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Sunshine Adventure Preschool - Rock Campus

A preschool program in Colorado Springs, Colorado 80918

4005 Lee Vance View, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80918.

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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 27 citations in 5 months of the last 46. Last cited Aug 2026. Every month

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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 7 inspections, investigations and complaints from Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 27, 2026, the latest on Aug 10, 2026 (Original Change of Location/Type).

27 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

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

27 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.

Aug 10, 2026: original Change of Location/Type (case 269966)4 citations
  • 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: Aug 10, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2026.

  • All staff must complete a Department-approved Standard Precautions training prior to working with children. This training must be renewed annually and will be counted towards ongoing professional development.

    Rule 2.213.B. CDEC’s category: Personnel. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 10, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2026.

  • 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 the Department-approved Introduction to First Aid and CPR module. The module must be renewed every two (2) years.

    Rule 2.213.F. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 10, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2026.

  • All employees and regular volunteers must be trained using a Department-approved training about Child Abuse Prevention prior to working with children, which includes 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 2.213.G. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 10, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2026.

Feb 9, 2026: supervisory (case 254112)3 citations
  • Emergency drills, lockdown and active shooter on premises drills must be held at least quarterly but often enough so that all occupants are familiar with the drill procedure and their conduct during a drill is a matter of established routine. Fire drills must be held monthly and be consistent with local fire department procedures. Tornado drills must be held monthly from March to October. A record of all emergency drills held over the past twelve (12) months must be maintained by the facility or center, including date and time of drill, number of adults and children participating, and the amount of time taken to evacuate.

    Rule 2.138.A. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 9, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Mar 11, 2026.

  • The following emergency records must be kept and maintained at the family child care home for twelve (12) months: Dates of monthly smoke alarm testing.

    Rule 2.318.C.3. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 9, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Mar 11, 2026.

  • If the parent(s) or guardian(s) of a child wants a nonmedical exemption from the immunization requirement based on a religious belief whose teachings are opposed to immunizations or a personal belief that is opposed to immunizations, the child’s parent(s) or guardian(s) must submit the CDPHE Certificate of Nonmedical Exemption (May 2023) with a signature from an immunizing provider in Colorado, or

    Rule 2.321.A.2.c.1. CDEC’s category: Admission/Child Care Services. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 11, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Mar 11, 2026.

Mar 17, 2025: supervisory (case 221759)4 citations
  • The primary provider, applicant 2, equally qualified provider, qualified substitutes, and all staff members shall: Complete a minimum of fifteen (15) clock hours of ongoing professional development each year. At least three (3) of the fifteen (15) clock hours must be in social emotional development.

    Rule 2.312.R.1. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 16, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • 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: Mar 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • Submit the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Certificate of Nonmedical Exemption (May 2023) received upon the completion of Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Online Immunization Education Module (Aug. 2021). The Certificate of Nonmedical Exemption and Education Module are herein incorporated by reference, no later editions or amendments are incorporated. The Certificate and Education Module are available at no cost from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment at https://cdphe.colorado.gov/vaccine-exemptions. The Certificate is available for public copying and inspection at the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, 720 S. Ash St., Denver, CO 80246, during normal business hours.

    Rule 2.321.A.2.c.2. CDEC’s category: Admission/Child Care Services. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • Health statements for children over two (2) years to seven (7) years of age must be updated in accordance with the American Academy of Pediatrics Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric HealthCare or as required in writing by health care provider.

    Rule 2.321.A.5. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 16, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

Apr 22, 2024: supervisory (case 176093)11 citations
  • 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: Apr 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Prior to working with children, the primary provider, applicant 2, the equally qualified provider, qualified substitutes, and all staff members must complete a building and physical premises training. The training must include identification of and protection from hazards that can cause bodily injury such as electrical hazards, bodies of water, vehicular traffic, handing and storage of hazardous materials, and the appropriate storage of biological contaminants.:

    Rule 2.312.F. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Prior to working with children, if working with children less than three (3) years of age, the primary provider, applicant 2, the equally qualified provider, qualified substitutes, and all staff members must complete a department-approved prevention of shaken baby/abusive head trauma. This training must be renewed every two (2) years and can be applied towards ongoing annual training hours in the year that it is completed.

