Denver · Licensed center
Day One Learning Ctr
- Small center, licensed for 39 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
- September 3, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since May 2024 · 1 complaint investigation
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 19, 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.
Sep 2026 Complaint Founded
Complaint · September 3, 2026
Mar 2026 Supervisory visit 8 findings
Supervisory visit · March 19, 2026
2.229.C · Correction due March 19, 2026
A bottle of comet cleaner and a bottle of window cleaner labeled "keep out of reach of children" accessible to children under the sink in the preschool 2 classroom.
Required correction: Immediately 3/19/26) ensure all items labeled "Keep out of reach of children" are in accessible to children at all times. Corrected at time of inspection, provider put a new lock on the cabinet making the items in accessible. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 03/19/2026
2.229.L
Broken crayons, broken pieces of chalk and paint daubers with small lids accessible to children less than 3 years of ages in the art center of the preschool 1 classroom, posing a potential choking hazard.
2.230.B · Correction due March 19, 2026
A toilet seat in the preschool 2 classroom with worn edges posing a potential hazard.
Required correction: Immediately (3/19/26) ensure all indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings are sturdy, safe, and free of hazards. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 03/19/2026
2.223.A.1 · Correction due March 19, 2026
At the time of the inspection a preschool age child was sent by a staff member into the preschool 2 classroom to use the restroom with out director supervision from the staff member.
Required correction: Immediately (3/19/26) ensure that a qualified staff member is supervising the children at all times. Provide a written plan of action along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response Correct by 03/19/2026
2.213.G · Correction due March 19, 2026
Reviewed 8 staff files and observed 1 staff (SM6 exp 1/29/26) lacking documentation of a current training in child abuse prevention.
Required correction: Immediately (3/19/26) ensure that the program obtains and maintains current documentation of a current training abouse child abuse prevention for all staff, to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 03/19/2026
2.213.B · Correction due March 19, 2026
Reviewed 8 staff files and observed 2 staff (SM3, exp 12/16/25 and SM6 exp 1/29/26) lacking documentation of a current standard precautions training.
Required correction: Immediately (3/19/26) ensure that the program obtains and maintains documentation of a current standard precautions training for all staff to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 03/19/2026
2.209.A.7 · Correction due March 19, 2026
Reviewed 4 children's files and observed 2 children lacking documentation of a current emergency medical authorization signed by a parent/guardian.
Required correction: Immediately (3/19/26) ensure that the program obtains and maintains documentation of current written authorization for emergency medical care for all children in care. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 03/19/2026
2.120.I
Reviewed 8 staff files and observed 1 staff (SM6) working with preschool children and lacking documentation of a current TRIAILS background check. Previous TRAILS background check completed 10/18/2019.
Apr 2025 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · April 16, 2025
2.209.A.7 · Correction due April 16, 2025
Reveiwed 4 children's files and observed 2 children lacking documentation of a current emergency medical authorization signed by a parent/garudian
Required correction: Immediately (4/16/25) ensure that the program obtains and maintains documentation of current written authorization for emergency medical care for all children in care. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 04/16/2025
2.216.B.1.e
D.D. working alone in the infant room and lacking documentation of a current first aid and CPR training.
Required correction: Immediately (4/16/25) ensure that there is at least one staff member on duty at all times in the infant room with
2.213.F · Correction due May 16, 2025
Reveiwed 7 staff files and observed 1 staff memeber (P.M.) lacking documentation of a current first aid/CPR training or a current Introduction to First Aid and CPR module.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring that all staff, to include the above listed staff, have completed the Department-approved training for Introduction to First Aid and CPR module. Correct by 05/16/2025
2.120.I · Correction due April 16, 2025
Reviewed 7 staff files and observed 1 staff (D. D.) lacking documentation of a current TRAILS background check completed in the past 5 years.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that the above listed staff have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS clearance letter for staff members listed above with written response to Specialist. Correct by 04/16/2025
May 2024 Supervisory visit 11 findings
Supervisory visit · May 20, 2024
2.213.B · Correction due May 20, 2024
Reviewed 5 staff files and observed 3 staff (D. D., P.J. and L.O.) lacking documentation of a current standard precautions training.
Required correction: Immediately (5/20/24) ensure that the program obtains and maintains documentation of a current standard precautions training for all staff to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 05/20/2024
2.216.B.2.a · Correction due May 20, 2024
At the time of the inspection program lacking a qualified IPS on site for at least 60% of the day.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that the program has a qualified IPS on site for at least 60% of the day. Provide a written plan of action along with a written statement of compliance with in the overall response. Correct by 05/20/2024
2.213.C · Correction due May 20, 2024
Reviewed 5 staff files and observed 3 staff (D. T., D.D., and L.O.) lacking documentation of a current safe sleep training.
Required correction: Immediately (5/20/24) ensure that the program obtains and maintains current documentation of the Safe Sleep training certificates for all staff who work with children less than 12 months of age to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 05/20/2024
2.213.D · Correction due May 20, 2024
Reviewed 5 staff files and observed 2 staff (D. T. and P.J.) lacking documentation of a current shaken baby/abusive head trauma training.
Required correction: Immediately (5/20/24) ensure that the program obtains and maintains current documentation of the Shaken Baby Abusive Head trauma training certificates for all staff who work with children less than 3 years of age to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 05/20/2024
2.213.G · Correction due May 20, 2024
Reviewed 5 staff files and observed 2 staff (P. T. and T.M.) lacking documentation of a current training in child abuse prevention.
Required correction: Immediately (5/20/24) ensure that the program obtains and maintains current documentation of the Mandated reporter (Child Abuse Preventions and reporting) training to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 05/20/2024
2.213.E · Correction due May 20, 2024
Reviewed 5 staff files and observed all staff to be lacking documentation of a current first aid/cpr training.
Required correction: Immediately (5/20/24) ensure that for every thirty (30) or fewer children in attendance, there is at least one (1) staff member on duty who holds a current Department-approved First Aid and Safety Certificate (including CPR for all ages of children) and is responsible for administering First Aid and CPR to children. Such individuals must be with the children at all times when the center is in operation. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 05/20/2024
2.219.B.2
Reviewed 3 children's files and observed 1 child lacking documentation of a current health statement signed by a medical provider.
2.223.D.4.b · Correction due May 20, 2024
Several sleeping mats in the preschool classroom with torn/ripped edges.
Required correction: Immediately (5/20/24) ensure all sleeping cots and mats are made of a firm construction and are in good repair. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 05/20/2024
2.230.B · Correction due May 20, 2024
3 bikes on the preschool playground missing handle covers and posing a possible hazard.
Required correction: Immediately (5/20/24) ensure all indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings are sturdy, safe, and free of hazards.. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 05/20/2024
2.209.A.7
Reviewed 3 children's files and observed 1 child lacking documentation of a current emergency medical authorization signed by a parent/guardian.
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due May 20, 2024
The resilient material at the bottom of both slides and under the swings on the preschool play to measure approximately 2 inches in depth.
Required correction: Immediately (5/20/2024) ensure that all climbing equipment over 18 inches has a department approved resilient surfacing of at least 6 inches. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 05/20/2024
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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Details
- Address
- 1403 Willow St
- License
- 1737147, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 3
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Details
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
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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.