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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.
Complaint · June 2, 2026
2.212.A · Correction due June 2, 2026
Identified through staff statements and review of video documentation that SM1 harshly removed CH1 from the playpen and roughly placed CH1 on the ground, SM1 also hit CH1's shoe out of their hand when CH1 approached SM1 for help.
Required correction: Immediately (6/2/26) ensure that all staff demonstrate knowledgeable decision making , judgment, and concern for the proper care and well being of children. Provide a written plan of action along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 06/02/2026 Complaint Allegation :
2.223.B.1
Identified through staff statements and review of video documentation that SM1 confined CH1 to a playpen while on the playground. At the time of the inspection SM2 stated that CH1 "could very well have been confined in the playpen for longer than 15 minutes"
2.225.B · Correction due June 2, 2026
Identified through staff statements and review of video documentation that SM1 harshly removed CH1 from the playpen and roughly placed CH1 on the ground, SM1 also hit CH1's shoe out of their hand when CH1 approached SM1 for help.
Required correction: Immediately (6/2/26) ensure all children are not subjected to physical or emotional harm, humiliation, or threats. Provide a written plan of action along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 06/02/2026
2.212.A · Correction due June 2, 2026
Identified through staff statements and review of video documentation that SM1 harshly removed CH1 from the playpen and roughly placed CH1 on the ground, SM1 also hit CH1's shoe out of their hand when CH1 approached SM1 for help.
Required correction: Immediately (6/2/26) ensure that all staff demonstrate knowledgeable decision making , judgment, and concern for the proper care and well being of children. Provide a written plan of action along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 06/02/2026 Complaint Allegation :
2.212.E · Correction due June 2, 2026
Identified through staff statements and review of video documentation that SM1 was on their personal cell phone while caring for children.
Required correction: Immediately (6/2/26) ensure that all staff, when caring for children, refrain from the personal use of electronics including cell phones. Provide a written plan of action along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 06/02/2026 Complaint Allegation : RP states CH1 has come home with bruises that have gone unexplained by the facility. - FOUNDED
2.223.A.3 · Correction due June 2, 2026
Identified through staff statements and review of video documentation that SM1 was not actively supervising children at all times.
Required correction: Immediately (6/2/26) ensure that staff members are awake, alert and actively supervising children at all times. Provide a written plan of action along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 06/02/2026
Identified through staff statements and review of video documentation that SM1 was alone caring for children with out a completed out of state background check. Previously cited on 11/18/24.
Complaint · June 2, 2026
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 22, 2025
2.219.B.2 · Correction due November 22, 2025
Reviewed 2 children's files and observed 1 child lacking documentation of current health statement signed by a medical provider.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance ensuring all student files have a current health statement signed and dated by a health care provider per the above guidelines. Correct by 11/22/2025
Reviewed 3 staff files and observed SM3 lacking documentation of a health statement signed by a medical
Supervisory visit · November 18, 2024
2.121.J.1 · Correction due November 18, 2024
Reviewed staff files and observed 1 staff (Nicholas G.) to have lived out of Colorado in the past 5 years and lacking documentation of an out of state background check.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member listed above have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of Out of State background check Clearance Letters for staff member listed above with written response to Specialist. Correct by 11/18/2024
2.212.G
Reviewed 4 staff files and observed 2 staff (Nicholas G. and Alexander G.) lacking documentation of an original health statement signed by a medical provider.
2.219.B.2 · Correction due December 18, 2024
Reviewed 2 children's files and observed 1 child lacking documentation of a current health statement signed by a medical provider.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance ensuring all student files have a current health statement signed and dated by a health care provider per the above guidelines. Correct by 12/18/2024
Original visit · December 20, 2023
2.229.C
The following items labeled "keep out of reach of children" accessible to children: Hand lotion and a bottle of disinfectant by the sink in the toddler classroom, a spay mop next to the toilet in the toddler room, sunscreen, cough drops and an essential oil spray in a basket next to the outside door in the toddler room.
Required correction: Immediately (12/20/23) ensure all items labeled Keep out of reach are in accessible to children at all times. Staff moved all items listed above to an in accessible location at the time of the inspection. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED.
2.229.M · Correction due December 20, 2023
A ceramic flower pot in the toddler room accessible to children posing a possible hazard.
Required correction: Immediately (12/20/23) ensure that all toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and materials made of brittle, easily breakable plastic or glass are not permitted for children less than five (5) years of age. Staff moved the flower pot out of the room at the time of the inspection. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 12/20/2023
2.112.A · Correction due January 20, 2024
Program lacking documentation of a current fire inspection.
Required correction: Provide documentation through an inspection from the local fire department along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring that a current health inspection has been obtained and will be maintained. Correct by 01/20/2024
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 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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