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Primrose School of Fort Collins

A child care center in Fort Collins, Colorado 80525

2117 bighorn dr, Fort Collins, Colorado 80525.

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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 76 citations in 15 months of the last 46. Last cited Sep 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 33 inspections, investigations and complaints from Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 27, 2026, the latest on Oct 13, 2026 (Injury).

76 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

76 citations in 15 months of the last 46. Last cited Sep 2026. The last 4 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

76 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.

Sep 24, 2026: injury (case 279791)1 citation
  • An admission record must be completed for each child prior to or at the time of the child’s admission. This record must be updated annually and when changes occur. The admission record must include: A dated, written authorization for emergency medical care signed and updated annually by the parent(s)/guardian(s). The authorization must be notarized if required by the local hospital, clinic, or emergency health care facility;

    Rule 2.209.A.7. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 24, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 1, 2026.

Jul 29, 2026: injury (case 276940)3 citations
  • Every five (5) years, all child abuse and neglect inquiry background checks must be renewed by resubmitting an inquiry form and current fee to the Department for processing. An updated clearance letter or verification of the submission of the inquiry form must be obtained before five (5) years from the date reflected on the current clearance letter.

    Rule 2.120.I. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 29, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 12, 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: Jul 29, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 12, 2026.

  • 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.

    Rule 2.223.A.2. CDEC’s category: General Requirement/Physical Care. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 29, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 12, 2026.

May 11, 2026: supervisory (case 258447)12 citations
  • 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: Individuals who have obtained a successfully completed CBI or FBI record check may care for children, for no longer than ninety (90) calendar days, while waiting for all other required background checks to be completed. The individual must be supervised at all times by an individual who has successfully completed all required background checks.

    Rule 2.120.C.1.a.1. CDEC’s category: General Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 11, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 24, 2026.

  • 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: May 11, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 24, 2026.

  • 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: May 11, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 24, 2026.

  • 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: May 11, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 24, 2026.

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

    Rule 2.209.A.7. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 11, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 24, 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: Jun 11, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 24, 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: May 11, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 24, 2026.

  • Within ninety (90) calendar days of employment, all directors and assistant directors must complete the Department-approved training: Working with an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant. This course is required once and will be counted towards ongoing professional development.

    Rule 2.213.J. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 11, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 24, 2026.

  • Within ninety (90) calendar days of employment, all directors and assistant directors must complete the Department-approved training: Introduction to Child Care Health Consultation. This course is required once and will be counted towards ongoing professional development.

    Rule 2.213.K. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 11, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 24, 2026.

  • An early childhood teacher, assigned responsibility for a single group of children and working under the supervision of a director, must be at least eighteen (18) years of age and meet at least one (1) of the following qualifications:

    Rule 2.216.A.1. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 11, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 24, 2026.

  • Health statements for children over two (2) years of age to seven (7) years of age must be updated in accordance with the American Academy of Pediatrics Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care schedule for routine well child exams, or as required by the child’s health care provider.

    Rule 2.219.B.4. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 11, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 24, 2026.

  • Buildings must be kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition.

    Rule 2.237.B. CDEC’s category: Building Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 11, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 24, 2026.

Apr 9, 2026: injury (case 271762)2 citations
  • 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: Apr 9, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 26, 2026.

  • There must be at least one (1) staff member on duty in each infant room at all times who holds a current Department-approved first aid and safety certificate that includes cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for all ages of children.

    Rule 2.216.B.1.e. CDEC’s category: General Requirement/Physical Care. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 9, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 26, 2026.

Dec 19, 2025: limited Supervisory (case 266868)3 citations
  • Toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and any materials accessible to children under than three (3) years of age must not be a choke hazard or able to be inhaled. Any area of the facility accessible to children less than three (3) years of age must be free of any choke or inhalation hazards.

    Rule 2.229.L. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Dec 19, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jan 10, 2026.

  • All pieces of playground equipment must be designed to guard against entrapment and strangulation. Any openings in gross motor equipment above ground must be smaller than three and one half (3 ½) inches or greater than nine (9) inches to prevent entrapment.

    Rule 2.230.C.6. CDEC’s category: Outdoor Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Dec 19, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jan 10, 2026.

  • Buildings must be kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition.

    Rule 2.237.B. CDEC’s category: Building Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Dec 19, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jan 10, 2026.

