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.
This provider does not publish pricing.
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 7, 2025
2.309.A.4 · Correction due August 7, 2025
Identified the provider to have 10 children in care at the time of visit and also on 8/5/25 and 8/6/25 with no second staff member to assist.
Required correction: Ensure when the 9th child arrives that there is a second staff member to assist. Correct immediately 8/7/25 and submit compliance by 8/14/25 Correct by 08/07/2025
2.320.A.7 · Correction due August 7, 2025
Reviewed 12 children's files and observed 2 children to have expired emergency medical authorization forms.
Required correction: Obtain updated emergency medical authorizations and maintain current copies in children's files. Correct immediately 8/7/25 and submit compliance by 8/14/25. Correct by 08/07/2025
Supervisory visit · October 2, 2024
2.320.A.7 · Correction due October 2, 2024
Reviewed 10 children files and observed 4 with expired emergency medical forms.
Required correction: Prior to enrollment and then annually a written authorization for emergency medical care signed by guardian. Correct Immediately or before the next day the child is in attendance. Correct by 10/02/2024
2.321.A.4
Reviewed 10 child files and observed 4 with expired health statements.
2.336.C.1 · Correction due October 2, 2024
Disinfectant Wipes on top of the toilet in the bathroom within children's reach, labeled "keep out of the reach of children".
Required correction: All items labeled "keep out of reach of children" must be inaccessible to children at all times. Correct Immediately 10/2/24. Corrected at the time of inspection, provider moved the wipes into a locked cabinet. No response required. Correct by 10/02/2024
2.121.D.5 · Correction due October 3, 2024
One household members FBI to be expired on 7/26/2024.
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 Licensing Specialist in writing once the resident has completed the fingerprinting process. Correct by 10/03/2024
2.311.A.14
Provider to have an expired health statement.
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 Maria Preiss’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.
All checked July 2026.
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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