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 · March 18, 2026
2.311.A.14 · Correction due April 18, 2026
Reviewed the providers file and observed the file to be missing a current health statement.
Required correction: Obtain a current health statement for the provider. Correct within 30 days and respond with verification of compliance by 4/18/26 Correct by 04/18/2026
2.312.C
Provider file missing a current department-approved training in standard precautions.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of completed department-approved training in standard precautions. Correct
2.320.A.7 · Correction due March 18, 2026
Reviewed 5 child files and observed ch3's file to be missing a current authorization for emergency medical care.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of current authorization for emergency medical care for all enrolled children. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 4/18/26 Correct by 03/18/2026
2.321.A.5 · Correction due April 18, 2026
Reviewed 5 child files and observed ch1 and ch2's files to be missing a current health statement.
Required correction: Obtain a current health statement for all enrolled children. Correct within 30 days and respond with a statement of compliance by 4/18/26 Correct by 04/18/2026
2.335.D · Correction due March 18, 2026
In the backyard play area, observed a plank of the wooden fence to be broken leaving a gap in the fence that is approximately 1.5 feet high and approximately 3 inches wide posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: The premises of the home must be kept safe and free of hazards to health at all times. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 4/18/26. Correct by 03/18/2026
Original visit · August 21, 2024
2.336.C.15 · Correction due August 21, 2024
Fire extinguisher does not meet minimum weight and rating requirement.
Required correction: Obtain at least one fire extinguisher in working condition with the minimim weight of 5 pounds and minimum rating of 2A-10-BC. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 8/28/2024. Correct by 08/21/2024
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.
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 Melissa Leonard’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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