KINDERCARE LEARNING CENTERS LLC

Center · Lakewood · 13990 W Bates Ave

What kind of place is this?

Size 114 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.

Who runs it

Chain KinderCare
Owner Partners Group (controlling) Public (NYSE: KLC) since Oct 2024; Partners Group holds 71.2% controlling interest per its SEC registration. sec.gov

KinderCare runs 23 licensed locations in Denver.

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
October 14, 2025
On file
3 visits since January 2024 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was November 13, 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.

Oct 2025 Supervisory visit 5 findings

Supervisory visit · October 14, 2025

2.229.L · Correction due October 14, 2025

in Preschool discovery B on wall near teacher desk magnets to be accessible to children causing a potential choking hazard.

Required correction: Any materials accessible to children under than 3 years of age must not be achoke hazard or be able to inhale. Correct immediately and send written response to specialist. Correct by 10/14/2025

2.220.E · Correction due October 14, 2025

reviewed 1 medication in preschool classroom to have expired medication authorization 9/2025.

Required correction: Obtain current medication authorization and consent forms. Correct immediately and add to children files and send written response to specialist. Correct by 10/14/2025

2.209.A.7 · Correction due October 14, 2025

Reviewed 11 children files and observed ch1 to have no documentation of emergency medical authorization. DOE 9/27/25

Required correction: Obtain current emergency medical authorization for ch1 and add to child file, correct immediately and send written response to specialist. Correct by 10/14/2025

2.209.B.4 · Correction due November 13, 2025

reviewed 11 children files and observed ch1 to have no current health statement available for review at time of visit. DOE 9/2025

Required correction: obtain current medical health statement for child and add to child's file and send written response to specialist. Correct by 11/13/2025

2.219.B.1

reviewed 11 children files and observed child 1 to have no documentation of immunization. DOE 9/2025

State records file

Nov 2024 Supervisory visit nothing cited State records file
Jan 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · January 16, 2024

2.213.L · Correction due February 15, 2024

reviewed 17 staff files and observed Maize R DOH 3.15.23, Monica M DOH 10.17.23, Angela M DOH 8.7.23,Briar H5/2022, Lenzy K10.17.23 and Ariana R. DOH 7.13.23 to be missing documenation of Child development training.

Required correction: Obtain current child development training for staff and add to staff files and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 02/15/2024

State records file

Where this record comes from

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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KINDERCARE LEARNING CENTERS LLC 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.

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

  • Owner — Checked September 2026 · sec.gov

Licensing and contact

State record

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