New Horizon Academy
A child care center in aurora, Colorado 80015
21600 E. Quincy Ave, aurora, Colorado 80015.
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The short answer
Record last released by Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) on Nov 2, 2026.
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 49 inspections, investigations and complaints from Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 27, 2026, the latest on Oct 1, 2026 (Injury).
37 citations in all, 4 of them from complaints and Stage II investigations.
Where Colorado posts its reports: Colorado Shines.
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
37 citations in 10 months of the last 46. Last cited May 2025. The last 4 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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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.
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.
May 22, 2025: supervisory (case 234121)2 citations
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The time a child arrives and leaves the center each day must be recorded. Staff members must complete written attendance verification periodically throughout the day, including during transitions.
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Items labeled “keep out of reach of children” must be inaccessible to children.
Nov 19, 2024: follow-up (case 247090)2 citations
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All staff at the center must demonstrate knowledgeable decision-making, judgment, and concern for the proper care and well-being of children.
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All children must be under the direct supervision at all times of a qualified adult who has been assigned the responsibility to supervise
Oct 21, 2024: follow-up (case 246501)2 citations
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All staff at the center must demonstrate knowledgeable decision-making, judgment, and concern for the proper care and well-being of children.
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All children must be under the direct supervision at all times of a qualified adult who has been assigned the responsibility to supervise
Sep 24, 2024: limited Supervisory (case 244532)1 citation
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Items labeled “keep out of reach of children” must be inaccessible to children.
Sep 24, 2024: follow-up (case 244531)2 citations
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All staff at the center must demonstrate knowledgeable decision-making, judgment, and concern for the proper care and well-being of children.
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All children must be under the direct supervision at all times of a qualified adult who has been assigned the responsibility to supervise
Sep 4, 2024: follow-up (case 242322)1 citation
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The time a child arrives and leaves the center each day must be recorded. Staff members must complete written attendance verification periodically throughout the day, including during transitions.
Jul 3, 2024: supervisory (case 208090)2 citations
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The center must maintain and update annually and upon changes, a record on each child that includes: A copy of the child’s health statement completed by a health care provider
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At the time of admission, the parent(s)/guardian(s) must provide for each child entering the center: 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 certificate of immunization or on an “approved alternate” Certificate of Immunization, defined in Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment rules located in 6 CCR 1009-2 rule section 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., Bldg. C, Denver, CO 80246, during regular business hours. Colorado law requires proof of immunization status or exemption be provided prior to or on the first day of admission.
Jul 3, 2024: injury (case 226705)1 citation
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All staff at the center must demonstrate knowledgeable decision-making, judgment, and concern for the proper care and well-being of children.
May 8, 2024: follow-up (case 222589)2 citations
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All children must be under the direct supervision at all times of a qualified adult who has been assigned the responsibility to supervise
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The time a child arrives and leaves the center each day must be recorded. Staff members must complete written attendance verification periodically throughout the day, including during transitions.
May 8, 2024: complaints (case 221494)4 citations
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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.
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Guidance used at the center must be appropriate to the development of the child and is used as an opportunity to teach children social-emotional skills, such as self-regulation, problem-solving, and empathy for others.
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Children must not be subjected to physical or emotional harm, humiliation, or threats.
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Indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings must be sturdy, safe, and free of hazards.
Mar 5, 2024: injury (case 216726)4 citations
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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.
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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.
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Within thirty (30) calendar days of employment, all employees and regular volunteers must be trained using a Department-approved training about child abuse prevention, 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.
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Indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings must be sturdy, safe, and free of hazards.
Dec 22, 2023: injury (case 214329)2 citations
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All diaper change areas must: Have a place inaccessible to children for storing all diaper change supplies and disinfecting solutions and products;
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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.
Dec 11, 2023: injury (case 213552)1 citation
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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.
Dec 11, 2023: injury (case 213239)2 citations
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Staff must be awake, alert, and actively supervising all children.
