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.
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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 · July 23, 2026
2.336.C.11 · Correction due July 23, 2026
A can of paint stored within three feet of the furnace.
Required correction: Immediately (7/23/26) ensure that all flammable or combustible materials are stored at least 3 feet away from the furnace. Provider corrected at time of visit by moving the paint to a location over 3 feet away. No further response is needed. Correct by 07/23/2026
Supervisory visit · September 13, 2024
2.311.A.13.a · Correction due October 13, 2024
Reviewed the staff records and observed Sam F. (DOH 5.2023) to be missing documentation of a current medical statement.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of current medical statements for all employee's. Correct by 10.13.2024, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist. Correct by 10/13/2024
2.316.A
Reviewed 12 children's records and observed seven records to be missing documentation of a written statement from families agreeing to the family childcare homes (FCCH) policies and procedures.
2.321.A.2.c · Correction due September 13, 2024
Reviewed 12 children's records and observed one child's record to be missing documentation of the required immunization record.
Required correction: Obtain the required immunization record for all children prior to enrollment. Correct immediately by 9.13.2024, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 10.13.2024. Correct by 09/13/2024
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 Lori Traudt’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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.
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.
Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
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