Jennifer Chamblee

At the time of enrollment and upon any amendments to policies and procedures, the provider must give the parent(s) or guardian(s) a written statement of the family child care home’s policies and procedures, and provide the opportunity to ask questions. Written copies must be available either electronically or in hard copy. The provider must obtain a signed document stating that the parent(s)/guardian(s) have received the policies and procedures. By signing the policies and procedures document, the parent(s)/guardian(s) agree to follow, accept the conditions of, and give authorization and approval for the activities described in the policies and procedures.

Rule 2.316.A. CDEC’s category: Admission/Child Care Services. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 29, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2026.

Sign In/Out Procedure The provider must maintain a daily sign in/out method containing the date, the child’s name, the time that the child arrived at and left the home, and the parent, guardian, or authorized person’s signature. A full signature is required by the parent or guardian every time the child arrives at or leaves the home. The provider may sign in or out children who arrive directly from school or an activity as needed on a daily basis. The provider must use their full signature. The parent/guardian must provide a signature on a weekly basis to verify the record.

Rule 2.317.D.1. CDEC’s category: Reports/Records/Security. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 29, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2026.

An admission record must be completed for each child prior to or at the time of the child’s admission and updated annually or when any changes occur, unless otherwise specified in these rules. The admission record must include:

Rule 2.320.A. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 29, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2026.

An admission record must be completed for each child prior to or at the time of the child’s admission and updated annually or when any changes occur, unless otherwise specified in these rules. 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 the parent(s) or guardian(s) cannot be reached immediately;

Rule 2.320.A.4. CDEC’s category: Admission/Child Care Services. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 29, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2026.

An admission record must be completed for each child prior to or at the time of the child’s admission and updated annually or when any changes occur, unless otherwise specified in these rules. The admission record must include: A dated, written authorization for emergency medical care signed and updated annually by the parent(s) or guardian(s). The authorization must be notarized if required by the local hospital, clinic, or emergency health care facility;

Rule 2.320.A.7. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 29, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2026.

Outdoor play space, including areas under decks must be free from safety hazards including, but not limited to, lawn mowers, tools, propane, gasoline, building scraps, and scrap metal.

Rule 2.337.D.3. CDEC’s category: Outdoor Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 3, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 9, 2026.

The premises of the family child care home must be kept safe and free from hazards to health at all times.

Rule 2.335.D. CDEC’s category: General Indoor Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 6, 2026.

All outdoor areas where children may pass or play must be kept free of animal contamination. All animal wastes must be promptly removed and inaccessible to children.

Rule 2.337.A.7. CDEC’s category: Outdoor Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 6, 2026.

At the time of admission, the parent or guardian must provide the following information to the provider for each child entering the family child care home: Documentation of school-required immunization status or 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 CDPHE regulations 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 www.sos.state.co.us/CCR. 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.. Colorado law requires that proof of immunization be provided prior to the first day of admission.

Rule 2.321.A.2.c. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 11, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 3, 2026.

Flammable or combustible items must be stored in a locked area remote from the kitchen, and at least three (3) feet from the furnace, hot water heater or any other heating device. These items include, but are not limited to, paints, fuels, insecticides, and other hazardous chemicals.

Rule 2.336.C.11. CDEC’s category: Safety Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jan 15, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Mar 9, 2026.

All climbing equipment, sliding equipment, or equipment with attached platforms, eighteen (18) inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least six (6) inches in the use zone, see rule section 2.337(B)(3), surrounding the equipment.

Rule 2.337.B.1.a. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jan 15, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Mar 9, 2026.

An admission record must be completed for each child prior to or at the time of the child’s admission and updated annually or when any changes occur, unless otherwise specified in these rules. The admission record must include:

Rule 2.320.A. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Dec 18, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Dec 22, 2025.

Toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and any materials accessible to children under three (3) years of age must not be a choke hazard or able to be inhaled.

Rule 2.336.B.1. CDEC’s category: General Indoor Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Dec 18, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Dec 22, 2025.

Any resident of the family child care home or qualified exempt provider home turning eighteen (18) years of age shall complete the fingerprint process at an approved vendor fourteen (14) calendar days prior to their 18th birthday.

Rule 2.121.C.1. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Nov 12, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Dec 30, 2025.

Preschool and school-age climbing equipment, sliding equipment, or equipment with attached platforms must have a six (6) foot use zone surrounding the equipment.

Rule 2.337.B.3.b. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Nov 12, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Dec 30, 2025.

All outdoor play areas shall frequently be surveyed and must be kept safe and free from hazardous materials or debris that could cause harm to children.

Rule 2.337.D.2. CDEC’s category: Outdoor Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Nov 12, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Dec 30, 2025.

Any person intentionally making a false statement or report to the Department or to any agency delegated by the Department to make an investigation or inspection under the provisions of the Child Care Licensing Act may be fined up to $250 a day for the first day, $500 for the second day, $1,000 a day for the third and subsequent days to a maximum of $10,000.