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Staff must investigate whenever children cry, scream, or appear to withdraw and must try to verbally or physically soothe the child. When putting infants to sleep, staff may allow for a period of no longer than ten (10) minutes without verbally or physically soothing the child to enable the infant to try to self soothe and fall asleep.
Dec 11, 2023: follow-up (case 213126)4 citations
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All staff at the center must demonstrate knowledgeable decision-making, judgment, and concern for the proper care and well-being of children.
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The time a child arrives and leaves the center each day must be recorded. Staff members must complete written attendance verification periodically throughout the day, including during transitions.
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The center must carry out a planned program suitable to the needs of the children. This program must be described in writing and be available for review when requested by the department or by parents or guardians of children in care.
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Indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings must be sturdy, safe, and free of hazards.
Nov 17, 2023: follow-up (case 213127)3 citations
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All staff members must submit to the center a medical statement, signed and dated by a physician or other health care provider, verifying that they are in good mental, physical, and emotional health appropriate for the position for which they have been hired. This statement must be dated no more than six (6) months prior to employment or within thirty (30) calendar days after the first date of employment. Subsequent self-reported health histories must be submitted annually.
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All staff must complete a Department-approved Standard Precautions training that meets current Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements prior to working with children. This training must be renewed annually and will be counted towards ongoing professional development.
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In the toddler room, a crib, sleeping cot, or two (2) inch mat must be provided for each child, and there must be a minimum of two (2) feet between each crib or cot. Aisles between cots or cribs must be kept free of all obstructions while cribs are occupied. No child less than the age of two (2) years should use a cot for sleeping without written permission of the parent or guardian.
Oct 18, 2023: follow-up (case 211304)2 citations
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All staff at the center must demonstrate knowledgeable decision-making, judgment, and concern for the proper care and well-being of children.
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All children must be under the direct supervision at all times of a qualified adult who has been assigned the responsibility to supervise
All 49 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Oct 1, 2026 | Injury (case 279175) | No citations; no clearance date in CDEC’s file. |
| Aug 25, 2026 | Injury (case 277804) | No citations; no clearance date in CDEC’s file. |
| Aug 25, 2026 | Injury (case 277882) | No citations; no clearance date in CDEC’s file. |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Injury (case 274730) | No citations; cleared Jun 22, 2026. |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Supervisory (case 257323) | No citations; cleared Apr 21, 2026. |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Injury (case 266775) | No citations; cleared Dec 15, 2025. |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Injury (case 265029) | No citations; cleared Nov 10, 2025. |
| Oct 8, 2025 | Injury (case 263000) | No citations; cleared Oct 8, 2025. |
| Oct 8, 2025 | Injury (case 263268) | No citations; cleared Oct 8, 2025. |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Injury (case 260522) | No citations; cleared Aug 15, 2025. |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Limited Supervisory (case 261586) | No citations; cleared Aug 15, 2025. |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Limited Supervisory (case 258741) | No citations; cleared Jun 30, 2025. |
| May 29, 2025 | Injury (case 257341) | No citations; cleared May 29, 2025. |
| May 22, 2025 | Supervisory (case 234121) | 2 citations; cleared May 29, 2025. |
| May 22, 2025 | Injury (case 255560) | No citations; cleared May 22, 2025. |
