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YMCA @ Shelton

A school-age child care center in Golden, Colorado 80401

420 Crawford ST, Golden, Colorado 80401.

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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 29 citations in 8 months of the last 46. Last cited Oct 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 15 inspections, investigations and complaints from Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 27, 2026, the latest on Oct 13, 2026 (Staff/Child Files).

29 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

29 citations in 8 months of the last 46. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 4 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

29 citations by month over the last 4 years. Each cell is one month.
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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.

Oct 13, 2026: staff/Child Files (case 280915)3 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: Child care centers (less than 24-hour care), school-age child care facilities, family child care homes, and qualified exempt providers must meet the following: For all individuals whose activities involve the care or supervision of children or who have unsupervised access or the potential for unsupervused access to children, requests must be submitted and successfully completed prior to caring for children or allowing unsupervised access or the potential for unsupervised access to children.

    Rule 2.120.C.1.a. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 13, 2026.

  • The following background check requests must be submitted and successfully completed for each state an individual has resided in, in the past five (5) years, prior to an individual caring for children or allowing the individual unsupervised access or the potential to have unsupervised access to children in child care centers (less than 24-hour care), school-age child care facilities, family child care homes, and qualified exempt provider homes:

    Rule 2.121.J.1. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 13, 2026.

  • The program director must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age, and must have completed at least one (1) of the following qualifications:

    Rule 2.509.A.2. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 13, 2026.

Oct 5, 2026: supervisory (case 265863)9 citations
  • 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: Oct 5, 2026.

  • There must be at least one (1) program leader providing supervision with each group of thirty (30) or fewer children cared for by the center. unless otherwise specified in rule. The program director may be the assigned staff for one (1) group of children.

    Rule 2.510.C. CDEC’s category: Supervision. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 5, 2026.

  • The maximum group size for children is thirty (30) children.

    Rule 2.510.D. CDEC’s category: Supervision. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 5, 2026.

  • At the time of enrollment, the parent(s) or guardian(s) must provide for each child entering the center: A self-reported health history, including any health care plans, which indicate any communicable diseases; chronic illnesses or injuries the individual has had; any known drug reactions and allergies; medications currently being taken; any necessary health procedures or special diets; and the name address and phone number for the child’s health care provider and dentist.

    Rule 2.512.B.1. CDEC’s category: Health/Medication/Hygiene. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 5, 2026.

  • Schools are required to comply with the immunization requirements as stated in 6 CCR 1009-2. 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. Colorado law requires proof of immunization status or exemption be provided prior to or on the first (1st) day of admission. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment regulation at 6 CCR 1009-2:VI(A), (May 15, 2023), 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..

    Rule 2.512.B.2. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 5, 2026.

  • The center must obtain written authorization and instructions from the parent(s) or guardian(s) for the application of sunscreen or the use of another form of parent(s) or guardian(s) approved sun protection with a full-spectrum UVA/UVB rating of SPF thirty (30) or greater to their children’s exposed skin prior to outside play year-round. A health care provider’s permission is not needed to use sunscreen at the center.

    Rule 2.514.A. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 5, 2026.

  • Parents or guardians must be given the opportunity to indicate to the staff of the center if they do not want their child to participate in an activity.

    Rule 2.518.B. CDEC’s category: Meals/Snacks/Activities. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 5, 2026.

  • An admission record must be completed for each child prior to or at the time of the child’s admission. This record must be updated annually and when changes occur. The admission record must include: Written authorization from parent(s) or guardian(s) for media release; and

    Rule 2.530.A.11. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 5, 2026.

  • An admission record must be completed for each child prior to or at the time of the child’s admission. This record must be updated annually and when changes occur. The admission record must include: Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of persons who can assume responsibility for the child in the event of an emergency if parent(s) or guardian(s) cannot be reached immediately;

    Rule 2.530.A.4. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 5, 2026.

Nov 20, 2025: staff/Child Files (case 266242)1 citation
  • The following background check requests must be submitted and successfully completed for each state an individual has resided in, in the past five years, prior to an individual caring for children or allowing the individual unsupervised access to children in child care centers (less than 24-hour care), school-age child care facilities, family child care homes, and qualified exempt provider homes:

    Rule 2.121.J.1. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Nov 20, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Feb 17, 2026.

Nov 12, 2025: supervisory (case 250825)2 citations
  • Any un-expired routine medication, prescription and non-prescription (over-the-counter), must be administered only with a current written order of a health care provider with prescriptive authority and with written parent(s) or guardian(s) consent. Home remedies, including homeopathic medications, vitamins, and supplements must not be administered to children in childcare .

    Rule 2.513.A. CDEC’s category: Health/Medication/Hygiene. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Nov 12, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Nov 14, 2025.

  • Items labeled “keep out of reach of children” must be inaccessible to children.

    Rule 2.522.B. CDEC’s category: Building/Indoor/Fire/Safety. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Nov 12, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Nov 14, 2025.

Aug 6, 2025: injury (case 260851)2 citations
  • At all times, school-age child care personnel must be directly supervising the children.

    Rule 2.510.H. CDEC’s category: Supervision. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 6, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 6, 2025.

  • Combustibles, such as cleaning rags, mops, and cleaning compounds, must be stored in well-ventilated areas separated from flammable materials and stored in areas inaccessible to children.

    Rule 2.527.D. CDEC’s category: Building/Indoor/Fire/Safety. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 6, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 6, 2025.

