Tiny Heart Academy

Center · Lakewood · 12755 W Cedar Dr

What kind of place is this?

Size 79 children licensed In the middle half for Denver centers, where the middle half licenses 40–113. Measured across 1,156 Denver centers, 2026-08-17.

Will it fit our family?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Colorado Shines Level 2
License status Active

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
February 13, 2025
On file
2 visits since March 2024 — both cited findings · 1 complaint investigation
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 13, 2025. 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 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.

Feb 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · February 13, 2025

2.120.I · Correction due February 13, 2025

reviewed 21 staff and observed Anahi to have expired TRAILS as of 2.18.23. Observed Lesly L to have expired TRAILS as of 9.18.24. Observed Angie to have expired TRAILS as of 9.19.24. Observed Alta to hae expired TRAILS as of 1.19.22.

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 TRAILS, Clearance Letters for staff members with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 02/13/2025

2.229.C

In Cornell room 104 an unlocked cabinet with aquaphor cream to be in container at bottom to be labeled "keep out of reach of children" to be accessible to children.

State records file

Jan 2025 Complaint Unfounded

Complaint · January 27, 2025

Unfounded

The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record and publishes an investigation report for it. Shortlist has not read that report, so this row includes no citation detail.

State licensing record

Mar 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · March 19, 2024

2.133.B · Correction due March 19, 2024

reviewed 20 staff file and identified through assistant director and owner that their emergency trainings does not cover fire safety and fire extinguisher and fire alarms procedures.

Required correction: Staff must be trained in fire safety and the use of available fire extinguishers and fire alarms. Correct immediately and send written response to specialist with response. Correct by 03/19/2024

2.229.C

in Harvard classroom bottle of disinfectant and sanitizer to be on changing table and accessible to children. Bottles were labeled "keep out of reach of children"

Required correction: Items labeled "keep out of reach of children" must be inaccessible to children. Correct immediately, corrected at time of visit staff moved those to top of shelf making items inaccessible to children. No response needed. Correct by

State records file

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 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.

Ask for this program’s record now

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 Tiny Heart Academy’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.

Before you tour

Tiny Heart Academy hasn’t published

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.

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.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Licensing and contact

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

Do you run Tiny Heart Academy? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.