Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 4 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.
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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 · May 18, 2026
2.312.M · Correction due June 18, 2026
Reviewed Provider's file and observed file to be lacking documentation fo the completed Department-approved Introduction to Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring all staff have completed the Department-approved introduction to the early intervention and preschool special education programs within 90 days of employment. Correct by 06/18/2026
2.320.A.7
Reviewed (4) files and observed (2) files lacking updated authorization for emergency medical care.
Supervisory visit · June 24, 2025
2.312.K · Correction due July 24, 2025
Reviewed Provider's file and observed file to be lacking documentation fo the completed Department-approved training regarding playground safety for homes.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring the provider has completed the Department-approved training regarding playground safety for homes. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 07/24/2025
2.312.M
Reviewed Provider's file and observed file to be lacking documentation for the completed Department-approved Introduction to Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs.
2.312.N · Correction due July 24, 2025
Reviewed Provider's file and observed file to be lacking documentation for the completed Department-approved training for recognizing the impact of bias on early childhood professionals.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring all staff have completed the Department-approved training for recognizing the impact of bias on early childhood professionals within 90 days of employment. Correct by 07/24/2025
2.312.Q · Correction due July 24, 2025
Reviewed provider's file and observed the provider to be lacking documentation of a current Department-approved training “Working with an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant.”
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring the provider and all staff have completed the Department-approved training “Working with an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant.” Correct by 07/24/2025
2.320.A.7
Reviewed (1) child file and observed child lacking updating medical authorization.
Supervisory visit · August 6, 2024
2.121.D.5 · Correction due August 6, 2024
Reviewed provider's file and observed the provider to be lacking documentation of a renewed FBI clearance letter obtained prior to 5 years from the date reflected on the current clearance letter.
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 Clearance Letters for staff members listed above with written response to Specialist. Correct by 08/06/2024
Supervisory visit · September 8, 2023
7.707.32.A.4 · Correction due September 8, 2023
Reviewed provider's file and observed it to be lacking documentation of a current department approved Standard Precautions training
Required correction: Immediately (9/08/2023) ensure that the program obtains documentation of a current Standard Precautions training certificates for the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 09/08/2023
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.
The department will also review one program’s complete file on request, which is more than either source above contains. Leave your email and Shortlist will ask for Kauser Dean’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
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Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.
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