Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 3 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.
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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 · October 22, 2025
2.337.B.1.a · Correction due October 22, 2025
In the provider's backyard, observed a climber with attached slides measuring approximately 24 inches in height placed on grass and without resilient surfacing. Previously cited on 11/20/24.
Required correction: Ensure all climbing equipment eighteen inches or higher has resilient surfacing of at least six inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment. Correct immediately and respond with a plan for ongoing compliance by 11/22/25. Correct by 10/22/2025
2.121.J.1
Reviewed three staff files and identified SM2's file missing documentation of an out of state clearance letter. SM2 has lived outside of Colorado in the last five years.
2.311.A.14 · Correction due November 22, 2025
Reviewed three staff files and identified the primary provider's file missing documentation of a health evaluation completed in the last two years.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of a current health evaluation for the primary provider. Correct and respond with a statement of compliance by 11/22/25. Correct by 11/22/2025
2.311.A.14.a · Correction due November 22, 2025
Reviewed three staff files and identified SM3's file missing documentation of a medical evaluation completed in the last two years.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of a current health evaluation for SM3. Correct and respond with a statement of compliance by 11/22/25. Correct by 11/22/2025
2.321.A.2.c
Reviewed ten child files and identified Ch1's file missing documentation of an immunization record.
Supervisory visit · November 20, 2024
2.335.F · Correction due November 20, 2024
In the two children's bathrooms, observed an uncovered trash can in each bathroom.
Required correction: Ensure all garbage and other wastes are stored in a manner that is inaccessible to children. Correct immediately and respond with a statement of compliance by 12/20/24. Correct by 11/20/2024
2.337.B.1.a · Correction due November 20, 2024
In the provider's backyard, observed a climber with attached slides measuring approximately 24 inches in height placed on grass and without resilient surfacing.
Required correction: Ensure all climbing equipment eighteen inches or higher has resilient surfacing of at least six inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment. Correct immediately and respond with a plan for ongoing compliance by 12/20/24. Correct by 11/20/2024
2.329.H.2 · Correction due November 20, 2024
Attached to the crib bars on the inside of the crib, observed a protective covering made of fabric intended to protect an infant's arm from becoming stuck between the bars. The protective covering was bunched up close to the mattress, posing a potential suffocation hazard. No child was observed in the crib at the time of visit.
Required correction: Ensure all soft bedding or materials that could pose a suffocation hazard are not permitted in cribs or other sleep/rest equipment for infants. **Corrected at the time of visit. The provider removed the protective coverings.** No response required. Correct by 11/20/2024
2.312.M · Correction due December 20, 2024
Reviewed the provider's file and identified documentation of the Department-approved introduction to the early intervention training to be missing.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of the Department-approved introduction to the early intervention training. Correct and respond with verification of compliance by 12/20/24. Correct by 12/20/2024
Observed children in care watching a television program. One child under twenty-four months was not observed to be redirected from the area and provided with alternate activities. Identified through the provider's statement that this is not a normal part of programming.
2.316.B.15 · Correction due December 20, 2024
Reviewed the provider's policies and identified the media policy to state that a developmentally-appropriate video or television program may be shown to children who do not nap. Observed children watching a television program prior to lunch and nap time. Identified through the provider's statement that this is not a normal part of programming. Identified the policy to be missing time limits for all media use.
Required correction: Ensure the written policies are implemented and followed and include the minimum required information. Correct and respond with a plan for ongoing compliance by 12/20/24. Correct by 12/20/2024
Supervisory visit · October 26, 2023
7.701.33.A.1 · Correction due October 26, 2023
Reviewed 2 staff files and identified employee Patricia's file lacking documentation of a CBI and an FBI clearance letter. Fingerprints were originally done under the wrong license number due to a miscommunication: CBI dated 6/4/22. A portability form was completed within 180 days and not sent into the BIU.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review 'Navigating the Background Check', the Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint on the CDEC website. Submit verification (via email) that Provider Nadia has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Correct immediately and submit documentation of CBI and FBI clearance letters for Patricia with written response to Specialist by 11/2/23. Correct by 10/26/2023
Correction due October 26, 2023
Reviewed 2 staff files and identified employee Patricia's file lacking documentation of a TRAILS clearance letter. A TRAILS request was originally completed under the wrong license number due to miscommunication. A portability form was completed within 180 days and not sent into the BIU.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review 'Navigating the Background Check', the Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint on the CDEC website. Submit verification (via email) that Provider Nadia has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Correct immediately and submit documentation of TRAILS clearance letter for Patricia with written response to Specialist by 11/2/23. Correct by 10/26/2023
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.
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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.
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