| May 22, 2025 | Injury (case 256288) | No citations; cleared May 22, 2025. |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Limited Supervisory (case 254577) | No citations; cleared Apr 24, 2025. |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Complaints (case 255314) | Outcome, in CDEC’s words: Unfounded; no citations; cleared Apr 24, 2025. |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Limited Supervisory (case 253294) | No citations; cleared Mar 26, 2025. |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Limited Supervisory (case 252090) | No citations; cleared Feb 27, 2025. |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Injury (case 252487) | No citations; cleared Feb 27, 2025. |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Limited Supervisory (case 250685) | No citations; cleared Jan 30, 2025. |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Injury (case 251476) | No citations; cleared Jan 30, 2025. |
| Jan 3, 2025 | Limited Supervisory (case 250042) | No citations; cleared Jan 3, 2025. |
| Jan 3, 2025 | Injury (case 250289) | No citations; cleared Jan 3, 2025. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Limited Supervisory (case 248932) | No citations; cleared Dec 12, 2024. |
| Nov 19, 2024 | Follow-up (case 247090) | 2 citations; cleared Nov 22, 2024. |
| Nov 19, 2024 | Limited Supervisory (case 247839) | No citations; cleared Nov 19, 2024. |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Follow-up (case 246500) | No citations; cleared Oct 21, 2024. |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Follow-up (case 246501) | 2 citations; cleared Oct 28, 2024. |
| Oct 9, 2024 | Injury (case 245640) | No citations; cleared Oct 9, 2024. |
| Oct 2, 2024 | Capacity/Age/Exhibit (case 245761) | No citations; cleared Oct 2, 2024. |
| Sep 24, 2024 | Follow-up (case 244531) | 2 citations; cleared Oct 2, 2024. |
| Sep 24, 2024 | Limited Supervisory (case 244532) | 1 citation; cleared Oct 2, 2024. |
| Sep 4, 2024 | Follow-up (case 242322) | 1 citation; cleared Sep 13, 2024. |
| Jul 3, 2024 | Supervisory (case 208090) | 2 citations; cleared Sep 3, 2024. |
| Jul 3, 2024 | Injury (case 226705) | 1 citation; cleared Sep 3, 2024. |
| Jul 3, 2024 | Injury (case 233187) | No citations; cleared Jul 3, 2024. |
| May 8, 2024 | Complaints (case 221494) | Outcome, in CDEC’s words: Founded; 4 citations; cleared May 15, 2024. |
| May 8, 2024 | Injury (case 221854) | No citations; cleared May 15, 2024. |
| May 8, 2024 | Follow-up (case 222589) | 2 citations; cleared May 15, 2024. |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Injury (case 216726) | 4 citations; cleared Mar 19, 2024. |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Injury (case 214329) | 2 citations; cleared Jan 5, 2024. |
| Dec 11, 2023 | Follow-up (case 213126) | 4 citations; cleared Dec 21, 2023. |
| Dec 11, 2023 | Injury (case 213239) | 2 citations; cleared Dec 21, 2023. |
| Dec 11, 2023 | Injury (case 213552) | 1 citation; cleared Dec 21, 2023. |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Follow-up (case 213127) | 3 citations; cleared Dec 21, 2023. |
| Oct 18, 2023 | Follow-up (case 211304) | 2 citations; cleared Oct 24, 2023. |
| Aug 10, 2023 | Original (case 173286) | No citations; cleared Aug 10, 2023. |
Is it licensed?
- Colorado’s service type: Child Care Center; licensed by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.
- Licensed for 182 children: 20 infants, 48 toddlers, 114 preschool and school-age children.
- Colorado’s licence number: 1763328.
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 2 complaints and Stage II investigations from Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 27, 2026. Outcomes, in CDEC’s words: Founded (1), Unfounded (1).
- Neither CDEC’s roster nor its file of inspections lists enforcement actions, such as fines or the revocation of a licence.
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.
| Received | Case and outcome, in CDEC’s words | In CDEC’s file |
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| Apr 14, 2025 | Complaints: Unfounded | Received Apr 14, 2025; CDEC contacted the provider Apr 24, 2025; no citations; cleared Apr 24, 2025; case 255314. |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Complaints: Founded | Received Apr 19, 2024; CDEC contacted the provider May 8, 2024; 4 citations; cleared May 15, 2024; case 221494. |
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 New Horizon Academy.
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 4 of five, as Colorado rates it (awarded Apr 4, 2025, valid until Apr 1, 2030).
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.
| Place | |
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| New Horizon Academy This child care provider | Not 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
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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.
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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.
This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
From the provider
The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.
Replies
None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.
Paid listing
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