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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 · January 21, 2025
2.121.D.4.a · Correction due January 21, 2025
Reviewed 5 staff files, identified Jenny D. (DOH 1/21/25 and in the classroom) missing a CBI or FBI clearance letter , Joan G. (DOH 5/4/23) missing a CBI clearance letter.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of CBI, FBI, Clearance Letters for staff members with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 01/21/2025
2.229.M
In the preschool room, observed 7 glass or ceramic cups on a shelf near the outside door.
Required correction: Easily breakable glass are not permitted for children less than 5 years of age. Corrected at the time of visit: Tina removed all cups to the kitchen.
2.229.G · Correction due January 21, 2025
In the bathroom next to the cabinet there were 2 white trash bags on the floor.
Required correction: Loose plastic bags must be inaccessible to all children Corrected at the time of visit: Tina put the trash bags in the trash can. No written response needed. Correct by 01/21/2025
2.121.D.1 · Correction due January 21, 2025
Identified Jenny D. left employment 6/28/2025 and returned 1/21/25, the facility failed to submit the required notification of name removal to the Department or BUI.
Required correction: When an employee separates from the facility the facility must submit the Notification of Name Removal form to the Department or BUI. Submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist. Correct by 01/21/2025
Supervisory visit · March 5, 2024
2.212.G · Correction due April 5, 2024
Reviewed 4 staff files, identified Jenny to be missing the health evaluation signed and dated by their physician.
Required correction: Obtain a current health evaluation for employee, signed and dated by their physician. Submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist. Correct by 04/05/2024
2.213.L
Reviewed 4 staff files, identified Emily and Jenny to be missing the child development training.
2.229.C · Correction due March 5, 2024
In an unlocked cabinet in the bathroom and also in the wagon in the classroom there were several Kirkland baby wipes. In the classroom in a wagon. In the classroom on the window shelf, Aveeno lotion, all with a manufacture label of 'keep out of reach of children', and all with reach of children.
Required correction: Immediately, all items with a label of 'keep out of reach' must be inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of visit: Tina removed all items to a high cabinet, inaccessible to all children. No written response needed. Correct by 03/05/2024
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 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.
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