Aurora · Licensed center
Little Cubs Academy
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 90 children.
Program news
The state’s license allowed 120 children in July. Since October it allows 90.
From the state’s licensing record. Shortlist last read it on November 8, 2026.
What the state has found
The state lists 2 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood
- Last visit
- June 26, 2026
- On file
- 2 visits since July 2025 · 2 complaint investigations
- Fixed?
- Correction was due October 23, 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, where it publishes one, 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 Complaint Founded
Complaint · October 23, 2025
Oct 2025 Complaint 2 findings
Complaint · October 23, 2025
2.223.C.2
Identify through a staff member statement that CH1 had a blanket with them inside the crib. The child was awake.
Required correction: Immediately (10/23/2025) in the infant room, soft bedding or materials that could pose a suffocation hazard are not permitted in cribs, futons approved for infants, or other approved sleep/rest equipment. Submit a written statement of
2.212.E · Correction due October 23, 2025
Identified through a staff member statement that a staff member was using their cell phone while they were caring for the children.
Required correction: Immediately (10/24/2025) when caring for children, staff members must refrain from the personal use of electronics including but not limited to cell phones and portable electronic devices. Submit a written statement of compliance by 10/30/2025 Correct by 10/23/2025 Complaint Allegation : RP states that immunization records are not available for all children. - FOUNDED
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 November 8, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in November 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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Details
- Address
- 982 S Peoria St, Aurora, 80012
- License
- 1781395
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
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Sources and dates
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.
Details
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
Medium means the middle half of Denver-area’s 1,145 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 8 to 40; large is 115 to 320.