Brighton · Licensed family home
Dawn O'Callaghan
- 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 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
- July 13, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since October 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 13, 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.
Jul 2026 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · July 13, 2026
2.337.B.1.a · Correction due July 13, 2026
There was no resilient surfacing surrounding the rock climber, and the climber was more than 18 inches in height.
Required correction: All climbing equipment exceeding 18 inches in height must have resilient surfacing of at least 6 inches. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 07/13/2026
2.321.A.2.b
A prescribed medication required by a care plan was not present on site at the program.
2.336.C.1 · Correction due July 13, 2026
There were gloves and wipes labeled keep out of reach, as well as two tape dispensers with sharp edges accessibel in kitchen drawers.
Required correction: All hazardous and keep out of reach items must be inaccessible to children. **Corrected at the time of inspection, materials were made inaccessible.** No Response required. Correct by 07/13/2026
Oct 2023 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · October 12, 2023
7.707.923.A · Correction due October 12, 2023
A tube of Desitin and Bourdeaux's Butt Paste accessible on a low shelf of the changing table in the kitchen both labeled "Keep out of the reach of children".
Required correction: Ensure all hazardous items are inaccessible to children at all times. Correct immediately and send verification of compliance to specialist with written response. *Corrected at the time of inspection, provider moved creams to the top of the refrigerator, inaccessible to children. No response needed for this violation. Correct by 10/12/2023
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
- Area
- Brighton, 80601
- License
- 1551708, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 5
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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.