Arvada · Licensed center

Dotties Day Care And Preschool Inc.

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
August 17, 2026
On file
3 visits since September 2024 · 3 complaint investigations
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 17, 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.

Aug 2026 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · August 17, 2026

2.213.G · Correction due August 17, 2026

Reviewed 12 staff files and found one staff member to have an expired mandatory reporter training.

Required correction: All employees must complete the mandatory reporter training prior to working with children and renewed annually. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 08/17/2026

2.230.C.1.a · Correction due August 17, 2026

Resilient surfacing on the fence side of the two-way metal slide measured at less than 1 inch. The bucket swings on the toddler playground did not have resilient surfacing.

Required correction: All climbing equipment eighteen inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least 6 inches. Correct immediately and provide written statement of compliance. Correct by 08/17/2026

State records file

Sep 2025 Supervisory visit report not read State records file
Sep 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · September 24, 2024

2.120.I · Correction due September 24, 2024

Reviewed nine (9) staff files and observed B.H., K. C. V.W., C.C., N.G., Y.F., B.S., and M. V.' files to be missing a renewed TRAILS clerance letter. B.H. Hire date: 11/11/85, K.C. Hire date: 07/07/14, V.W. Hire date: 11/10/1994, C.C., Hire date: 08/29/1998, N.G. Hire date: 01/18/1999, Y.F. Hire date: 06/02/2007, B.S.Hire date: 03/05/1984, M. V.' 2/20/1983.

Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members B. H., K. C. V.W., C.C., N.G., Y.F., B.S., and M.V. have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letters for staff members B. H., K. C. V.W., C.C., N.G., Y.F., B.S., and M.V. with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 09/24/2024

State records file

Sep 2023 Complaint Founded

Complaint · September 28, 2023

The state’s report (PDF)

Jul 2023 Complaint Founded

Complaint · July 21, 2023

Founded · 7.702.64.G · Guidance · Correction due July 28, 2023

Verbal abuse and derogatory remarks about the child are not permitted.

State licensing record In the file’s Dataset sheet, filter License Number to 45526.

Mar 2023 Complaint Founded

Complaint · March 9, 2023

Founded · 7.702.64.D · Guidance · Correction due March 21, 2023

Guidance must not be associated with food, rest, or toileting. No child should be punished for toileting accidents. Food must not be denied to or forced upon a child as a disciplinary measure.

Founded · 7.702.64.B · Guidance · Correction due March 21, 2023

Children must not be subjected to physical or emotional harm, humiliation, or threats.

Required correction: Children must not be subject to physical or emotional harm, humiliation, or threats. Correct immediately.

Founded · 7.702.64.G · Guidance · Correction due March 21, 2023

Verbal abuse and derogatory remarks about the child are not permitted.

State licensing record In the file’s Dataset sheet, filter License Number to 45526.

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
6422 Vrain St
License
45526, active
Quality program
Colorado Shines Level 2

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Details

Large means the biggest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 115 to 402 children. Small is 10 to 40; medium is 41 to 114.