Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 4 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 · March 20, 2026
2.220.E · Correction due March 20, 2026
Expired emergency health care plan for CH1 requiring emergency medication.
Required correction: Obtain current emergency health care plan from the prescribing doctor. Retain in the childs file. Submit written documentation of compliance to specialist. Correct by 03/20/2026
2.213.B · Correction due March 20, 2026
Reviewed 30 staff files, observed SM8 to be missing current standard precautions training.
Required correction: Obtain documentaion of current standard precautions training for SM8, submit documentation of complaince to specialist. Correct by 03/20/2026
Supervisory visit · April 9, 2025
2.216.C.2 · Correction due April 9, 2025
Reviewed 25 staff files, observed all toddler staff to be missing documentation of required 8 hour toddler program orientation.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of completed toddler orientation for all toddler staff. Correct by 04/09/2025
2.220.C · Correction due April 9, 2025
2 inhalers in the Frogs classroom missing original pharmacy label.
Required correction: All prescription medications must contain the original pharmacy label. Correct by 04/09/2025
2.220.J
3 total expired medications: 1 expired inhaler in the Raccoons classroom, 1 expired certirizene in the Raccoons classroom, 1 expired inhaler in the Deer classroom.
2.220.E · Correction due April 9, 2025
Expired medication consent forms for: 1 Epi-Pen, 1 Inhaler and 1 bottle of Certirizene in the Lady Bugs classroom; 1 Epi Pen & 1 bottle of Certirizene in the Raccoons classroom.
Required correction: Obtain current medication authorization documentation for all medications. Correct by 04/09/2025
2.120.I · Correction due April 9, 2025
Reviewed 25 staff files, observed staff member Katie K. to have an expired TRAILS 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 member Katie K. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS background check for staff member Katie K. with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 04/09/2025
2.121.D.5
Reviewed 25 staff files, observed staff member Katie K. to have an expired FBI/CBI background check.
2.219.B.2 · Correction due May 9, 2025
1 child to have an expired medical statement.
Required correction: Obtain current documentation of medical statement and retain in child file. Correct by 05/09/2025
Supervisory visit · May 9, 2024
2.220.A · Correction due May 9, 2024
Observed medication in the Chipmunk classroom to be missing documentation of parental authorization. Observed emergency medications in the Lady Bug Classroom, to be expired. The missing authorization and the expired medications both pose a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Obtain current emergency medications for all children as required. Correct immediately by 5.9.2024, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 5.16.2024. Correct by 05/09/2024
2.229.C
Magic erasers labeled "keep out of reach of children" in the Raccoon classroom with the writing tools, accessible to children and posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Items labeled "keep out of reach of children" must be inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of the
Supervisory visit · October 26, 2023
7.702.51.B.1 · Correction due October 26, 2023
Reviewed children's medications and observed three children to have expired allergy medications in the Chipmunk, Deer, and Frogs classrooms, posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Obtain medictaion that is not expired for all children as required. Correct immediately by 10.26.2023, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 11.2.2023. Correct by 10/26/2023
7.702.51.B.3 · Correction due October 26, 2023
One emergency medication to be missing the required prescription label in the Deer Classroom.
Required correction: Obtain the prescription label for all medications as required. Correct immediately by 10.26.2023, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 11.2.2023. Correct by 10/26/2023
7.702.5.B.3 · Correction due October 26, 2023
Reviewed one health care plan to be missing documentation of the parent and health care provider's authorizations.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of the required parent and health care provider's authorizations. Correct immediately by 10.26.2023, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 11.2.2023. Correct by 10/26/2023
7.702.71.C · Correction due October 26, 2023
Q-Tips in the Fish classroom, on a counter accessible to children. Observed the Q-Tips being used for a project and the packaging to state "keep out of reach of children".
Required correction: Items labeled "keep out of reach of children" must be kept out of reach of children. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The teachers removed the Q-Tips from within the reach of children. No response required. Correct by 10/26/2023
7.702.71.L
Several fall window clings, including leaves, pumpkins, and letters on the window facing the outdoors in the Lady Bugs Classroom. Observed the window clings to be accessible to children under the age of three and posing a potential safety hazard.
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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