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Young Life’s Wilderness Ranch

A resident camp in Creede, Colorado 81130

2000 Forest Service Rd 521, Creede, Colorado 81130.

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The short answer

Record last released by Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) on Nov 2, 2026.

The last 24 months 21 citations in 4 months of the last 46. Last cited Jul 2026. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean5
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Quality rating
Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

CDEC’s file lists 6 inspections, investigations and complaints from Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 27, 2026, the latest on Jul 15, 2026 (Supervisory).

21 citations in all.

Where Colorado posts its reports: Colorado Shines.

Source:

Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC), Data request 2026-967, delivered Oct 28, 2026 and each month since: licensing inspections, complaints and Stage II investigations from Jan 1, 2023. Released Oct 28, 2026. CDEC sends the previous month’s records in the first week of each month; a person saves each file and loads it.

When those citations happened

21 citations in 4 months of the last 46. Last cited Jul 2026. The last 4 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

21 citations by month over the last 4 years. Each cell is one month.
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2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each citation, in its source’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.

Source:

Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC), Data request 2026-967, delivered Oct 28, 2026 and each month since: licensing inspections, complaints and Stage II investigations from Jan 1, 2023. Released Oct 28, 2026. CDEC sends the previous month’s records in the first week of each month; a person saves each file and loads it.

Jul 15, 2026: supervisory (case 259210)2 citations
  • Prior to working with campers all staff members and regular volunteers must complete a Department-approved standard precautions training. This training must be renewed annually.

    Rule 2.411.A. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 15, 2026.

  • Prior to working with campers all staff members and regular volunteers must complete a Department-approved training about child abuse prevention, including common symptoms and signs of child abuse, how to report, where to report, and when to report suspected or known child abuse or neglect. This training must be renewed annually.

    Rule 2.411.B. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 15, 2026.

Jul 15, 2025: follow-up (case 259317)3 citations
  • Prior to working with campers all staff members and regular volunteers must complete a Department-approved standard precautions training. This training must be renewed annually.

    Rule 2.411.A. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 15, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

  • If a child requires medication while away from the resident camp, there must be at least one (1) staff member present with the group with current Department-approved medication administration training who has been delegated by a physician or registered nurse to administer medication.

    Rule 2.411.D. CDEC’s category: Health/Medication. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 15, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

  • Standing orders for over-the-counter medications must be updated annually and are only allowed with parental permission and when administered by a physician or registered nurse.

    Rule 2.418.P. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 15, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

Jul 10, 2025: supervisory (case 225803)12 citations
  • The Trails child abuse or neglect records request must be made on the state-prescribed form, accompanied by the required fee within the following required time frames:

    Rule 2.120.C. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

  • Prior to the original license being issued, following the renovation of the facility that would affect the licensing of the facility and at least every two (2) years thereafter, all child care facilities except family child care homes and Neighborhood Youth Organizations must be inspected and obtain an approving inspection report from the local department of health or the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and from the local fire department. These reports must be maintained at the facility and be available for review upon request by a Licensing Specialist.

    Rule 2.122.A. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

  • At all times during the operating hours of the facility, except for foster care homes, the facility/agency must post the current child care license in a prominent and conspicuous location easily observable by those entering the child care facility.

    Rule 2.127.A. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

  • At all times during the operating hours of a family child care home, child care center, preschool, school-age child care center, children’s resident camp and Neighborhood Youth Organization, the facility must post in a prominent and conspicuous location information regarding the procedures for filing a complaint with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, including the telephone number and mailing address.

    Rule 2.127.C. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

  • The resident camp must report to the local law enforcement office the dates of the camp sessions and the location of the camp.

    Rule 2.409.B. CDEC’s category: Postings/Records/Reports. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

  • Prior to working with campers, each staff member and regular volunteer as defined in rule section 2.404 must complete an annual self-reported health history. The health history must be maintained in a secured location at the resident camp.

    Rule 2.410.I. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

  • Prior to working with campers all staff members and regular volunteers must complete a Department-approved standard precautions training. This training must be renewed annually.

    Rule 2.411.A. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

  • If a child requires medication while away from the resident camp, there must be at least one (1) staff member present with the group with current Department-approved medication administration training who has been delegated by a physician or registered nurse to administer medication.

    Rule 2.411.D. CDEC’s category: Health/Medication. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

  • When the camp is in session and campers are on property there must be at least one (1) health care worker at the camp twenty-four (24) hours per day who is actively licensed by the Colorado Medical Board or State Board of Nursing and works within their statutory scope of practice, including the ability to work independently or with required oversight. The health care worker is responsible for monitoring the overall health of the campers. The Health care worker must meet one (1) of the following qualifications:

    Rule 2.412.F.2. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

  • Schools, including children’s resident camps, are required to comply with the immunization requirements as stated in 6 CCR 1009-2 (May 15, 2023), hereby incorporated by reference, no later editions or amendments are incorporated. These regulations are available from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment at no cost at https://www.coloradosos.gov/CCR/Welcome.do. These regulations are also available for public inspection and copying at the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, 710 S. Ash St., Denver, CO 80246, during regular business hours. Documentation of school-required immunization status or Certificate of Medical or Nonmedical Exemption, is required by the Colorado Board of Health. Up-to-date school-required immunizations must be documented as specified on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) Certificate of Immunization or on an “approved alternate” Certificate of Immunization as described in 6 CCR 1009-2(VI)(A), incorporated by reference above. Colorado law requires proof of immunization status or exemption be provided prior to or on the first day of admission to the school or resident camp.

