F · Correction due December 8, 2025
Reviewed staff files and staff member 3 had an expired full CPR and First Aid training and an expired CPR and First Aid module.
Required correction: Within 30 days of employment all staff must complete a CPR and First Aid module. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 12/15/2025. Correct by 12/08/2025
2.213.G
Reviewed staff files and staff member 1 & 3 had expired Child Abuse Prevention training.
Required correction: Within thirty (30) calendar days of employment, all employees and regular volunteers must be trained using a
2.230.B · Correction due December 8, 2025
In classrooms 108,111,113 there were long charging cords longer than 18 inches long. The long charging cords are posing a possible strangulation hazard.
Required correction: Indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings must be sturdy, safe, and free of hazards. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 12/15/2025. Correct by 12/08/2025
Supervisory visit · February 5, 2024
2.212.G
Reviewed 8 staff files and 3 staff members Brianna B., Cintha A., Rocsan C. were all lacking a health statement and have been working at the facility for longer than 30 days.
2.237.D · Correction due February 5, 2024
In classroom 112 there was a staff bag that was in an unlocked cabinet accessible to children.
Required correction: Ensure that all hazardous items like a staff bag must be stored inaccessible to children. ***Corrected at the time of the visit the director locked the cabinet making the staff bag inaccessible to children. No need for written statement of compliance. Correct by 02/05/2024
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.
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