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.
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 17, 2026
2.122.A · Correction due August 17, 2026
reviewed facility file and observed a failed fire inspection as of 3/18/2026.
Required correction: Obtain current approved fire inspection, correct immediately and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 08/17/2026
2.213.H
reviewed 6 staff files and observed staff 5 to have no documentation of Intro to the Early Intervention and preschool special education training.DOH 6/2025.
2.213.L · Correction due September 17, 2026
reviewed 6 staff files and observed staff 5 to have no documentation of 1 hour of child development training. DOH 6/2025.
Required correction: Obtain current 1 hour of department approved child development training and add to staff file and send written verificaation to specialist with response, Correct by 09/17/2026
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due August 17, 2026
in toddler playground 2 little tike slides red andd blue to be over 18 inches and to have no resilient matrial in use zones.
Required correction: All climbing equipment eighteen inches or higher must have resilient material of 6 inches in use zones surrounding the equipment correct immediately. Corrected at time of visit staff removed slides and made them inaccessible to children. No response needed. Correct by 08/17/2026
Supervisory visit · September 11, 2025
2.237.K · Correction due September 11, 2025
Kitchen door via the infant classroom was not completely closed making area accessible to children.
Required correction: Kitchens must be inaccessible to children at all times. Correct immediately. Corrected at time of visit door was closed making area inaccessible to children. No response needed. Correct by 09/11/2025
2.229.G · Correction due September 11, 2025
in toddler bathroom in shelf 3 rolls of loose plastic bags to be accessible to children.
Required correction: Loose plastic bags must be stored in area inaccessible to children. Correct immediately, corrected at time of visit , director moved plastic bags to office area making them inaccessible to children. No response needed. Correct by 09/11/2025
2.212.G
reviewed 6 staff files and observed 5 staff to have no documentation of medical health status statement. Staff 2 DOH 3/2025, Staff 3 DOH 6.24.25, Staff 4 DOH 11.26.24, Staff 5 DOH 6.1.25 and Staff 5 DOH 4.11.25.
2.213.L · Correction due October 10, 2025
reviewed 6 staff files and observed staff 5 and staff 6 to have no documentation of child development training.
Required correction: Obtain current child development training for staff and add to staff file and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 10/10/2025
2.217.C.8 · Correction due September 11, 2025
reviewed nurse file and observed expired immunization training as of 8.11.25.
Required correction: Obtain current immunization training from nurse correct immediately and add to file and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 09/11/2025
Complaint · November 11, 2024
2.113.A.7
Identified through director that I was not provided with all staff files on date of supervisory visit. Further identified from schedules and RP that staff was signed in to work day specialist was there.
Complaint · November 11, 2024
Founded
The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record and publishes an investigation report for it. Shortlist has not read that report, so this row includes no citation detail.
Supervisory visit · October 10, 2024
2.213.F · Correction due October 10, 2024
reviewed 5 staff files and observed Cinthia to have expired 1st aid CPR training as of 9.13.24.
Required correction: Obtain current 1st aid/CPR training for staff and add to file. Correct immediately and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 10/10/2024
2.213.G · Correction due October 10, 2024
reviewed 5 staff files and observed Isela to have expired child abuse prevention and reporting training as of 1/30/2024. Observed Daisy to have expired Child abuse and prevention training as of 8.22.24.
Required correction: Obtain current child abuse prevention and reporting training and add to staff files. Correct immediately and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 10/10/2024
2.133.B · Correction due October 10, 2024
reviewed 5 staff files and observed all Rose, Anay, Cinthia, Isela and Daisy to not have documentation that they have been trained fire safety and use of fire extinguishers and alarms.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of staff being trained in fire safety and use of fire extniguishers and alarms, Correct immediately and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 10/10/2024
2.213.B · Correction due October 10, 2024
reviewed 5 staff files and observed Cinthia to have expired standard precaution training as of 10/4/2024.
Required correction: Obtain current standard precautions training for staff and add to staff file and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 10/10/2024
Complaint · May 29, 2024
2.217.A.15.d · Correction due May 29, 2024
Specialist observed 11 children in infant classroom licensed for no more than 5 children at time of visit. Children ages range from 6 wks to 3 yrs old.
Required correction: The room capacity must not be exceeded. Correct immediately, corrected at time of visit when additional staff arrived children were moved to toddler room and infant was back to room capacity. Correct by 05/29/2024
2.216.A.1 · Correction due May 29, 2024
at time of arrival identified 2 staff Emma and Cinthia to be in infant room. Reviewed files and identified staff to not be ECT qualified . No director was on site at time of visit and did not arrive until 8:45 am.
Required correction: An ECT assigned responsibility for a single group of children must be under the supervision of a director. Correct immediately and send written response to specialist. Correct by 05/29/2024
2.216.B.2.b · Correction due May 29, 2024
at time of arrival identified 2 staff Emma and Cinthia to be in infant room. No Infant supervisor on site. Observed 4 infants in care at time of visit. Reviewed files and identified staff to not be ECT qualified.
Required correction: Infant program supervisor or infant ECT must be assigned to each group of ten or fewer infants in attendance. Correct immediately and send written response to specialist. Correct by 05/29/2024
2.216.B.2.a · Correction due May 29, 2024
at time of arrival identified 2 staff Emma and Cinthia to be in infant room. Identified no infant supervisor on site/ classroom . No ECT on site or classroom. Reviewed files and identified staff Emma and Cinthia to not be ECT qualified.
Required correction: In the infant program infant program supervisor must be present at least 60% of the time and individual as ECT must be responsible during remaining time. Correct immediately and send written response to specialist Correct by 05/29/2024
Complaint · May 29, 2024
Founded
The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record and publishes an investigation report for it. Shortlist has not read that report, so this row includes no citation detail.
Supervisory visit · November 7, 2023
7.702.34.A.7 · Correction due November 7, 2023
reviewed 3 children files and observed Ch2 to have expired emergency medical authorization as of 9.22.23.
Required correction: Obtain current emergency authorization for ch2 and add to file. Correct immediately and send written response to specialist. Correct by 11/07/2023
7.702.71.C · Correction due November 7, 2023
in toddler classroom an unlocked cabinet with cleaning wipes and sanitizing spray labeled keep out of reach of children to be accessible to children.
Required correction: Items labeled" keep out of reach of children" must be inaccessible to children at all times. Corrected at time of visit staff locked cabinet. 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 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.
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All checked July 2026.
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