Boulder · Licensed center
Boulder County Head Start -Mapleton
- Small center, licensed for 32 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 3, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since May 2024 · 1 complaint investigation
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 3, 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 1 finding
Supervisory visit · March 3, 2026
2.122.A · Correction due March 3, 2026
Reviewed the fire inspection report and identified it to be dated 2/27/24, more than two years ago.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of a current and approving fire inspection report. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 3/10/26. Correct by 03/03/2026
Apr 2025 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · April 3, 2025
2.229.C · Correction due April 3, 2025
In the Violeta classroom, observed a bottle of cleaning sanitizer on top of the paper towel dispenser and a bottle of lotion on a mid-level shelf. Both items were accessible to children and labeled "keep out of reach of children."
Required correction: Ensure items labeled "keep out of reach of children" are inaccessible to children. **Corrected at the time of visit. The items were moved and made inaccessible to children.** No response required. Correct by 04/03/2025
2.133.A · Correction due April 3, 2025
Reviewed nine staff files and identified interim director A.'s file missing documentation of an emergency and disaster preparedness training.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of emergency and disaster preparedness training for A. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 4/10/25. Correct by 04/03/2025
2.213.G · Correction due April 3, 2025
Reviewed nine staff files and identified interim director A.'s file missing documentation of a current child abuse prevention training.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of a current child abuse prevention training for A. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 4/10/25. Correct by 04/03/2025
2.213.B · Correction due April 3, 2025
Reviewed nine staff files and identified A.'s file missing documentation of a current standard precautions training.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of a current standard precautions training for A. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 4/10/25. Correct by 04/03/2025
May 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · May 1, 2024
2.138.A · Correction due May 1, 2024
Reviewed the drill log and identified it lacking documentation of fire drills conducted in 9/23, 10/23, and 3/24 and a tornado drill conducted in 4/24.
Required correction: Ensure fire drills are held monthly and tornado drills are held monthly March-October. Correct immediately and respond with a plan for ongoing compliance by 5/8/24. Correct by 05/01/2024
Oct 2023 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · October 3, 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
- 2850 Mapleton Ave
- License
- 1763605, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
- Ownership
- Government-run
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Details
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked October 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.