    Rule 2.312.G. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Prior to working with children the primary provider, applicant 2, the equally qualified provider, qualified substitutes, and all staff members 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 within thirty (30) calendar days of employment. This training must be renewed annually.

    Rule 2.312.H. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • 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: Apr 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • The written policies and procedures must be developed, implemented, and followed, by the primary provider, applicant 2, equally qualified providers, qualified substitutes, and all staff members including all amendments, and must include at a minimum the following information: Services offered for children with special needs in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act;

    Rule 2.316.B.8. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 20, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Visitors Visits from all non-family members to the home must be on the sign in/out log, including the name, date, and arrival/departure times.

    Rule 2.317.E.1. CDEC’s category: Reports/Records/Security. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Within thirty (30) days after admission, and within thirty (30) days following the expiration date, the parent(s) or guardian(s) of each child must submit a statement of the child’s current health status or written verification of a scheduled appointment with a health care provider. The statement of the child’s current health status must be signed and dated by a health care provider who has seen the child within the last twelve (12) months, or within the last six (6) months for children under two and one-half (2-1/2 ) years of age. The statement must include when the next visit is required by the health care provider. All health statements must be kept at the licensed family child care home.

    Rule 2.321.A.3. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 20, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 31, 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, 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: Apr 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • The family child care home must contain at least one (1) fire extinguisher in working condition with the minimum weight of five (5) pounds, and minimum rating of 2A-10-BC as listed on the fire extinguisher label. The fire extinguisher must be easily accessible or the identifying sign where the fire extinguisher is located must be highly visible.

    Rule 2.336.C.15. CDEC’s category: Safety Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Gas grills with propane tanks must be inaccessible or have a safety on/off knob.

    Rule 2.337.D.4. CDEC’s category: Outdoor Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 31, 2024.

Jun 8, 2023: original Change of Location/Type (case 200919)5 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: Jul 8, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 8, 2023.

  • 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-aged child care facilities, family child care homes, and qualified exempt provider homes: a. State criminal history check b. State sex offender registry check c. State abuse and neglect registry check

    Rule 7.701.33.J.1.a.b.c. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 8, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 8, 2023.

  • Subsequent health evaluations for the provider and children residing in the home who are less than twelve (12) years of age must be submitted every two (2) years or as required in a written plan signed by a physician or other health professional. A new family member and/or a new resident of the home must submit to the State Department, within thirty (30) days from the date the individual began living in the home, a State Department approved health evaluation form signed and dated by a licensed physician or other health professional.

    Rule 7.707.31.A.10. CDEC’s category: Personnel. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 8, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 8, 2023.

  • Prior to issuance of the license, the licensee and primary provider must complete: First Aid and CPR training, for all ages of children from infant to twenty-one (21) years of age;

    Rule 7.707.32.A.6. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 8, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 8, 2023.

  • The home must contain at least one (1) fire extinguisher in working condition with the minimum weight of five (5) pounds, and minimum rating of 2A-10-BC. The fire extinguisher or identifying sign where the fire extinguisher is located must be highly visible and easily accessible.

    Rule 7.707.923.O. CDEC’s category: Safety Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 8, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 8, 2023.

All 7 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 10, 2026Original Change of Location/Type (case 269966)4 citations; cleared Aug 16, 2026.
Jul 23, 2026Pre-Licensing (case 276891)No citations; cleared Jul 23, 2026.
Mar 16, 2026Pre-Licensing (case 271061)No citations; cleared Mar 16, 2026.
Feb 9, 2026Supervisory (case 254112)3 citations; cleared Mar 11, 2026.
Mar 17, 2025Supervisory (case 221759)4 citations; cleared Apr 14, 2025.
Apr 22, 2024Supervisory (case 176093)11 citations; cleared May 31, 2024.
Jun 8, 2023Original Change of Location/Type (case 200919)5 citations; cleared Jun 8, 2023.

Is it licensed?

  • Colorado’s service type: Preschool Program; licensed by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.
  • Licensed for 46 children: 46 preschool and school-age children.
  • Colorado’s licence number: 1754341.
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 Kristen Edick.
Source:

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

How is it rated?

  • Colorado Shines: Level 1 of five, as Colorado rates it.
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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