Rule 2.113.A.7. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

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: Sep 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

Any resident of the family child care home or qualified exempt provider home turning eighteen (18) years of age shall complete the fingerprint process at an approved vendor fourteen (14) calendar days prior to their 18th birthday.

Rule 2.121.C.1. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

Criminal background check requests for volunteers, whose activities involve the care and supervision of children; or who have unsupervised access to children, must be submitted and successfully completed prior to 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.D.3. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

The Department may deny, revoke, suspend, change to probationary or fine a child care facility if the applicant(s), an affiliate of the applicant, or any person living with or employed by the applicant has been found to violate any of the provisions set forth in section 26.5-5-317(2), C.R.S.

Rule 2.121.F. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

A large family child care home license allows a provider to care for up to twelve (12) children from birth to eighteen (18) years of age; the capacity includes the provider’s own children under ten (10) years of age. Care may be provided to no more than two (2) children under eighteen(18) months of age. This license may be approved with the following conditions:

Rule 2.309.A. CDEC’s category: LCCH. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

Staff aides must be at least sixteen (16) years of age and must work directly under the supervision of the primary provider in charge and responsible for the care of the children. If left alone with children, the staff aide must meet the same age and training requirements listed in rule sections 2.311, 2.312, and 2.313 as the primary provider, applicant 2, an equally qualified provider, or qualified substitute

Rule 2.309.A.4.a. CDEC’s category: LCCH. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

The primary provider must plan for the selection, orientation, training and/or staff development of all equally qualified providers, qualified substitutes, staff members, and volunteers.

Rule 2.311.A.11. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

The primary provider must plan for the supervision, care, and activities of children.

Rule 2.311.A.12. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

Primary providers, applicant 2, equally qualified providers, qualified substitutes, staff members, and volunteers must demonstrate an interest in and knowledge of children and a concern for their proper care and well-being.

Rule 2.311.A.7. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

Sign In/Out Procedure The provider must maintain a daily sign in/out method containing the date, the child’s name, the time that the child arrived at and left the home, and the parent, guardian, or authorized person’s signature. A full signature is required by the parent or guardian every time the child arrives at or leaves the home. The provider may sign in or out children who arrive directly from school or an activity as needed on a daily basis. The provider must use their full signature. The parent/guardian must provide a signature on a weekly basis to verify the record.

Rule 2.317.D.1. CDEC’s category: Reports/Records/Security. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

All hazardous items and materials must be inaccessible to children including, but not limited to, office supplies, matches, plastic bags, cleaning and laundry materials, perfumes, curling irons, adult sharp scissors and knives, cosmetics, shaving lotions, hair products, poisonous plants, and all items labeled by manufacturer as “keep out of reach of children.”

Rule 2.336.C.1. CDEC’s category: Safety Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

A large family child care home license allows a provider to care for up to twelve (12) children from birth to eighteen (18) years of age; the capacity includes the provider’s own children under ten (10) years of age. Care may be provided to no more than two (2) children under eighteen(18) months of age. This license may be approved with the following conditions:

Rule 2.309.A. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: LCCH. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 16, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

Staff aides must be at least sixteen (16) years of age and must work directly under the supervision of the primary provider in charge and responsible for the care of the children. If left alone with children, the staff aide must meet the same age and training requirements listed in rule sections 2.311, 2.312, and 2.313 as the primary provider, applicant 2, an equally qualified provider, or qualified substitute

Rule 2.309.A.4.a. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: LCCH. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 16, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

The primary provider must plan for the selection, orientation, training and/or staff development of all equally qualified providers, qualified substitutes, staff members, and volunteers.

Rule 2.311.A.11. From a complaint. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 16, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

Sign In/Out Procedure The provider must maintain a daily sign in/out method containing the date, the child’s name, the time that the child arrived at and left the home, and the parent, guardian, or authorized person’s signature. A full signature is required by the parent or guardian every time the child arrives at or leaves the home. The provider may sign in or out children who arrive directly from school or an activity as needed on a daily basis. The provider must use their full signature. The parent/guardian must provide a signature on a weekly basis to verify the record.

Rule 2.317.D.1. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Reports/Records/Security. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 16, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

An admission record must be completed for each child prior to or at the time of the child’s admission and updated annually or when any changes occur, unless otherwise specified in these rules. The admission record must include:

Rule 2.320.A. From a complaint. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 16, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

An admission record must be completed for each child prior to or at the time of the child’s admission and updated annually or when any changes occur, unless otherwise specified in these rules. The admission record must include: A dated, written authorization for emergency medical care signed and updated annually by the parent(s) or guardian(s). The authorization must be notarized if required by the local hospital, clinic, or emergency health care facility;

Rule 2.320.A.7. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 16, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

All parents must have access to menus and must be notified of meals being served.

Rule 2.325.C. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Food/Nutrition. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 16, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

Indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings must be sturdy, safe, and free of hazards.

Rule 2.335.Y. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: General Indoor Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 16, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

All hazardous items and materials must be inaccessible to children including, but not limited to, office supplies, matches, plastic bags, cleaning and laundry materials, perfumes, curling irons, adult sharp scissors and knives, cosmetics, shaving lotions, hair products, poisonous plants, and all items labeled by manufacturer as “keep out of reach of children.”

