Castle Rock · Licensed family home
Austen Dean
- Small family home, licensed for up to 6 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state lists 4 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
- September 29, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since December 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 15, 2025. 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.
Oct 2025 Supervisory visit 6 findings
Supervisory visit · October 15, 2025
2.121.D.5 · Correction due October 15, 2025
Provider's spouse lacking current FBI clearance letter.
Required correction: Immediately submit fingerprints for current FBI clearance letter. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 10/15/2025
2.311.A.14 · Correction due November 15, 2025
Provider lacking documentation of current health statement.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of current health statement. Submit statement of compliance and copy of health statement. Correct by 11/15/2025
2.321.A.3 · Correction due November 15, 2025
Reviewed 2 child files, 1 file lacking documentation of current health statement.
Required correction: Review all child files and ensure that all have documentation of current health statement. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 11/15/2025
2.335.D · Correction due October 15, 2025
Unlatched drawer in the kitchen with tools, sharp objects and plastic bags accessible to children.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that all hazards are inaccessible to children at all times. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 10/15/2025
2.337.A.13 · Correction due October 15, 2025
Trampoline is accessible to children.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that the trampoline is inaccessible to children. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 10/15/2025
2.337.B.1.a
Slide that is over 18" lacking resilient surfacing in the use zone.
Nov 2024 Supervisory visit 6 findings
Supervisory visit · November 15, 2024
2.312.J · Correction due November 15, 2024
Provider lacking documentation of current immunization training.
Required correction: Immediately obtain documentation of current immunization training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 11/15/2024
2.312.K · Correction due December 15, 2024
Provider lacking documentation of playground safety for homes training.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of playground safety for homes training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 12/15/2024
Provider lacking documentation of early intervention and preschool special education programs training.
2.312.N · Correction due December 15, 2024
Provider lacking documentation of recognizing the impact of bias on early childhood professionals training.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of recognizing the impact of bias on early childhood professionals training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 12/15/2024
2.312.P · Correction due December 15, 2024
Provider lacking documentation of injury prevention for homes training.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of injury prevention for homes training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 12/15/2024
2.312.Q
Provider lacking documentation of working with an early childhood mental health consultant training.
Dec 2023 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · December 1, 2023
7.707.71.A.2 · Correction due January 1, 2024
Reviewed 4 children files, 3 files having expired health statements.
Required correction: Review all children files and ensure that all have documentation of current health statements. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 01/01/2024
7.707.923.A
Two drawers in island with broken latches having plastic bags, office supples, sharp items and lighter accessible to children. Bathroom on second level having items on counter labeled "keep out of reach of children". Third level not child proofed and accessible to children.
7.707.932.D · Correction due December 1, 2023
Portable slide measuring 25.5" on the cement patio.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that portable climbing equipment over 2" in height is on protective surfacing. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 12/01/2023
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 9, 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
- Area
- Castle Rock, 80104
- License
- 1742261, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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Details
- License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Denver-area’s 574 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity: 4 to 6 children. Mid-size is 7 to 11; full-size is 12, the most any Denver-area family home holds.