Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 3 of the 4 visits below. Across Denver centers it cites something at about 55% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Denver with Denver and never with another state.
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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 · March 31, 2026
2.223.D.4.c · Correction due March 31, 2026
Three children sleeping on mats without sheets in classroom number 203.
Required correction: A fitted sheet and or other suitable covering must be offered to children. Correct immediately by 3.31.2026, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 4.7.2026. Correct by 03/31/2026
2.237.H · Correction due March 31, 2026
A large power-strip, under the teacher's desk, in classroom number 202 with uncovered electrical outlets posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: All electrical outlets must be covered. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The exposed outlets were covered. No response required. Correct by 03/31/2026
Supervisory visit · May 9, 2025
2.127.D · Correction due May 9, 2025
All of the licensed classrooms to be missing the required capacity and ratio postings.
Required correction: Post the required ratio and capacity in all of the licensed classrooms. Correct immediately by 5.9.2025, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 5.16.2025. Correct by 05/09/2025
2.220.G
Alka Seltzer in classroom 201 on a table and accessible to children. Identified through the staff statements that they used the medication for class projects.
Required correction: Medication must be locked and inaccessible to children. Medication should not be used for projects with children. Correct immediately by 5.9.2025, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist. Correct by
Supervisory visit · September 12, 2024
2.120.A · Correction due September 12, 2024
Reviewed five staff records and observed two staff members Faith W. (DOH 8.18.2024) and Angie P. (DOH 1.3.2023) to be missing documentation of the required Trails background check.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of the required background checks for all staff members as required. Correct immediately by 9.12.2024, and submit a written statement of compliance and documentation of the background checks to the Specialist by 9.19.2024. Correct by 09/12/2024
2.121.D
Reviewed five staff records and observed four staff members Faith W. (DOH 8.18.2024) to be missing all of the required background checks. Observed Angie P. (DOH 1.3.2023), Tanya A. (DOH 8.18.2024), Julia J. (DOH 8.1.2023), and Megan G. (DOH 8.18.2020) to be missing documentation of the required CBI background check all posing a potential safety hazard.
2.213.B · Correction due September 12, 2024
Reviewed five staff records and observed one staff member Faith W. (DOH 8.18.2024) to be missing documentation of the required Standard Precautions training.
Required correction: Obtain the required Standard Precautions training for all staff members prior to working with children. Correct immediately by 9.12.2024, and submit a written statement of compliance and documentation of the training to the Specialist by 9.19.2024. Correct by 09/12/2024
2.213.G · Correction due September 12, 2024
Reviewed five staff records and observed four staff members Faith W. (DOH 8.18.2024), Angie P. (DOH 1.3.2023), Tanya L. (DOH 8.18.2024) and Megan G. (DOH8.18.2020) to be missing documentation of the required Child Abuse Prevention training, posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Obtain the required Child Abuse Prevention training for all staff members prior to working with children. Correct immediately by 9.12.2024, and submit a written statement of compliance and documentation of the training to the Specialist by 9.19.2024 Correct by 09/12/2024
2.133.A · Correction due September 12, 2024
Reviewed five staff records and observed one staff member Faith W. (DOH 8.18.2024) to be missing documentation of the required Emergency and Disaster Preparedness training.
Required correction: Obtain the required Emergency and Disaster Preparedness training for all staff prior to working with children. Correct immediately by 9.12.2024, and submit a written statement of compliance and documentation of the training to the Specialist by 9.19.2024. Correct by 09/12/2024
2.213.A · Correction due September 12, 2024
Reviewed five staff records and observed all staff members to be missing documentation of the required pre-service building and physical premises training.
Required correction: Obtain the required building and physical permises training for all staff members prior to working with children. Correct immediately by 9.12.2024, and submit a written statement of compliance and documentation of the training to the Specialist by 9.19.2024. Correct by 09/12/2024
2.120.C.1.a.1
Reviewed five staff records and observed all five staff members to be missing documentation of a background check. No staff members have successfully completed all of the required background checks and observed staff members to be caring for children.
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 13, 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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