Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 4 of the 4 visits below. Across Denver centers it cites something at about 55% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Denver with Denver and never with another state.
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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 · August 17, 2026
2.221.C · Correction due September 18, 2026
in the catapillars classroom several bottles of sunscreen to belong to individual children and not to be labeled with first and last name.
Required correction: When supplie for an individual child, suncreen must be labeled with child's first and last name. Corrected at time of visit staff labeld sunscreens with childrens first and last names. No response needed. Correct by 09/18/2026
2.230.C.8 · Correction due August 18, 2026
in toddler playground a plastic bin to be broken with sharp edges causing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: All outdoor areas used for children must be kept safe and free from hazard correct immediately, corrected at time of visit director removed bin out of the playground making it inaccessible to children. No response needed Correct by 08/18/2026
Supervisory visit · September 16, 2025
2.120.I · Correction due September 16, 2025
reviewed 13 staff files and observed Staff 1 to have expired Trails background check as of 7/2022.
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 have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letters for staff members with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 09/16/2025
2.121.D.5
reviewed 13 staff files and observed Staff 1 to have expired FBI background check as of 9/2024.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's
2.127.D · Correction due October 10, 2025
observed in butterflies classroom no capacity or ratio posting at time of visit.
Required correction: The license capacity and room to ration must be posted in every room of the child care facility. Corrected at time of visit program posted capacity and ratio for classroom. No response needed. Correct by 10/10/2025
2.213.B · Correction due September 16, 2025
reviewed 13 staff files and observed staff 10 to have expired standard precautions training as of 1/2025.
Required correction: Obtain current standard precautions training for staff and add to staff file. Correct immediately and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 09/16/2025
2.213.C · Correction due September 16, 2025
reviewed 13 staff files and observed staff 10 to have expired safe sleep training as of 1/2025.
Required correction: Obtain current safe sleep training for staff and add to staff file. Correct immediately and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 09/16/2025
in toddler playground a bag of open soil to be labeled "keep out of reach of children" to be accessible to children.
2.229.L · Correction due September 16, 2025
in infant roly poly room magnets on magnet board to be a choking hazard and accessible to children under the age of 3 years old.
Required correction: Materials accessible to children under 3 years old must not be a choke hazard or able to be inhaled. Correct immediately, corrected at time of visit director removed all magnets from classroom making items inaccessible to children.No response needed. Correct by 09/16/2025
2.209.A.7 · Correction due September 16, 2025
reviewed 9 children files and observed Ch5, ch6, ch8 and ch9 to have expired emergency medical authorization as of 9.4.2025. Ch4 to have no documentation of emergency medical authorization.
Required correction: Obtain current emergency medical authorization for all children and add to children files. Correct immediately and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 09/16/2025
2.219.B.3
reviewed 9 children files and observed ch4 to have no documentation of medical health statement in file.
Supervisory visit · October 23, 2024
2.127.D · Correction due October 23, 2024
in bumblebee classroom no ratio or capacity posting.
Required correction: Obtain ration and capacity posting for classroom. Corrected at time of visit director posted capacity and ratio for classroom . No response needed. Correct by 10/23/2024
2.224.A.1
Observed children in multiple classrooms eating snack that only consisted of one component not meeting USDA guidelines.
2.220.A · Correction due October 23, 2024
reviewed 3 medication for children and observed health care order to not have parent consent signature.
Required correction: Any unexpired routine medication, prescriptions must be administered only with a current written order with parental consent. Correct immediately and send written response to specialist. Correct by 10/23/2024
Supervisory visit · November 7, 2023
7.702.34.A.7 · Correction due November 7, 2023
reviewed 10 children files and observed Ch1, Ch2, Ch3, Ch4, Ch5,Ch7, Ch9, children to have expired emergency medical authorizations as of 10.26.23, 10.26.2023,10,13,2023,1/23/23,2/21/23,1/18/23.
Required correction: Obtain current emergency medical authorization for all children and add to files. Correct immediatly and send written response to specialist with response. Correct by 11/07/2023
7.702.51.A.2.b
reviewed 10 children files and observed ch2, ch4, ch6, ch8 and ch9 to have expired medical health statements 9.22.23,5.25.23,3.29.22 and one had no documentation of medical health statement.
7.702.51.A.2.a · Correction due November 7, 2023
reviewed 10 children files and observed Ch8 to have no documenation of immunization.
Required correction: Obtain current immunization documenation and add to child's file. Correct immediately and send written response to specialist. Correct by 11/07/2023
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 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.
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All checked July 2026.
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