Dec 4, 2025: limited Supervisory (case 265726)3 citations
  • All diaper change areas must: Have a place inaccessible to children for storing all diaper change supplies and disinfecting solutions and products;

    Rule 2.222.A.1.b. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Dec 4, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Dec 15, 2025.

  • Toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and any materials accessible to children under than three (3) years of age must not be a choke hazard or able to be inhaled. Any area of the facility accessible to children less than three (3) years of age must be free of any choke or inhalation hazards.

    Rule 2.229.L. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Dec 4, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Dec 15, 2025.

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

    Rule 2.230.B. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Dec 4, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Dec 15, 2025.

Nov 7, 2025: injury (case 265162)2 citations
  • 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: Nov 7, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Feb 17, 2026.

  • All climbing equipment eighteen (18) inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least six (6) inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment.

    Rule 2.230.C.1.a. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Nov 7, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Feb 17, 2026.

Sep 24, 2025: limited Supervisory (case 262301)2 citations
  • All climbing equipment eighteen (18) inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least six (6) inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment.

    Rule 2.230.C.1.a. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 24, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 30, 2025.

  • Buildings must be kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition.

    Rule 2.237.B. CDEC’s category: Building Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 24, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 30, 2025.

Aug 29, 2025: injury (case 261793)1 citation
  • 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 29, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Nov 18, 2025.

Aug 18, 2025: follow-up (case 260793)1 citation
  • Loose plastic bags must be stored in areas inaccessible to children.

    Rule 2.229.G. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 18, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 25, 2025.

Jul 22, 2025: follow-up (case 259529)1 citation
  • Children must be actively supervised at all times.

    Rule 2.226.C.3. CDEC’s category: Meals/Snacks/Activities. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 22, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 1, 2025.

Jun 23, 2025: supervisory (case 243436)28 citations
  • 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: Individuals who have obtained a successfully completed CBI or FBI record check may care for children, for no longer than ninety (90) calendar days, while waiting for all other required background checks to be completed. The individual must be supervised at all times by an individual who has successfully completed all required background checks.

    Rule 2.120.C.1.a.1. CDEC’s category: General Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • 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: Jun 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • 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: Jun 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 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: Jun 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • Each staff member of the facility must be trained in fire safety and the use of available fire extinguishers and fire alarms

    Rule 2.133.B. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • 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: Jun 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

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

    Rule 2.209.A.7. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • 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.

    Rule 2.212.G. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • 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 2.212.N. CDEC’s category: Personnel. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • 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: Jun 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • 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: Jul 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • 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.

    Rule 2.213.G. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • Within ninety (90) calendar days of employment, all staff required to register with the Colorado Shines Professional Development Information System (listed in rule section 2.208(D)) must complete the Department-approved training course: Introduction to the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs. This course is required once and will be counted towards ongoing professional development.

    Rule 2.213.H. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • Within ninety (90) calendar days of employment, all staff required to register with the Colorado Shines Professional Development Information System (listed in rule section 2.208(D)) must complete the Department-approved Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals training or other Department-approved training on implicit bias. This course is required once and will be counted towards ongoing professional development.

    Rule 2.213.I. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • All staff must have at least one (1) hour of child development training within ninety (90) days of employment. This training must include the major domains (cognitive, social, emotional, physical development and approaches to learning). This training is required once and will count toward ongoing training requirements if taken after the date of hire.

    Rule 2.213.L. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • All staff who work with children must complete a minimum of fifteen (15) clock hours of ongoing professional development each year, beginning with the start date of the employee. At least three (3) clock hours per year must be in the focus of social-emotional development.

    Rule 2.213.M. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • There must be at least one (1) staff member on duty in each infant room at all times who holds a current Department-approved first aid and safety certificate that includes cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for all ages of children.

    Rule 2.216.B.1.e. CDEC’s category: General Requirement/Physical Care. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • For every fifteen (15) or fewer toddlers, there must be at least one (1) staff member in the toddler program at all times who has a current Department-approved first aid and safety certificate that includes (CPR) for all ages of children.

    Rule 2.216.C.3. CDEC’s category: Toddler Program. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • At least one (1) staff member with the current Department-approved medication administration training and delegation must be on duty at all times.

    Rule 2.217.A.9. CDEC’s category: Health/Medication. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • Center staff must have a monthly consultation with a current Department-approved Child Care Health Consultant who must meet one (1) of the following qualifications: A Licensed Registered Nurse with knowledge and experience in maternal and child health.

