Aurora · Licensed center
Aurora Community Connection
- Small center, licensed for 14 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
What the state has found
The state lists 1 visit 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
- February 6, 2026
- On file
- 1 visit, February 2026
- Fixed?
- Correction was due March 6, 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.
Feb 2026 Original visit 3 findings
Original visit · February 6, 2026
2.121.D.4.a · Correction due March 6, 2026
Reviewed three staff records and observed three staff member's missing documentation of the required CBI background check.
Required correction: Obtain the required CBI background check by 3.6.2026, and prior to the recommendation of a permanent childcare care license. Submit documentation of the required background check to the Specialist. Correct by 03/06/2026
2.126.A
Reviewed three staff records and observed three staff members to be missing documentation of the required abuse and neglect acknowledgment form.
Required correction: All staff must complete the required abuse acknowledgment form. Correct by 3.6.2026, and prior to the
2.213.B · Correction due March 6, 2026
Reviewed three staff records and observed staff member three to be missing documentation of the required Standard Precautions training.
Required correction: All staff must complete the required standard precautions training. Correct by 3.6.2026, and prior to the recommendation of a permanent childcare care license. Submit documentation of the required background check to the Specialist. Correct by 03/06/2026
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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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 9801 East Colfax Avenue Suite 200
- License
- 1789667, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 auroracommunityconnection.com
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 data.colorado.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 10 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; large is 115 to 402.