Arvada · Licensed family home
Sarah Hewitt
At a glance
- Full-size play-based family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
- Hours 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Tuition Infant $1,732, toddler $1,689, preschool $1,645 a month, full time. See costs
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state lists 3 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood
- Last visit
- March 19, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since May 2024 · 1 complaint investigation
- Fixed?
- Correction was due May 21, 2024. Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood lists each program’s complaints on its Colorado Shines page, with the department’s verdict on each and, where it publishes one, 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.
Mar 2026 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · March 19, 2026
May 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · May 21, 2024
2.321.E.1 · Correction due May 21, 2024
Reviewed ten (10) children's files and observed one (1) file to be missing written authorization and instructions from the parent(s) or guardian(s) for the application of sunscreen to their children's sun exposed skin prior to outdoor play, year-round and nine (9) files to have an expired written authorization.
Required correction: Obtain ten (10) written authorization and instructions from the parent(s) or guardian(s) for the application of sunscreen to their children's sun exposed skin prior to outdoor play, year-round. Correct immediately. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 05/21/2024
Where this record comes from
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 November 8, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in November 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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What it costs
Denver-area comparison hidden: too few providers here publish a full-time price for this age.
Sarah HewittMost Denver-area prices (middle 80%)
Monthly, full time. The band is the middle 80% of Denver-area full-time prices for that age; 10 toddler and 14 preschool programs publish one.
- Application fee
- $100
A day here
7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Meals, outdoors, sleep and three more
- Meals
- Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, supper, and evening snack provided per USDA/CACFP standards on a set daily schedule; infants fed on demand
- Outdoors
- Daily outdoor play built into curriculum whenever temperature is between 20°F and 90°F, with indoor gross-motor play as the alternative
- Sleep
- Scheduled afternoon rest period 12:00–2:30pm on playpens/nap mats; older children get quiet time if not sleeping; infants nap on their backs
- Updates for parents
- Contactless sign-in/out via the ELV Parent app
- Schedule
- Full-Time (4-5 days/week) and Part-Time (1-3 days/week)
- Closed
- 8 holidays and breaks a year
Dates
New Year's Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Juneteenth, 4th of July, Thanksgiving Day and the day after, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
How they teach
Play-based
“Child-led approach to learning with open-ended guiding that is customized to each child's individual needs.”
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Child excluded for fever ≥100.4°F, vomiting, diarrhea, infectious sores, or communicable illness; must be symptom-free 24 hours before returning
- Special needs
- Provides reasonable accommodations for children with disabilities/special needs and works to integrate them with peers
Details
- Area
- Arvada, 80003
- License
- 1513594
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 5
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, and ratios and staff. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
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.
How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 provider-assets.kinside.com/customfile/7855/Daytime Handbook 010125.pdf
What it costs
- Infant, Toddler, Preschool, Application fee — Checked July 2026 provider-assets.kinside.com/customfile/7855/Daytime Handbook 010125.pdf
A day here
- Meals, Outdoors, Sleep, Hours, Schedule, Closed — Checked July 2026 provider-assets.kinside.com/customfile/7855/Daytime Handbook 010125.pdf
- Updates for parents — Checked July 2026 provider-assets.kinside.com/customfile/7855/COVID Safety Policies.pdf
Policies
- When a child is sick, Special needs — Checked July 2026 provider-assets.kinside.com/customfile/7855/Daytime Handbook 010125.pdf
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 angelhugsdaycarellc.com
- License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 provider-assets.kinside.com/customfile/7855/Daytime Handbook 010125.pdf
Full-size means licensed for 12 children, the most any Denver-area family home holds; 216 of Denver-area’s 570 licensed family homes are. Small is 4 to 6; mid-size is 7 to 11.