Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 4 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.
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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 · August 18, 2026
2.312.R.1 · Correction due September 18, 2026
Reviewed the providers file and observed the file to be lacking documentation of 15 hours of ongoing professional development training.
Required correction: Review the providers files. The primary provider must complete 15 hours of ongoing professional development training. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 9/18/2026 Correct by 09/18/2026
2.312.C
Reviewed the providers file and observed the provider to be lacking documentation of a Department-approved training in standard precautions.
2.312.H · Correction due August 18, 2026
Reviewed the providers file and observed the provider to be lacking documentation of a Department-approved training about child abuse prevention.
Required correction: Immediately ( 8/18/2026), all staff must complete a Department-approved training about child abuse prevention. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 9/18/2026. Correct by 08/18/2026
2.312.I · Correction due August 18, 2026
Reviewed the providers file and observed the provider to be lacking documentation of a Department-approved training about regarding safe sleep.
Required correction: Immediately ( 8/18/2026) all staff must complete a Department-approved training about regarding safe sleep. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 9/18/2026. Correct by 08/18/2026
Supervisory visit · September 18, 2025
2.312.D · Correction due September 18, 2025
At the time of the visit, the provider was lacking a Department-approved First Aid and CPR Training.
Required correction: Immediately ( 9/18/2025), review the providers file. The provider must have a Department-approved First Aid and CPR Training. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 9/25/2025. Correct by 09/18/2025
2.312.G
At the time of the visit, the provider was lacking a Department-approved prevention of shaken baby.
Required correction: Immediately ( 9/18/2025), review the providers file. The provider must have a Department-approved prevention of shaken baby.
Supervisory visit · October 21, 2024
2.336.C.2 · Correction due October 21, 2024
At the time of the visit, observed an uncovered outlet in the living room, behind the baby swing.
Required correction: Immediately (10/21/2024) In rooms accessible to children, all electrical outlets must have protective covers. **Corrected at the time of the visit when the provider placed an outlet cover in the exposed outlet. Submit a written statement of future compliance by 10/21/2024. Correct by 10/21/2024
2.312.C
At the time of the visit, reviewed 1 staff file and observed Tracy S. to be lacking an updated Department-approved training in standard precautions.
2.312.H · Correction due October 21, 2024
At the time of the visit, reviewed 1 staff file and observed Tracy S. to be lacking an updated Department-approved training about child abuse prevention.
Required correction: Immediately ( 10/21/2024) All staff must complete a Department-approved training about child abuse prevention. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 11/21/2024. Correct by 10/21/2024
2.312.I · Correction due October 21, 2024
At the time of the visit, reviewed 1 staff file and observed Tracy S. to be lacking an updated Department-approved safe sleep training.
Required correction: Immediately ( 10/21/2024) All staff must complete a Department-approved safe sleep training. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance 11/21/2024. Correct by 10/21/2024
2.312.K · Correction due November 21, 2024
At the time of the visit, reviewed 1 staff file and observed Tracy S. to be lacking the Department-approved training regarding playground safety for homes.
Required correction: All staff must complete the Department-approved training regarding playground safety for homes. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 11/21/2024. Correct by 11/21/2024
2.312.Q · Correction due November 21, 2024
At the time of the visit, reviewed 1 staff file and observed Tracy S. to be lacking the Department-approved training Working with an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant.
Required correction: All staff must complete the Department-approved training Working with an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 11/21/2024. Correct by 11/21/2024
2.320.A.7
At the time of the visit, reviewed 3 children's files and observed 1 file to be lacking a dated, written authorization for emergency medical care, signed and dated annually by the parents.
Supervisory visit · December 4, 2023
Correction due December 4, 2023
Reviewed emergency drill logs and observed that drills for August, September, October, and November were missing documentation.
Required correction: Immediately, emergency drills, lockdown and active shooter on premises drills must be held at least quarterly but often enough so that all occupants are familiar with the drill procedure. A record of all emergency drills held over the last 12 months must be maintained by the facility or center, including date and time of drill, number of adults and children participating, and the amount of time taken to evacuate. Submit a written statement of compliance by 12/18/2023. Correct by 12/04/2023
Reviewed 4 children's files and observed that 2 children were missing documentation of a current health
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.
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 Tracy Starkey’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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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.
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