Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 2 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 · August 14, 2026
2.337.A.13 · Correction due August 14, 2026
Observed mini trampoline in basement accessible to children. Observed in backyard full trampoline accessible to children.
Required correction: Make all trampolines inaccessible to children. Correct by 08/14/2026
2.336.C.1 · Correction due August 14, 2026
Cabinet under sink not latching observed multiple bottles of cleaner including but not limited to Clorox cleaner, window cleaner, disenfectant, air freshener all labeled keep out of reach of children, accessible to children.
Required correction: Make all hazardous items inaccessible to children. Corrected at time of visit, provider installed another safetly latch making inaccessible to children. No response is necessary. Correct by 08/14/2026
2.337.B.1.a · Correction due August 14, 2026
Plastic slide on deck measuring 2 feet with no resilient surfacing.
Required correction: Place all climbining equipment, sliding equipment or equipment with attached platforms 18 inches or higher on resilient surfacing at least six inches in the use zone. Corrected at time of visit, provider removed to garage, no response is necessary. Correct by 08/14/2026
2.320.A.10 · Correction due August 14, 2026
Observed two children in care and no admission record for the children. Identified through provider statement she watches sister's children.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of an enrollment record for all children in care. Correct by 08/14/2026
2.311.A.1 · Correction due August 14, 2026
Identified that applicant 2 is not providing care for children and does not have any trainings.
Required correction: Obtain all required training or remove applicant 2 from license. Corrected at time of visit, provider submitted change app 441757 to remove applicant 2. No response is necessary. Correct by 08/14/2026
Provider caring for two children observed no documentation of sign in and out.
2.337.D.2 · Correction due August 14, 2026
Electrical cords hanging from patio accessible to children, posing a strangulation hazard.
Required correction: Make all hzardous items inaccessible to children. Corrected at time of visit, provider removed electical cord making inaccessible to children. No response is necessary. Correct by 08/14/2026
2.336.C.2 · Correction due August 14, 2026
Exposed outlet on electrical outlet in basement family room and in dining room.
Required correction: Install protective cover or safety outlets in all outlets accessible to children. Corrected at time of visit provider install electrical outlet covers on exposed outlets. No response is necessary. Correct by 08/14/2026
Supervisory visit · August 15, 2025
2.121.J.1 · Correction due August 15, 2025
Reviewed the provider's records and observed the Provider Layla S. and indivuduals residing in the home Fadi S. file to have expired background check clearance letters. Layla S: CBI:, FBI and TRAILs expired 6/27/2024 Fadi S: CBI:, FBI and TRAILs expired 6/27/2024
Required correction: Provider Layla S. and resident of the home Fadi S. must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification the provider Layla S. and resident of the home Fadi S. reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Notify the Licensing Specialist in writing once the resident has completed the fingerprinting process. Correct by 08/15/2025
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.
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 Layla Sawaqed’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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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.
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
All checked July 2026.
Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.
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