Rule 2.336.C.1. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Safety Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 16, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

All climbing equipment, sliding equipment, or equipment with attached platforms, eighteen (18) inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least six (6) inches in the use zone, see rule section 2.337(B)(3), surrounding the equipment.

Rule 2.337.B.1.a. From a complaint. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 16, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025.

A child care facility must require each staff member of the facility to read and sign a statement clearly defining child abuse and neglect pursuant to state law and outlining the staff member’s personal responsibility to report all incidents of child abuse or neglect according to state law.

Rule 2.126.A. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 24, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025.

Every application used in the State of Colorado for employment with a child care provider or facility, or for the certification of a foster home, must include the following notice to the applicant: “Any applicant who knowingly or willfully makes a false statement of any material fact or thing in the application is guilty of perjury in the second degree as defined in section 18-8-503, C.R.S., and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished accordingly.”

Rule 2.131.A.1. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 24, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025.

Prior to caring for children, all staff must complete a Department-approved training in emergency and disaster preparedness: Evacuation, Shelter in Place, Lockdown, and Active Shooter on Premises Plans for Children in Care. For seasonal children’s resident camp programs, operating no more than 90 days per calendar year, at least one on site director must be trained in the Department approved training.

Rule 2.133.A. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 24, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025.

Prior to working with infants, the primary provider, applicant 2, the equally qualified provider, qualified substitutes, and all staff members must complete a Department-approved safe sleep training. This training must be renewed annually.

Rule 2.312.I. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 24, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025.

Within ninety (90) calendar days of caring for children the primary provider, applicant 2, the equally qualified provider, qualified substitutes, and all staff must complete a Department-approved introduction to the early intervention and preschool special education programs. This course is required once and will be counted towards ongoing training requirements;

Rule 2.312.M. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 24, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025.

Within ninety (90) calendar days of caring for children the primary provider, applicant 2, the equally qualified provider, qualified substitutes, and all staff must complete a Department- approved training regarding “Injury Prevention for Homes.” This course is required once and will count towards ongoing training requirements.

Rule 2.312.P. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 24, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025.

An admission record must be completed for each child prior to or at the time of the child’s admission and updated annually or when any changes occur, unless otherwise specified in these rules. The admission record must include: Health admission information, including health care plans, chronic medical conditions, allergies, and immunization history, shall be provided to the family child care provider prior to the first day the child attends the family child care home;

Rule 2.320.A.6. CDEC’s category: Admission/Child Care Services. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 24, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025.

All hazardous items and materials must be inaccessible to children including, but not limited to, office supplies, matches, plastic bags, cleaning and laundry materials, perfumes, curling irons, adult sharp scissors and knives, cosmetics, shaving lotions, hair products, poisonous plants, and all items labeled by manufacturer as “keep out of reach of children.”

Rule 2.336.C.1. CDEC’s category: Safety Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 24, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025.

Every five (5) years, requests for FBI criminal record checks must be renewed by completing the fingerprint process at an approved vendor. An updated clearance letter or verification of the submission of the request must be obtained prior to five (5) years from the date reflected on the current clearance letter.

Rule 2.121.D.5. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 4, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 9, 2024.

The admission record must include:A dated, written authorization for emergency medical care signed and updated annually by the parent(s) or guardian(s)

Rule 7.707.51.A.8. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 4, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 9, 2024.

All hazardous items and materials must be inaccessible to children including, but not limited to, office supplies, matches, plastic bags, cleaning and laundry materials, medicines, perfumes, curling irons, adult sharp scissors and knives, cosmetics, shaving lotions, hair products, poisonous plants, and all items labeled by manufacturer as “keep out of reach of children.

Rule 7.707.923.A. CDEC’s category: Safety Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 4, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 9, 2024.

All outdoor areas where children may pass or play shall be kept free of animal contamination. All animal wastes must be promptly removed and placed in a lidded container or otherwise inaccessible to children.

Rule 7.707.931.G. CDEC’s category: Outdoor Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 4, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 9, 2024.

A large child care home: Child care may be provided to children from birth to eighteen (18) years of age. The provider needs an assistant when the ninth child arrives at the facility.

Rule 7.707.22.E.1. CDEC’s category: LCCH. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 6, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Mar 7, 2023.

The provider must obtain written authority to arrange for emergency medical care for each child. Written authorization to obtain emergency medical care must be on file prior to or on the first day of admission and must be re-authorized annually.

Rule 7.707.71.B.1. CDEC’s category: Admission/Child Care Services. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 6, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Mar 7, 2023.

In rooms accessible to children, all electrical outlets and power strips must nave protective covers, or safety outlets must be installed; and all exposed light bulbs must have protective covers. Electrical cords must be in good condition and not posing a hazard, such as strangulation, falling or tripping.

Rule 7.707.923.B. CDEC’s category: Safety Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 6, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Mar 7, 2023.