Boulder · Licensed center
Boulder County Head Start
- Small center, licensed for 36 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
- April 1, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since September 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 30, 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.
Apr 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · April 1, 2026
2.219.B.1
Reviewed (4) child files and observed one child's file containing documentation of school required immunizations that was not on the CDPHE form or an approved alternate form.
Required correction: Ensure all child files contain documentation of school required immunizations on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Certificate of Immunization or an "approved alternate" Certificate of Immunization.
Apr 2025 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · April 30, 2025
2.138.A · Correction due April 30, 2025
Reviewed program's files and observed program lacking documentation of a tornado drill being conducted during the month of March 2025 and lacking documentation of lock down drills being conducted quarterly.
Required correction: Immediately (4/30/2025) ensure all required drills are completed within the required time frames and documentation of each drill is maintained for at least 12 months. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 04/30/2025
2.229.C
A staff purse and a staff backpack in an unlocked cabinet under the sink accessible to children within the Iris classroom.
2.212.G · Correction due May 30, 2025
Reviewed 7 staff files and observed A.H. lacking documentation of a current medical statement that is signed and dated by a health care provider.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring that all staff, including A.H., have obtained a medical statement signed and dated by a health care provider per the above requirements. Correct by 05/30/2025
2.122.A · Correction due April 30, 2025
Program lacking documentation of a current fire inspection report from the local fire department.
Required correction: Provide documentation through an approving fire inspection from the local fire department, along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response, ensuring a current fire inspection has been obtained and will be maintained. Correct by 04/30/2025
Sep 2024 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · September 11, 2024
2.120.I · Correction due September 11, 2024
Reviewed 7 staff files and observed P.M. lacking an updated TRAILS clearance letter obtained prior to 5 years from the date reflected on the current clearance letter.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that P.M. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS clearance letter for P.M. with written response to Specialist. Correct by 09/11/2024
2.213.J
Reviewed 7 staff files and observed D.F., Assistant Director, lacking the Department-approved training: Working with an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant.
2.213.K · Correction due October 11, 2024
Reviewed 7 staff files and observed D.F., Assistant Director, lacking the Department-approved training: Introduction to Child Health Consultation.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring D.F. has completed the Department-approved training: Introduction to Child Health Consultation. Correct by 10/11/2024
2.238.C · Correction due September 11, 2024
Child proof door lever locks installed on classroom doors exiting the classrooms of the Amarila and Iris classrooms leading into the hallway, preventing free escape.
Required correction: Immediately (9/11/2024) ensure locks preventing free escape from the inside of any building are not installed and only panic hardware or single-action hardware is installed on classroom doors, allowing for free escape. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 09/11/2024
Sep 2023 Supervisory visit 6 findings
Supervisory visit · September 8, 2023
7.701.33.J.1.a.b.c · Correction due September 9, 2023
Program lacking documentation of the completed State Based Background Check Checklist indicating potential out of state residency within the past 5 years and/or BIU eligibility letters for E.B., M.C., W.C. and A.M.
Required correction: Within 24 hours (09/09/2023) ensure that the program obtains documentation of the State Based Background Check Checklist or submitted request to BIU for the above listed staff to include any follow up background check requests. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response Correct by 09/09/2023
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed 3 staff lacking documentation of a current medical exam completed within the past 6 months followed by a subsequent annual self reported health hisory for E.B.
7.702.42.F · Correction due September 8, 2023
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed 1 staff to be lacking documentation of a current certificate of training for the CPR and 1st Aid Module training for E.B.
Required correction: Immediately (09/08/2023) ensure that the program obtains and maintains documentation of a current ceritifcate of training for the CPR and 1st Aid module for all staff who are not required to be certified in FIrst Aid and CPR, to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 09/08/2023
Correction due September 9, 2023
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed 1 staff lacking documentation of TRAILS clearance for E.B.
Required correction: Within 24 hours (09/09/2023) provide documentation of the submitted requested TRAILS and payment for the above listed staff. Ensure that all staff review the Child Care Background Check Powerpoint presentation. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 09/09/2023
Correction due September 9, 2023
Program lacking documentation of CBI clearance for E.B.
Required correction: Within 24 hours (09/09/2023) provide documentation of the CBI clearance or the appointment made with the fingerprinting vendor. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 09/09/2023
7.702.42.K · Correction due October 8, 2023
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed the director, E. B. lacking documentation of the required department approved training in Intro to Child Care Health Consultation.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring that the director and assistant director completes and maintains documentation of the department approved training in Intro to Child Care Health Consultation. Correct by 10/08/2023
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 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
- Address
- 2675 Mapleton Ave
- License
- 1505273, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
- Ownership
- Government-run
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Details
- Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Ownership — Checked October 2026 usaspending.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.