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Southwest YMCA Sacc

A school-age child care center in Denver, Colorado 80236

5181 W Kenyon AVE, Denver, Colorado 80236.

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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 7 months of the last 46. Last cited Mar 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 11 inspections, investigations and complaints from Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 27, 2026, the latest on Mar 4, 2026 (Staff/Child Files).

27 citations in all, 8 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

27 citations in 7 months of the last 46. Last cited Mar 2026. The last 4 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

27 citations by month over the last 4 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each citation, in its source’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.

Source:

Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC), Data request 2026-967, delivered Oct 28, 2026 and each month since: licensing inspections, complaints and Stage II investigations from Jan 1, 2023. Released Oct 28, 2026. CDEC sends the previous month’s records in the first week of each month; a person saves each file and loads it.

Mar 4, 2026: staff/Child Files (case 270531)1 citation
  • Each owner and employee sixteen (16) years of age or older of a facility or agency shall complete the fingerprint process at an approved vendor. Payment of the fee for the criminal record check is the responsibility of the individual being checked or the facility or agency. The results of the criminal record check, the CBI and/or Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) response letters, must be maintained at the home, center, facility, or agency and must be available for review upon request by a Licensing Specialist.

    Rule 2.121.D. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 4, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Mar 5, 2026.

Feb 24, 2026: supervisory (case 255642)2 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 24, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Mar 2, 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. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 24, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Mar 2, 2026.

Apr 21, 2025: supervisory (case 222857)2 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: Apr 21, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 6, 2025.

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

    Rule 2.522.B. CDEC’s category: Building/Indoor/Fire/Safety. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 21, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 6, 2025.

Aug 15, 2024: complaints (case 237601)8 citations
  • Smoking and Tobacco Products. Pursuant to sections 26-6-106(2)(e) , 25-14-103.5, and 18-13-121, C.R.S., tobacco and nicotine products are prohibited by law from use in and around licensed child care facilities.

    Rule 2.132. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

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

    Rule 2.507.I. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

  • Program aides must be at least sixteen (16) years of age. Program aides must work directly under the supervision of the program director or program leaders and must never be left alone with children.

    Rule 2.508.C.1. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Supervision. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

  • 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 2.508.G.3. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

  • Group size for children in care may be exceeded for attendance time, meal and snack time, special occasions and activities. The room capacity must not be exceeded.

    Rule 2.509.E. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Supervision. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

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

    Rule 2.509.H. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Supervision. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

  • Verbal abuse and derogatory remarks about the child are not permitted.

    Rule 2.515.F. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Guidance. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

  • Combustibles, such as cleaning rags, mops, and cleaning compounds, must be stored in well-ventilated areas separated from flammable materials and stored in areas inaccessible to children.

    Rule 2.524.A.4. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Building/Indoor/Fire/Safety. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

May 22, 2024: staff/Child Files (case 223385)6 citations
  • Each staff member and regular volunteer as defined in rule section 2.510 must complete an annual health history. The health history must be maintained by the center in a secure location.

    Rule 2.507.C. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jan 7, 2025.

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

    Rule 2.507.I. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jan 7, 2025.

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

    Rule 2.507.L. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jan 7, 2025.

  • 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 2.508.G.3. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jan 7, 2025.

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

    Rule 2.526.A.1. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jan 7, 2025.

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

    Rule 2.526.A.3. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 22, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jan 7, 2025.

Jun 27, 2023: supervisory (case 182196)3 citations
  • All child care facilities must operate in compliance with local planning and zoning requirements of the municipality, city and county, or county where the facility is located.

    Rule 7.701.34.C.. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 27, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 29, 2023.

  • At all times during the operating hours of a family child care home, child care center, preschool, school age child care, children?s resident camp, and neighborhood youth organization, the facility must post in a prominent and conspicuous location information regarding the procedures for filing a complaint with the Colorado Department of Human Services, Division Of Early Care And Learning, including the telephone number and mailing address. All 24-hour care agencies and facilities providing out-of-home care and day treatment centers must post in prominent and conspicuous location information regarding the procedures for filing a complaint with the Colorado Department of Human Services, division of child welfare, including the telephone number and mailing address. For foster care homes and child placement agencies, information for filing a complaint must be made available upon request.

    Rule 7.701.56.C.. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 27, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 29, 2023.

  • At the time of enrollment, the parent(s) /guardian(s) must provide for each child entering the center: Documentation of immunization status or exemption as required by Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Colorado law requires proof of immunization be provided prior to or on the first day of admission.

    Rule 7.712.52.A.1.b.. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 27, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 29, 2023.

Apr 28, 2023: staff/Child Files (case 200559)5 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: Apr 28, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 5, 2023.

  • Each owner or employee, who is eighteen (18) years of age or older, of a facility or agency must submit to CBI a complete set of fingerprints to obtain any criminal record held by the CBI and FBI. Payment of the fee for the criminal record check is the responsibility of the individual being checked or the facility or agency. The results of the criminal record check, the CBI and FBI clear letter, must be maintained at the home, center, facility, or agency and must be available for review upon request by a Licensing Specialist.

    Rule 7.701.33.D.. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 28, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 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: Apr 28, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 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: Apr 28, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 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: May 28, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 5, 2023.

All 11 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Mar 4, 2026Staff/Child Files (case 270531)1 citation; cleared Mar 5, 2026.
Mar 4, 2026Capacity/Age/Exhibit (case 270532)No citations; cleared Mar 9, 2026.
Feb 24, 2026Supervisory (case 255642)2 citations; cleared Mar 2, 2026.
May 6, 2025Staff/Child Files (case 256357)No citations; cleared Jun 3, 2025.
Apr 21, 2025Supervisory (case 222857)2 citations; cleared May 6, 2025.
Aug 15, 2024Complaints (case 237601)Outcome, in CDEC’s words: Founded; 8 citations; cleared Sep 25, 2024.
May 22, 2024Staff/Child Files (case 223385)6 citations; cleared Jan 7, 2025.
May 14, 2024Supervisory (case 204417)No citations; cleared May 14, 2024.
Jun 27, 2023Supervisory (case 182196)3 citations; cleared Jun 29, 2023.
Jun 27, 2023Capacity/Age/Exhibit (case 204418)No citations; cleared Jun 27, 2023.
Apr 28, 2023Staff/Child Files (case 200559)5 citations; cleared Sep 5, 2023.

Is it licensed?

  • Colorado’s service type: School-Age Child Care Center; licensed by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.
  • Licensed for 90 children: 90 school-age children.
  • Colorado’s licence number: 58361.
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
Aug 14, 2024Complaints: FoundedReceived Aug 14, 2024; CDEC contacted the provider Aug 15, 2024; 8 citations; cleared Sep 25, 2024; case 237601.

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 NA.
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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Southwest YMCA Sacc 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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Replies

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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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