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Steve & Kate’s Camp - Denver - Curtis Park

A school-age child care center in Denver, Colorado 80205

2500 Curtis Street, Denver, Colorado 80205.

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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 24 citations in 6 months of the last 46. Last cited Jul 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 8 inspections, investigations and complaints from Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 27, 2026, the latest on Jul 15, 2026 (Supervisory).

24 citations in all, 5 of them from complaints and Stage II investigations.

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

24 citations in 6 months of the last 46. Last cited Jul 2026. The last 4 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

24 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.

Jul 15, 2026: complaints (case 275131)5 citations
  • Staff must verify attendance before and after every group transition from one physical space to another. Written or electronic documentation of attendance verification must be maintained for at least twelve (12) months.

    Rule 2.506.A.1. From a complaint. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 15, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 26, 2026.

  • 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 2.510.D.1. From a complaint. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 15, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 26, 2026.

  • There must be one (1) staff member for each fifteen (15) children in attendance.

    Rule 2.510.E. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Supervision. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 15, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 26, 2026.

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

    Rule 2.510.H. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Supervision. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 15, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 26, 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. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 15, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 26, 2026.

Jul 1, 2025: staff/Child Files (case 258482)1 citation
  • 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: Jul 1, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 7, 2025.

Jun 17, 2025: supervisory (case 226767)1 citation
  • Staff must verify attendance before and after every group transition from one physical space to another. Written or electronic documentation of attendance verification must be maintained for at least twelve (12) months.

    Rule 2.506.A.1. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 1, 2025.

Jun 21, 2024: supervisory (case 202841)2 citations
  • For security purposes, a daily sign-in/sign-out sheet or other mechanism for parents/guardians must be maintained by the center. The sign-in/sign-out mechanism must include, for each child in care, the date, the child’s name, the time when the child arrived and left the center, and the parent/guardian’s signature or other identifier. With a parent/guardian’s approval, a child five (5) years of age or older may sign in and out instead of the parent/guardian. Staff must verify attendance periodically throughout the day.

    Rule 2.506.B. CDEC’s category: General Requirement/Physical Care. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 21, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Mar 25, 2025.

  • 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: Jun 21, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Mar 25, 2025.

Feb 14, 2024: capacity/Age/Exhibit (case 211444)2 citations
  • In order to obtain any Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and/or Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fingerprint criminal history records, each applicant listed below must have their fingerprints taken and processed at a vendor approved by CBI. Approved vendors may be located using the CBI website at Colorado.gov/cbi. Payment of the fee for the criminal record check is the responsibility of the individual being checked, identified as follows:

    Rule 2.121.A.1. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 14, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Feb 19, 2024.

  • 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: Feb 14, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Feb 19, 2024.

May 19, 2023: original (case 197582)13 citations
  • Prior to caring for children, all staff must complete a State Department-approved training in emergency and disaster preparedness. 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 State Department-approved training

    Rule 7.701.100.A.. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 19, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 5, 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: May 19, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 5, 2023.

  • 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 7.701.53.A.. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 19, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 5, 2023.

  • Perjury Statement- Application forms for Employment with a Child Care Provider. 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 7.701.8. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 19, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 5, 2023.

  • Each staff member and regular volunteer as defined in section 7.712.44.C must complete an annual health history. The health history must be maintained in a secure location.

    Rule 7.712.41.D.. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 19, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 5, 2023.

  • Prior to working with children, the staff member must read and be instructed on the policies and procedures of the center, including those relating to hygiene, sanitation, food preparation practices, proper supervision of children, and reporting of child abuse. Staff members must sign a statement indicating that they have read and understand the center’s policies and procedures.

    Rule 7.712.41.F.. CDEC’s category: Personnel. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 19, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 5, 2023.

  • Day camp staff must receive a minimum of fifteen (15) hours of pre-camp training, in addition to Department-approved First Aid and CPR. Pre-camp training must include all training activities that staff members participate in as a whole. Training should include, but not be limited to, familiarizing staff with the camp mission, site emergency policy and procedures, how to supervise and facilitate activities with campers, and health care policies and procedures. Policies and procedures must be in writing. Staff will be supervised and additional training may be provided if needed. Day camps must have a system in place to provide staff the essential training information for late hires.

    Rule 7.712.41.G. CDEC’s category: Personnel. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 19, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 5, 2023.

  • 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 7.712.41.J. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 19, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 5, 2023.

  • 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 7.712.41.M.. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 19, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 5, 2023.

  • The program director must have verifiable education or training in work with school-age children in such areas as recreation, education, scouting or 4-H; and the program director must have completed at least one of the following qualifications:

    Rule 7.712.42.A.1. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 19, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 5, 2023.

  • 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 7.712.42.G.3. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 19, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 5, 2023.

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

    Rule 7.712.82.A.1. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 19, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 5, 2023.

  • 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 7.712.82.A.3. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 19, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 5, 2023.

All 8 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 15, 2026Supervisory (case 258273)No citations; cleared Aug 26, 2026.
Jul 15, 2026Complaints (case 275131)Outcome, in CDEC’s words: Founded; 5 citations; cleared Aug 26, 2026.
Jul 1, 2025Staff/Child Files (case 258482)1 citation; cleared Oct 7, 2025.
Jun 17, 2025Supervisory (case 226767)1 citation; cleared Aug 1, 2025.
Jun 24, 2024Staff/Child Files (case 226772)No citations; cleared Mar 25, 2025.
Jun 21, 2024Supervisory (case 202841)2 citations; cleared Mar 25, 2025.
Feb 14, 2024Capacity/Age/Exhibit (case 211444)2 citations; cleared Feb 19, 2024.
May 19, 2023Original (case 197582)13 citations; cleared Jun 5, 2023.

Is it licensed?

  • Colorado’s service type: School-Age Child Care Center; licensed by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.
  • Licensed for 200 children: 200 school-age children.
  • Colorado’s licence number: 1773216.
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 1 complaint or Stage II investigation from Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 27, 2026. Outcomes, in CDEC’s words: Founded (1).
  • 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.

Complaints and Stage II investigations, newest first
ReceivedCase and outcome, in CDEC’s wordsIn CDEC’s file
Jun 18, 2026Complaints: FoundedReceived Jun 18, 2026; CDEC contacted the provider Jul 15, 2026; 5 citations; cleared Aug 26, 2026; case 275131.

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 Bright Horizons Children’s Centers LLC.
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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Place
Steve & Kate’s Camp - Denver - Curtis Park 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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