    Rule 2.217.C.1.a. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • For the Department-approved child care health consultant, the center must maintain documentation of a brief biography highlighting applicable knowledge, experience, and approximate dates worked as a school nurse or child care health consultant.

    Rule 2.217.C.6. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • All Department-approved child care health consultants must complete the Department-approved child care health consultant introductory training course within six (6) months of hire. Child care health consultants must complete Department-approved ongoing professional development training every three (3) years. The center must obtain and maintain proof of training completion.

    Rule 2.217.C.7. CDEC’s category: Personnel. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • All Department-approved child care health consultants must complete the Department- approved Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment immunization course annually. The center must obtain and maintain proof of course completion.

    Rule 2.217.C.8. CDEC’s category: Personnel. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • Health statements for children over two (2) years of age to seven (7) years of age must be updated in accordance with the American Academy of Pediatrics Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care schedule for routine well child exams.

    Rule 2.219.B.4. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • Toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and any materials accessible to children under than three (3) years of age must not be a choke hazard or able to be inhaled. Any area of the facility accessible to children less than three (3) years of age must be free of any choke or inhalation hazards.

    Rule 2.229.L. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • In the toddler program, some play materials and equipment easily accessible to children must be provided from each of the following categories: Music

    Rule 2.229.S.5. CDEC’s category: Toddler Program. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • All climbing equipment eighteen (18) inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least six (6) inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment.

    Rule 2.230.C.1.a. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • Buildings must be kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition.

    Rule 2.237.B. CDEC’s category: Building Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 23, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

May 28, 2025: follow-up (case 257294)6 citations
  • There must be assigned at least one (1) qualified early childhood teacher supervising each group of children unless otherwise specified in rules. A director may be the assigned teacher for one (1) group of children.

    Rule 2.217.A.7. CDEC’s category: General Requirement/Physical Care. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 28, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 21, 2025.

  • All children must be under the direct supervision at all times of a qualified adult who has been assigned the responsibility to supervise

    Rule 2.223.A.1. CDEC’s category: General Requirement/Physical Care. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 28, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 21, 2025.

  • Items labeled “keep out of reach of children” must be inaccessible to children.

    Rule 2.229.C. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 28, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 21, 2025.

  • Loose plastic bags must be stored in areas inaccessible to children.

    Rule 2.229.G. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 28, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 21, 2025.

  • The center must have enough play materials and equipment so that at any one time each child for which the center is licensed for can be individually involved. Separate play rooms or separate interest centers must be provided for each category of equipment required for the program. A variety of material and equipment from the following categories must be available:

    Rule 2.229.R. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 28, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 21, 2025.

  • All climbing equipment eighteen (18) inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least six (6) inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment.

    Rule 2.230.C.1.a. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 28, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 21, 2025.

Apr 21, 2025: injury (case 255270)2 citations
  • 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: Apr 21, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

  • Any unexpired routine medication, prescription or non-prescription (over the counter), must be administered only with a current written order of a health care provider with prescriptive authority and with written parental consent. Home remedies, homeopathic medication, vitamins, and supplements must not be administered to children in child care.

    Rule 2.220.A. CDEC’s category: Health/Medication. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 21, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 30, 2025.

Apr 21, 2025: follow-up (case 255613)2 citations
  • 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: Any allegation of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse or neglect to a child that results in a mandatory report to law enforcement or a county department of human or social services agency, or the child abuse reporting hotline as described in section 19-3-304, C.R.S.

    Rule 2.124.A.1.d. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 21, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 6, 2025.

  • Children must not be subjected to physical or emotional harm, humiliation, or threats.

    Rule 2.225.B. CDEC’s category: Guidance. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 21, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 6, 2025.

Jan 16, 2025: follow-up (case 250815)1 citation
  • Children must not be subjected to physical or emotional harm, humiliation, or threats.

    Rule 2.225.B. CDEC’s category: Guidance. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jan 16, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 21, 2025.

Nov 20, 2024: injury (case 247929)1 citation
  • All climbing equipment eighteen (18) inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least six (6) inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment.

    Rule 2.230.C.1.a. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Nov 20, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 5, 2025.

Nov 4, 2024: injury (case 247474)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: Nov 7, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 17, 2025.

