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Complaint · June 4, 2026
Founded · 2.236.A.1 · Building Requirements · Correction due June 9, 2026
If the office space is accessible to children, it must be free of hazards.
Required correction: Immediately (6/9/26) ensure all office spaces are locked and/or does not contain any potential hazards. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response.
Founded · 2.224.A.4 · Meals/Snacks/Activities · Correction due June 9, 2026
The size of servings must be suitable for the child's age and sufficient time must be allowed so that meals are unhurried.
Required correction: Immediately (6/9/26) ensure that the serving size of the snacks provided by the center are suitable for the child's age.
Founded · 2.224.A.10 · Meals/Snacks/Activities · Correction due June 9, 2026
Meal menus must be planned at least one week in advance, dated, and posted in a place visible to parents. After use, menus must be filed and retained for three (3) months.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that the program posts menus at least 1 week in advance in an area visible to parents and follows the menus consistently.
Founded · 2.212.A · Personnel · Correction due June 9, 2026
All staff at the center must demonstrate knowledgeable decision-making, judgment, and concern for the proper care and well-being of children.
Required correction: Immediately (6/9/26) 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
Founded · 2.217.A.14 · General Requirement/Physical Care · Correction due June 9, 2026
Staff to Child Ratios by ages of children and number of staff- 6 weeks to 18 months (infants):1 staff member to 5 infants; 12 months to 36 months: 1 staff member to 5 toddlers; 24 months to 36 months: 1 staff member to 7 toddlers; 2-1/2 years to 3 years:1 staff member to 8 children; 3 years to 4 years: 1 staff member to 10 children; 4 years to 5 years: 1 staff member to 12 children; 5 years and older: 1 staff member to 15 children; Mixed-age group 2-1/2 yrs to 6 yrs: 1 staff member to 10 children.
Required correction: Immediately (6/9/26) ensure the facility is in compliance with all staff to child ratios at all times. Provide a written plan of action along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response.
Founded · 2.225.B · Guidance · Correction due June 9, 2026
Children must not be subjected to physical or emotional harm, humiliation, or threats.
Required correction: Immediately (6/9/26) ensure all children are not subjected to physical or emotional harm, humiliation, or threats. Provide a written plan of action along statement of compliance within the overall response.
Founded · 2.237.B · Building Requirements · Correction due June 9, 2026
Buildings must be kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition.
Required correction: Immediately (6/9/26) ensure that the program maintains and adequate supply of toilet paper, paper towel and hand soap to ensure that the program can maintained in a safe condition. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response.
Founded · 2.124.A.1.d · Correction due June 9, 2026
Within twenty-four (24) hours, excluding weekends and holidays, of the occurrence of a critical incident at the facility or within twenty-four (24) hours of a child’s return to the facility the licensee must report in writing to the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, Division of Early Learning, Licensing, and Administration the following critical incidents involving a child in the care of the facility or a staff member on duty: Any allegation of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse or neglect to a child that results in a mandatory report to law enforcement or a county department of human or social services agency, or the child abuse reporting hotline as described in section 19-3-304, C.R.S.
Required correction: Immediately (6/9/29) ensure the facility reports all reportable incidents within the required time frames. Provide a written plan for ongoing compliance with in the overall response.
Founded · 2.126.B · General Rules · Correction due June 9, 2026
Pursuant to section 19-3-304, C.R.S., any caregiver or staff member in a child care facility who has reasonable cause to know or suspect that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect or who has observed the child being subjected to circumstances or conditions that would reasonably result in abuse or neglect shall immediately upon receiving such information report or cause a report to be made of such fact to the county department of human or social services, the local law enforcement agency, or through the child abuse hotline reporting system as set forth in section 26-5-111, C.R.S.
Required correction: Immediately (6/9/29) ensure the facility reports all reportable incidents within the required time frames. Provide a written plan for ongoing compliance with in the overall response.
Founded · 2.124.A.3.b · General Rules · Correction due June 9, 2026
Changes to a License Requiring Written Notification to the Department Prior to Department Approval - Changes in the physical facility or use of rooms for child care at a facility.
Required correction: Immediately (6/9/26) ensure that all rooms used for care have been previously approved by the Department prior to use. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response.
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote. Covers complaints received January 2023 through July 2026; Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish routine inspection reports, so this is not a record of every state visit.