Jul 21, 2025: injury (case 259112)2 citations
  • Within twenty-four (24) hours, excluding weekends and holidays, of the occurrence of a critical incident at the facility or within twenty-four (24) hours of a child’s return to the facility the licensee must report in writing to the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, Division of Early Learning, Licensing, and Administration the following critical incidents involving a child in the care of the facility or a staff member on duty: An injury to a child that requires medical attention by a health care professional or admission to a hospital, whether or not treatment was given. This report must be completed in the online injury system within 24 hours of an incident. If a provider is unable to access the online system, you must use the paper form, and submit the form to the Department within 24 hours of the incident.

    Rule 2.124.A.1.b. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 21, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 6, 2025.

  • Combustibles, such as cleaning rags, mops, and cleaning compounds, must be stored in well-ventilated areas separated from flammable materials and stored in areas inaccessible to children.

    Rule 2.527.D. CDEC’s category: Building/Indoor/Fire/Safety. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 21, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 6, 2025.

Jun 9, 2025: injury (case 257794)1 citation
  • Combustibles, such as cleaning rags, mops, and cleaning compounds, must be stored in well-ventilated areas separated from flammable materials and stored in areas inaccessible to children.

    Rule 2.527.D. CDEC’s category: Building/Indoor/Fire/Safety. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 9, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 9, 2025.

Jan 13, 2025: staff/Child Files (case 250966)1 citation
  • Within thirty (30) calendar days of employment all employees caring for children, not required by rule to be certified in First Aid and CPR, must complete a Department-approved basic First Aid and CPR module within thirty (30) calendar days of employment and the module must be renewed every two (2) years.

    Rule 2.508.F.1. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 13, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jan 30, 2025.

Jan 8, 2025: supervisory (case 217722)2 citations
  • 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: Jan 8, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jan 30, 2025.

  • At all times, school-age child care personnel must be directly supervising the children.

    Rule 2.510.H. CDEC’s category: Supervision. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jan 8, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jan 30, 2025.

Feb 22, 2024: staff/Child Files (case 217731)3 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: Child care centers (less than 24-hour care), school-age child care facilities, family child care homes, and qualified exempt providers must meet the following: For all individuals whose activities involve the care or supervision of children or who have unsupervised access to children, requests must be submitted and successfully completed prior to caring for children or allowing unsupervised access to children.

    Rule 2.120.C.1.a. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Mar 19, 2024.

  • 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: Feb 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Mar 19, 2024.

  • The center must maintain and update annually a record on each child that includes:A dated written authorization for emergency medical care signed and submitted annually by the parent or guardian. The authorization must be notarized if required by the local health care facility;

    Rule 2.525.A.8. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Mar 19, 2024.

Feb 20, 2024: supervisory (case 199143)1 citation
  • Combustibles, such as cleaning rags, mops, and cleaning compounds, must be stored in well-ventilated areas separated from flammable materials and stored in areas inaccessible to children.

    Rule 2.524.A.4. CDEC’s category: Building/Indoor/Fire/Safety. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 20, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Feb 26, 2024.

Apr 11, 2023: supervisory (case 179384)2 citations
  • At the time of enrollment, the parent(s) /guardian(s) must provide for each child entering the center: Documentation of immunization status or exemption as required by Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Colorado law requires proof of immunization be provided prior to or on the first day of admission.

    Rule 7.712.52.A.1.b.. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 11, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 24, 2023.

  • The play area must meet the following requirements: The outdoor play area must be maintained in a safe condition by removing debris, dilapidated structures, and worn and broken play equipment. The center must identify hazardous, high-risk areas. These areas must be monitored to reduce the possibility of injury and accidents.

    Rule 7.712.71.D.3. CDEC’s category: Outdoor Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 11, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 24, 2023.

All 15 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 13, 2026Staff/Child Files (case 280915)3 citations; no clearance date in CDEC’s file.
Oct 5, 2026Supervisory (case 265863)9 citations; no clearance date in CDEC’s file.
Nov 20, 2025Staff/Child Files (case 266242)1 citation; cleared Feb 17, 2026.
Nov 12, 2025Supervisory (case 250825)2 citations; cleared Nov 14, 2025.
Aug 6, 2025Injury (case 260723)No citations; cleared Aug 6, 2025.
Aug 6, 2025Injury (case 260851)2 citations; cleared Aug 6, 2025.
Jul 21, 2025Injury (case 259112)2 citations; cleared Aug 6, 2025.
Jun 9, 2025Injury (case 257794)1 citation; cleared Jun 9, 2025.
Jan 13, 2025Staff/Child Files (case 250966)1 citation; cleared Jan 30, 2025.
Jan 8, 2025Supervisory (case 217722)2 citations; cleared Jan 30, 2025.
Feb 22, 2024Staff/Child Files (case 217731)3 citations; cleared Mar 19, 2024.
Feb 20, 2024Supervisory (case 199143)1 citation; cleared Feb 26, 2024.
May 22, 2023Capacity/Age/Exhibit (case 202013)No citations; cleared May 22, 2023.
Apr 17, 2023Staff/Child Files (case 199345)No citations; cleared Apr 28, 2023.
Apr 11, 2023Supervisory (case 179384)2 citations; cleared Apr 24, 2023.

Is it licensed?

  • Colorado’s service type: School-Age Child Care Center; licensed by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.
  • Licensed for 75 children: 75 school-age children.
  • Colorado’s licence number: 1535922.
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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