  • Staff must directly supervise children and maintain staff to child ratio during special activities that occur with an outside vendor or provider and where the vendor uses their expert staff to facilitate the activity.

    Rule 2.223.A.4. CDEC’s category: Meals/Snacks/Activities. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Nov 4, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 17, 2025.

  • Loose plastic bags must be stored in areas inaccessible to children.

    Rule 2.229.G. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Nov 4, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 17, 2025.

  • Sharp tools and instruments must be stored in areas inaccessible to children.

    Rule 2.229.H. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Nov 4, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 17, 2025.

Oct 9, 2024: injury (case 244570)1 citation
  • Loose plastic bags must be stored in areas inaccessible to children.

    Rule 2.229.G. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 9, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Feb 2, 2025.

All 33 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 13, 2026Injury (case 280286)No citations; cleared Oct 20, 2026.
Sep 24, 2026Injury (case 279791)1 citation; cleared Oct 1, 2026.
Jul 29, 2026Injury (case 276940)3 citations; cleared Aug 12, 2026.
Jul 13, 2026Injury (case 275993)No citations; cleared Jul 16, 2026.
Jun 12, 2026Injury (case 273643)No citations; cleared Jun 18, 2026.
May 11, 2026Supervisory (case 258447)12 citations; cleared Jun 24, 2026.
May 11, 2026Follow-up (case 269514)No citations; cleared May 11, 2026.
Apr 9, 2026Injury (case 271762)2 citations; cleared Jun 26, 2026.
Jan 15, 2026Limited Supervisory (case 267636)No citations; cleared Mar 26, 2026.
Dec 19, 2025Limited Supervisory (case 266868)3 citations; cleared Jan 10, 2026.
Dec 4, 2025Limited Supervisory (case 265726)3 citations; cleared Dec 15, 2025.
Nov 7, 2025Limited Supervisory (case 265009)No citations; cleared Nov 7, 2025.
Nov 7, 2025Injury (case 265162)2 citations; cleared Feb 17, 2026.
Oct 23, 2025Limited Supervisory (case 263603)No citations; cleared Oct 23, 2025.
Sep 24, 2025Limited Supervisory (case 262301)2 citations; cleared Sep 30, 2025.
Aug 29, 2025Limited Supervisory (case 261663)No citations; cleared Dec 3, 2025.
Aug 29, 2025Injury (case 261793)1 citation; cleared Nov 18, 2025.
Aug 18, 2025Injury (case 260581)No citations; cleared Nov 18, 2025.
Aug 18, 2025Follow-up (case 260793)1 citation; cleared Aug 25, 2025.
Jul 22, 2025Follow-up (case 259529)1 citation; cleared Aug 1, 2025.
Jun 23, 2025Supervisory (case 243436)28 citations; cleared Jul 30, 2025.
May 28, 2025Follow-up (case 257294)6 citations; cleared Jul 21, 2025.
May 6, 2025Injury (case 255669)No citations; cleared Jul 17, 2025.
Apr 21, 2025Injury (case 255270)2 citations; cleared Jul 30, 2025.
Apr 21, 2025Follow-up (case 255613)2 citations; cleared May 6, 2025.
Jan 16, 2025Follow-up (case 250815)1 citation; cleared Jul 21, 2025.
Jan 16, 2025Capacity/Age/Exhibit (case 251336)No citations; cleared Jan 16, 2025.
Nov 20, 2024Injury (case 247929)1 citation; cleared May 5, 2025.
Nov 4, 2024Injury (case 247474)4 citations; cleared Jun 17, 2025.
Oct 15, 2024Injury (case 243765)No citations; cleared Feb 2, 2025.
Oct 15, 2024Injury (case 246438)No citations; cleared Feb 2, 2025.
Oct 9, 2024Injury (case 244570)1 citation; cleared Feb 2, 2025.
Jul 24, 2024Original (case 222416)No citations; cleared Aug 6, 2024.

Is it licensed?

  • Colorado’s service type: Child Care Center; licensed by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.
  • Licensed for 175 children: 17 infants, 58 toddlers, 100 preschool and school-age children.
  • Colorado’s licence number: 1782599.
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 Nikole Mateyka.
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 4 of five, as Colorado rates it (awarded Jun 22, 2026, valid until Jun 30, 2029).
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
Primrose School of Fort Collins 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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