Longmont · Licensed family home
April Banks
- Full-size family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state lists 3 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood
- Last visit
- March 18, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since April 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 18, 2026. Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood lists each program’s complaints on its Colorado Shines page, with the department’s verdict on each and a report behind it, going back about three years. Older complaints are released only on request. The department does not rank complaints by severity in either place.
Mar 2026 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · March 18, 2026
2.318.C.3 · Correction due March 18, 2026
Reviewed the monthly smoke alarm testing log and observed missing documentation for the month of February 2026.
Required correction: The following emergency records must be kept and maintained at the family child care home for twelve (12) months: Dates of monthly smoke alarm testing. Respond with plan for ongoing compliance. Correct by 03/18/2026
2.320.A.7 · Correction due March 18, 2026
Reviewed 7 child files and observed 1 to be lacking a written authorization for emergency medical care dated and signed by parent or guardian.
Required correction: The admission record must include: A dated, written authorization for emergency medical care signed and updated annually by the parent(s) or guardian(s). Respond with statement of compliance. Correct by 03/18/2026
Apr 2025 Supervisory visit 7 findings
Supervisory visit · April 22, 2025
2.121.J.1
Observed provider's husband S. to be lacking out of state clearance letter and has lived out of state within the past 5 years.
2.320.A.7 · Correction due April 22, 2025
Reviewed 2 child files and observed them both to be lacking emergency medical authorization.
Required correction: A dated, written authorization for emergency medical care signed and updated annually by the parents must be completed for each child. Correct by 04/22/2025
2.321.A.3
Reviewed 2 child files and observed one to have an expired medical statement.
2.318.C.3 · Correction due April 22, 2025
Reviewed provider's file and observed it to be lacking documentation of the dates of montly smoke alarm testing.
Required correction: Dates of monthly smoke alarm testing must be kept and maintained for review. Correct by 04/22/2025
2.138.A · Correction due April 22, 2025
Reviewed provider's drill log and observed it to be lacking a record of 4 lockdown drills for the past 12 months.
Required correction: Lockdown and active shooter drills must be held at least quarterly but often enough so that all occupants are familiar with the drill procedure. A record of all emergency drills must be maintained for 12 months. Correct by 04/22/2025
2.336.C.1 · Correction due April 22, 2025
Observed an antibiotic ointment in an unlocked drawer in the basement bathroom accessible to children. Ointment was labeled "keep out of reach of children" and accessible to children.
Required correction: All hazardous items and materials must be inaccessible to children. ***Correced at the time of inspection. Provider made items inaccessible. No response required. Correct by 04/22/2025
2.336.B.1 · Correction due April 22, 2025
Observed gems on an art project hanging in the outdoor play area, earrings in an unlocked drawer in the basement bathroom, and small bug learning materials in the basement, all accessible to children under the age of 3.
Required correction: Toys, toy parts, and any materials accessible to children under the age of 3 must not be a choke hazard or able to be inhaled. ***Corrected at the time of inspection. Provider made earrings and bug materials inaccessible. Please respond to gem violation only. Correct by 04/22/2025
Where this record comes from
The Department of Early Childhood keeps about three years of complaints on a program’s public page. Anything older is released only on request, as a single file covering the whole state. Shortlist asked for that file under the Colorado Open Records Act and renews it yearly; it is what this page shows for complaints older than the department’s own window.
The file this page is built from arrived on October 10, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in October 2027.
The department publishes a report for each of these visits. Shortlist has not read those reports yet, so this page shows when the state came and not what it found.
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Details
- Area
- Longmont, 80504
- License
- 1780538, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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All checked July 2026.
Details
- License, Quality program data.colorado.gov
Full-size means licensed for 12 children, the most any Denver-area family home holds; 213 of Denver-area’s 574 licensed family homes are. Small is 4 to 6; mid-size is 7 to 11.