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.
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 · April 21, 2026
2.229.C · Correction due April 21, 2026
A bottle of dish soap labeled "keep out of reach of children" and accessible to children on the sink in Hedgehogs classroom.
Required correction: Immediately (4/21/26) ensure that all items labeled "keep out of reach of children" are inaccessible to children at all times. Corrected at time of inspection, provider moved the dish soap to a cabinet making it inaccessible. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 04/21/2026
2.229.L
The follow items accessible to children less than 3 years of age and posing a potential choking hazard, broken crayons in a bin on an easel in the Dragonflies classroom and small toys in a sensory bottle with an unsecured lid on a low shelf in the Bunnies classroom.
2.230.F · Correction due April 21, 2026
A small trampoline accessible to children in the Bunnies classroom.
Required correction: Immediately (4/21/26) ensure all trampolines are inaccessible and use us prohibited for children in care. Corrected at time of inspection, provider removed the trampoline from the classroom making it inaccessible. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 04/21/2026
Supervisory visit · October 14, 2024
2.121.D.5 · Correction due October 14, 2024
Reviewed 17 staff files and observed 1 staff (Raquel H.) lacking documentation of a current FBI background check.
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 FBI Clearance Letters for staff members listed above with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/14/2024
Supervisory visit · November 14, 2023
7.702.71.L · Correction due November 14, 2023
Several hotwheels cars with small wheels in the Dragonflies classroom and a wooden train with a small broken wheel in the Butterflies classroom accessible to children less than 3 years of age posing a possible choking hazard.
Required correction: Immediately (11/14/23) ensure that all toys, toy parts, furnishings and equipment that is accessible to children less than 3 years of age is large enough to not be a choke hazard or able to be swallowed. Staff removed all items listed above at the time of the inspection making them in accessible to children. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED Correct by 11/14/2023
7.702.71.G
A roll of empty plastic bags on a low shelf accessible to children in the Hedgehogs classroom.
Required correction: Immediately (11/14/23) ensure all empty plastic bags are inaccessible to children at all times. Director moved the role of plastic bags to an upper shelf at the time of the inspection making them in accessible. NO RESPONSE
7.702.71.E · Correction due November 14, 2023
Thumb tacks accessible to children less that 3 years of age on a bulletin board in the hallway outside of the restroom.
Required correction: Immediately (11/14/23) ensure all thumb tacks are made inaccessible to children less than 3 years of age. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 11/14/2023
7.702.42.H · Correction due December 14, 2023
Reviewed 19 staff files and observed 2 staff (Kirsten W. and Christy O.) lacking the Department-approved training for Introduction to the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring that all staff to include the above listed staff have completed the Department-approved training for Introduction to the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs. Correct by 12/14/2023
7.702.41.G
Reviewed 19 staff files and observed 1 staff (Maria O.) lacking documentation of a current medical statement signed by a medical provider.
7.701.33.J.1.a.b.c · Correction due November 14, 2023
Reviewed 19 staff files and observed 3 staff (Travis W., Christian A. and Patrick C. ) to have lived out of colorado in the past 5 years and lacking documentation of a completed state-based background check.
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 listed above have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of Out of State Clearance Letters for staff listed above with written response to Specialist. Correct by 11/14/2023
Reviwed 19 staff files and observed 2 staff (Travis W. and Jacob D.) lacking documentation of a completed CBI background check.
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 listed above have reviewed the powerpoint within 24
Correction due November 14, 2023
Reviewed 19 files and observed 1 staff (Maria O.) lacking documentation of the required FEMA (Emergency and Disaster Preparedness) training.
Required correction: Immediately (11/14/23) ensure that the program obtains and maintains documentation of a FEMA (Emergency and Disaster Preparedness) training certificate for all staff to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response Correct by 11/14/2023
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 Washington Park United Methodist Church’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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