    Rule 2.417.D. CDEC’s category: Child Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

  • Standing orders for over-the-counter medications must be updated annually and are only allowed with parental permission and when administered by a physician or registered nurse.

    Rule 2.418.P. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

  • A paper or electronic record must be maintained at the campsite for each staff member and equally qualified volunteer. The staff and equally qualified volunteer records must include the following: Unless medically contraindicated, staff members must be current for all immunizations required by their employer.

    Rule 2.422.A.8. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

Jun 18, 2024: supervisory (case 203807)2 citations
  • All medication at the permanent camp site must be kept in a clean, locked container, except emergency medication such as epinephrine auto injectors or asthma inhalers. On excursions away from the camp, medication must be under the control of an adult and must be stored inaccessible to children.

    Rule 2.413.J.3. CDEC’s category: Health/Medication. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 18, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 1, 2024.

  • In permanent structures, exit signs must be posted at every required exit doorway and wherever otherwise required to clearly indicate the directions of egress.

    Rule 2.424.C. CDEC’s category: General Building. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 18, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 1, 2024.

Jun 30, 2023: supervisory (case 181828)2 citations
  • An operator of a licensed facility, guest child care facility as defined in Section 26-6-102 (16), C.R.S., or an exempt family child care home provider must submit a request to determine if an operator, applicant for employment or current employee has been found responsible for a confirmed report of child abuse or neglect in the State Department’s automated system (Trails).

    Rule 7.701.32.A.. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 20, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 30, 2023.

  • In permanent structures, exit signs must be posted at every required exit doorway and wherever otherwise required to clearly indicate the directions of egress.

    Rule 7.711.54.C.. CDEC’s category: General Building. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 20, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 30, 2023.

All 6 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 15, 2026Supervisory (case 259210)2 citations; no clearance date in CDEC’s file.
Jul 15, 2025Follow-up (case 259317)3 citations; cleared Aug 20, 2025.
Jul 10, 2025Supervisory (case 225803)12 citations; cleared Aug 20, 2025.
Jun 18, 2024Supervisory (case 203807)2 citations; cleared Aug 1, 2024.
May 14, 2024Capacity/Age/Exhibit (case 216464)No citations; cleared May 14, 2024.
Jun 30, 2023Supervisory (case 181828)2 citations; cleared Jun 30, 2023.

Is it licensed?

  • Colorado’s service type: Resident camp; licensed by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.
  • Licensed for 175 children: 175 resident campers.
  • Colorado’s licence number: 1509151.
Source:

Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC), Colorado Licensed Child Care Facilities Report. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated monthly.

What did complaints and investigations find?

  • CDEC’s file lists no complaints or Stage II investigations for this program from Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 27, 2026.
  • Neither CDEC’s roster nor its file of inspections lists enforcement actions, such as fines or the revocation of a licence.
Source:

Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC), Data request 2026-967, delivered Oct 28, 2026 and each month since: licensing inspections, complaints and Stage II investigations from Jan 1, 2023. Released Oct 28, 2026. CDEC sends the previous month’s records in the first week of each month; a person saves each file and loads it.

Who does the caring?

  • Colorado doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual programs in this dataset.

Who owns it?

  • Colorado’s dataset lists its governing body as NA.
Source:

Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC), Colorado Licensed Child Care Facilities Report. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated monthly.

How is it rated?

  • Colorado marks its rating system as not applying to this program (“NA”).
Source:

Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC), Colorado Licensed Child Care Facilities Report. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated monthly.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Programs aren’t compared with each other here: CDEC’s file doesn’t grade its citations by how serious they are.
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What the record doesn’t say

  • Inspections, investigations and complaints are from the file CDEC sent for a data request, from Jan 1, 2023, and the file it sends each month since. CDEC says its file may miss a program licensed during that time that is no longer licensed, and that its records may change as they are updated or finalized.
  • CDEC’s file gives each rule cited, its category, and the days set to correct it and to clear the case, but not what the inspector wrote: Colorado Shines has each monitoring report. CDEC doesn’t grade citations by how serious they are.
  • This page is built from the dataset of licensed child care facilities CDEC publishes monthly on data.colorado.gov, so a program licensed or closed since may be missing or still shown. It leaves out 24-hour licence types and care that is exempt from licensing.
  • Colorado’s roster carries no enforcement actions, hours or staffing levels.

Sources

  • Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC), Colorado Licensed Child Care Facilities Report (data.colorado.gov, a9rr-k8mu).

    Released Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL). data.colorado.gov’s terms ask for this disclaimer: “The data made available here has been modified for use from its original source, which is the State of Colorado. THE STATE OF COLORADO MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTY AS TO THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, OR CONTENT OF ANY DATA MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE. THE STATE OF COLORADO EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The data is subject to change as modifications and updates are complete. It is understood that the information contained in the Web feed is being used at one’s own risk.” Facts are extracted; monitoring reports are not republished.

  • Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC), Data request 2026-967, delivered Oct 28, 2026 and each month since: licensing inspections, complaints and Stage II investigations from Jan 1, 2023.

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Oct 29, 2026. CDEC sends the previous month’s records in the first week of each month; a person saves each file and loads it. No licence stated: CDEC sent this file for a data request that said it would be shown on a free public website. Its disclaimer says the data “is now subject to open records law”. Shown free, never sold.

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC). Colorado’s own record is on coloradoshines.com. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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