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Central Recreation Center

A school-age child care center in Aurora, Colorado 80013

18150 E Vassar Pl, Aurora, Colorado 80013.

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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 22 citations in 2 months of the last 46. Last cited Jul 2024. 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 8 inspections, investigations and complaints from Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 27, 2026, the latest on Jul 29, 2026 (Injury).

22 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

22 citations in 2 months of the last 46. Last cited Jul 2024. The last 4 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

22 citations by month over the last 4 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 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 10, 2024: supervisory (case 206007)21 citations
  • The Trails child abuse and neglect records request must be made within ten (10) calendar days of the first day of employment for each employee or facility on the state-prescribed form, accompanied by the required fee.

    Rule 2.120.D. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • Criminal background check requests must be successfully completed 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.D.4.a. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • 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: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • All facilities, except family child care homes must post in every room of the child care facility, excluding bedrooms and living areas, the license capacity of the room and the staff-to-child ratio required by regulation to be maintained for the age of children cared for in the room.

    Rule 2.127.D. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • A written policy regarding visitors to the center must be posted and a record maintained daily by the center that includes, at a minimum, the visitor’s name and address and the purpose of the visit. At least one piece of photo identification must be inspected for individuals who are strangers to personnel at the center.

    Rule 2.506.I. CDEC’s category: Records/Reports. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • All personnel and volunteers at the center must demonstrate knowledgeable decision-making, judgment, and concern for the proper care and well-being of children.

    Rule 2.507.A. CDEC’s category: Personnel. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • Each staff member and regular volunteer as defined in rule section 2.510 must complete an annual health history. The health history must be maintained by the center in a secure location.

    Rule 2.507.C. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • All staff members must complete a Department-approved standard precautions training prior to working with children. This training must be renewed annually and may count towards ongoing training requirements.

    Rule 2.507.I. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • All staff members and regular volunteers must complete a Department-approved training about child abuse prevention, including common symptoms and signs of child abuse within (30) calendar days of employment. This training must be renewed annually and may count towards ongoing training requirements.

    Rule 2.507.L. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • Prior to working with children, each staff member must read and be trained on the center’s policies and procedures for the administration of medications. Staff members must sign a statement indicating that they have read and have been trained on the center’s administration of medications policies and procedures.

    Rule 2.507.N. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • Program Leaders Each program leader must be at least eighteen (18) years of age, demonstrate ability to work with children, and must meet the following qualifications:

    Rule 2.508.B. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • Program Leaders Each program leader must be at least eighteen (18) years of age, demonstrate ability to work with children, and must meet the following qualifications: Complete the Department-approved course in injury prevention;

    Rule 2.508.B.1. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • Program Leaders Each program leader must be at least eighteen (18) years of age, demonstrate ability to work with children, and must meet the following qualifications: Complete the Department-approved course in playground safety for School-Aged Child Care Centers. This requirement does not apply to day camps that do not regularly use a playground; and

    Rule 2.508.B.2. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • The maximum group size for children over the age of five (5) is thirty (30) children. When four (4) year olds are in attendance the maximum group size is twenty-four (24). When the center has the capacity to care for multiple groups of children, they must be separated into developmentally and age appropriate activities. Groups are not required to be separated from each other by permanent or portable dividers or walls.

    Rule 2.509.D. CDEC’s category: Supervision. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

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

    Rule 2.509.H. CDEC’s category: Supervision. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • Any un-expired routine medication, prescription and non-prescription (over-the-counter) medications must be administered only with a current written order of a health care provider with prescriptive authority and with written parental consent. Home remedies, including homeopathic medications, must never be given to a child.

    Rule 2.512.C.1. CDEC’s category: Health/Medication/Hygiene. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • The required staff to child ratio must be maintained at all times.

    Rule 2.516.C.7. CDEC’s category: Transportation. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • 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: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • The center office must maintain a record for each staff member that includes the: Name, address, and birth date of the individual;

    Rule 2.526.A.1. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • The center office must maintain a record for each staff member that includes the: Name, address, and phone number of the person(s) to be notified in the event of an emergency;

    Rule 2.526.A.3. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • The following records must be on file at the center: Records of enrollment, daily attendance for each child, and daily record of time child arrives at and departs from the center.

    Rule 2.527.A.1. CDEC’s category: Records/Reports. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 10, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

Jul 26, 2023: supervisory (case 185848)1 citation
  • 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: Jul 26, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 9, 2023.

All 8 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 29, 2026Injury (case 277102)No citations; cleared Jul 29, 2026.
Jun 4, 2026Supervisory (case 257765)No citations; cleared Jun 4, 2026.
Sep 8, 2025Capacity/Age/Exhibit (case 262646)No citations; cleared Sep 8, 2025.
Jun 4, 2025Supervisory (case 234452)No citations; cleared Jun 4, 2025.
Jul 11, 2024Follow-up (case 234535)No citations; cleared Jul 11, 2024.
Jul 10, 2024Supervisory (case 206007)21 citations; cleared Jul 24, 2024.
Aug 3, 2023Injury (case 206344)No citations; cleared Aug 3, 2023.
Jul 26, 2023Supervisory (case 185848)1 citation; cleared Aug 9, 2023.

Is it licensed?

  • Colorado’s service type: School-Age Child Care Center; licensed by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.
  • Licensed for 45 children: 45 school-age children.
  • Colorado’s licence number: 1750340.
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 City of Aurora.
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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Central Recreation Center This child care providerNot given

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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