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 · April 20, 2026
2.311.A.14 · Correction due May 21, 2026
reviewed providers file and observe no current documentation of health evaluation.
Required correction: Obtain current medical health evaluation for provider add to provider file and send written response to specialist. Correct by 05/21/2026
2.325.C · Correction due May 21, 2026
no menu to be posted. Identified through provider statement that she doesnt post it any more as kid erase it from white board. Provider stated she just tells parents at drop off or pick up time what they had.
Required correction: All parents must have access to menus and must be notified of meals being served. Correct and send written response of on going complaince to specialist. Correct by 05/21/2026
2.336.C.1 · Correction due April 21, 2026
in living room petroleum jelly, sun screen2 bottles, staples and boxes of staples 5 to be accessible to children at time of visit. Observed a container of pom poms and tiny stickers in cubie as well. iAll items to be labeled "keep out of reach of children"
Required correction: All hazardous items and materials "labeled keep out of reach of children" must be inaccessible to children correct immediately corrected at time of visit provider removed items place in locked closet making them inaccessible. Correct by 04/21/2026
2.336.C.10 · Correction due April 21, 2026
kitchen stove to have controls with in reach of children in care at time of visit. Observed a 3 yr old and a 15 month old in care at time of visit.
Required correction: Any cooking stove with controls with in reach of a child shall have a safety guard correct immediately, corrected at time of visit provider place safety covers , no response needed. Correct by 04/21/2026
2.336.C.15.a · Correction due May 21, 2026
Fire extiguisher to have a date of 2005 at time of visit.
Required correction: Fire extiguishers must be replaced at least every six years correct and send written on going compliance response to specialist. Correct by 05/21/2026
in living room a outlet strip with 6 outlet without protective covers. Observed in kitchen wall next to kidney table outlet with out any protective cover.
2.615.K · Correction due April 21, 2026
in kitchen counter a power drill to be accessible to children at time of visit. In inclosed porch observed on small table a hammer accessible to children and on high chair screws and curtain hooks to be accessible to children .Observed a 15 month old and 3 year old in care at time of visit.
Required correction: Any hazardours items and materials including but not limited to tools and medications must be inaccessible to children correct immedialtey. Corrected at time of visit provider removed tools and placed in locked back closet. No response needed. Correct by 04/21/2026
2.138.A
reviewed emergency drills and notice drills are separtically being conducted not consistantly.
Required correction: Emergency drills must be held quarterly, fire monthly and tornado drills held from March to October and a log
Supervisory visit · July 8, 2024
2.312.K · Correction due August 8, 2024
Reviewed provider file and observed Department approved training regarding playground safety for homes was not completed.
Required correction: Obtain current certificate for Department approved training regarding playground safety certificate and maintain in provider file. Correct by 08/08/2024
2.312.M
Reviewed provider file and observed Department approved training for introduction to the early intervention and preschool special ed not completed.
2.312.N · Correction due August 8, 2024
Reviewed provider file and observed Department approved training for recognizing the impact of bias on early childhood professionals not completed.
Required correction: Obtain certificate for Department approved training for recognizing the impact of bias on early childhood professionals and maintain in provider file. Correct by 08/08/2024
2.312.P · Correction due August 8, 2024
Reviewed provider file and observed Department approved training regarding Injury Prevention for Homes not completed.
Required correction: Obtain current certificate for Department approved training regarding Injury Prevention for Homes and maintain certificate in provider file. Correct by 08/08/2024
2.312.Q
Reviewed provider file and observed Department approved training working with a Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant not completed.
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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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.
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All checked July 2026.
Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.
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