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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 · April 29, 2026
2.321.D.1 · Correction due April 29, 2026
Reviewed 10 children's files and observed CH 2, 5, 6, and 9 missing sunscreen authorization.
Required correction: Obtain sunscreen authorization for all children in care. Correct by 04/29/2026
2.318.C.3 · Correction due April 29, 2026
Reviewed emergency records and observed no monthly smoke detector testing to being conducted.
Required correction: Conduct and maintain monthly smoke detector testing. Correct by 04/29/2026
2.321.A.3
Reviewed 10 children's files and observed CH 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10 to have expired medical statements.
2.138.A · Correction due April 29, 2026
Reviewed emergency drill log and observed missing documentation of fire drills being conducted in February and March 2025 and Tornado drills being conducted in March 2025.
Required correction: Conduct and document all required emergency drills. Correct by 04/29/2026
2.312.H · Correction due April 29, 2026
Reviewed two staff files and observed Marissa's child abuse and neglect training to be expired as of 8/14/24.
Required correction: Obtain current documentation of child abuse and neglect training for all staff. Correct by 04/29/2026
Reviewed two staff files and observed Maria to be have expired immunization training as of 12/12/25.
2.321.A.2.c · Correction due April 29, 2026
Reviewed 10 children's files and observed CH 2 immunizations on non approved form and observed CH 9 missing immunizations.
Required correction: Obtain current immunizations on approved state form. Correct by 04/29/2026
2.312.M
Reviewed two providers files and observed missing documentation of introduction to the early intervention and preschool special education training for Maria.
2.121.D.4.a · Correction due April 29, 2026
Observed child living in the home turn 18 and missing documentation of FBI and CBI background checks.
Required correction: Provider must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification the provider reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Notify the Licensing Specialist in writing once the resident has completed the fingerprinting process. Correct by 04/29/2026
2.336.C.1 · Correction due April 29, 2026
Observed in kitchen box of plastic kitchen trash bags on counter. Observed unlocked drawer in kitchen containing box of aluminum foil with serrated edge and boxes of plastic bags. All accessible to children.
Required correction: Make all hazardous items inaccessible to children. Correct by 04/29/2026
2.337.D.3 · Correction due April 29, 2026
Wheel barrel on side of house accessible to children.
Required correction: Make all hazardous items inaccessible to children. Correct by 04/29/2026
2.335.D · Correction due April 29, 2026
Cell phone cord plugged in with exposed end accessible to children posing a shock hazard.
Required correction: Keep home safe and free from hazards at all time. Corrected at time of visit, provider removed at time of visit. No response is necessary. Correct by 04/29/2026
2.312.R.1 · Correction due May 29, 2026
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed Maria to be missing 7.25 hours and Marissa missing 12 hours of the required 15 hours of professional development from 9/1/24-8/31/2025.
Required correction: Obtain 15 hours of on going professional development annually. Correct by 05/29/2026
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.
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