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.
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 · February 25, 2026
2.311.A.14 · Correction due March 25, 2026
Provider, staff member and 2 children under 10 lacking current health evaluations.
Required correction: Obtain current health evaluations for individuals listed. Submit statement of compliance and copies of health evaluations. Correct by 03/25/2026
2.320.A.7
Reviewed 10 child files, 4 files lacking documentation of current emergency medical authorization.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that all child files have documentation of current emergency medical authorizations.
Original Change of Location/Type visit · March 31, 2025
2.311.A.13 · Correction due April 30, 2025
Provider lacking health statement for 1 family member. (Danilo)
Required correction: Obtain health statement for family member listed. Submit statement of compliance and copy of health statement. Correct by 04/30/2025
2.321.A.3
Reviewed 5 child files, 1 file lacking documentation of current health statement.
Required correction: Review all children files and ensure that all have documentation of current health statement. Submit statement
2.337.A.13 · Correction due March 31, 2025
2 small trampolines accessible to children in the back yard.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that all trampolines are inaccessible to children. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 03/31/2025
Supervisory visit · August 8, 2024
2.138.A · Correction due August 8, 2024
Drill log not available for review.
Required correction: Immediately complete and log each type of drill. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 08/08/2024
2.312.I · Correction due August 8, 2024
Provider lacking documentation of current safe sleep training.
Required correction: Immediately obtain documentation of current safe sleep training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 08/08/2024
2.336.C.1 · Correction due August 8, 2024
Air freshener labeled "keep out of reach of children" accessible on counter in bathroom.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that all items labeled "keep out of reach of children" are inaccessible at all times. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 08/08/2024
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 Shanell Lopez’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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