Wheat Ridge · Licensed center
Ella, LLC
- Small center, licensed for 29 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
- September 23, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since January 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 23, 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.
Oct 2025 Supervisory visit 12 findings
Supervisory visit · October 23, 2025
2.229.C · Correction due October 23, 2025
in preschool classroom in bathroom open shelf a bottle of Clorax wipes to be accessible to children. Observed on window shelf a bottle of hand sanitizer, disinfected spray and neem oil to be accessible to children . All items labeled "keep out of reach of children.
Required correction: Items labeled "keep out of reach" must be inaccessible to children.Correct immediately and send written plan of continual compliance to specialist. Correct by 10/23/2025
2.217.C.8 · Correction due October 23, 2025
reviewed nurse file and observed immunization training to be expired as of 4/11/2025.
Required correction: Obtain current immunization training for staff and add to staff file, correct immediately and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 10/23/2025
reviewed 8 staff files and observed staff 5 to have no documentation of medical health statement. DOH 2017.
2.213.D · Correction due October 23, 2025
reviewed 8 staff files and observed staff 3 to have no documentation of Shaken baby head trauma training. Identified staff 3 to be working in the toddler classroom at time of visit.
Required correction: Obtain current department approved shaken baby head trauma training and add to staff file. Correct immediately and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 10/23/2025
2.217.C.5 · Correction due October 23, 2025
reviewed nurse file and observed nurses licensure to be expired as of 9/30/2023.
Required correction: Obtain current nurses registration and add to nurse file, correct immediately and send written verification to specialsit with response. Correct by 10/23/2025
reviewed 8 staff files and observed staff 3 to have expired TRAILS clearance letter as of 9/27/2023.
2.120.C.1.a.1 · Correction due October 23, 2025
Reviewed 8 staff files adn observed staff 6 to have no TRAILS clearance letter. DOH 9/2024.
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 have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letters for staff member with written response to the Specialist Correct by 10/23/2025
in preschool classroom in unlocked drawer of built in to have gallon size zip bags to be accessible to children. observed in toddler playground a grocery bag to be hanging from post near door and on chair to be accessible to children . Observed in preschool playground a large trash bag to be hanging from post near air conditioning unit to be accessible to children.
2.229.L · Correction due October 23, 2025
in toddler preschool room unlocked wall closet to have pom poms and googly eyes to be accessible to children. Identified that there was a 2.10 month old in the preschool classroom.
Required correction: Toys, toy parts, equipment and materials accessible to children under three years of age must not be a choke hazard or able to inhaled. Correct immediately and send written plan of continual compliance to specialist. Correct by 10/23/2025
2.230.C.8 · Correction due October 23, 2025
in the playgorund toddler fence a long white rope to be hanging caussing a potential strangulation hazard.
Required correction: all outdoor areas used by the children must be checkd daily and kep safe from hazards. Correct immediately and send written response to specialist. Correct by 10/23/2025
2.230.C.1.a
in the preschool playground a green and blue single little tikes slide to be 24 inches high and to not be on resilient material.
2.230.C.1.c · Correction due October 23, 2025
in preschool playground sand being used as resilient material observed less than 3 inches of resilient material under and around playstructure and use zones.
Required correction: loose fill resilient surface must be raked regulary to retain resiliency and to retain a depth of at least 6 inches correct immediately and send written plan of continual compliance to specialsit. Correct by 10/23/2025
Dec 2024 Supervisory visit 5 findings
Supervisory visit · December 16, 2024
2.213.D · Correction due December 16, 2024
reviewed 8 staff files and observed Valentyna DOH 9/2024 to have no documentation of Shaken baby head trauma training.
Required correction: Obtain current child department approved shaken baby head trauma training for staff correct immediately and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 12/16/2024
2.213.H
reviewed 8 staff files and observed H. DOH ( 2/2023), Valentyna DOH (9/2024) to have no documentation of Early intervention and Preschool special education program training.
Required correction: Obtain current department approved Early intervention and Preschool special education program training and
2.213.I · Correction due January 15, 2025
reviewed 8 staff files and observed Valentyna DOH (9/2024) to have no documentation of Recognizing the impact of bias on early childhood training.
Required correction: Obtain current department approved Recognizing the impact of bias on early childhood training for staff and add to staff file and send written verification to specialist with response Correct by 01/15/2025
2.213.L · Correction due January 15, 2025
reviewed 8 staff files and observed H. DOH ( 2/2023), Valentyna DOH (9/2024) to have no documentation of child development training.
Required correction: Obtain current department approved child development training for staff and add to staff files and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 01/15/2025
2.219.B.4
reviewed 3 children files and observed Ch2 to have expired medical health statement as of 10/2024.
Required correction: Obtain current medical health statement for child and add to childs file and send written response to specialist.
Jan 2024 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · January 24, 2024
2.213.G · Correction due January 24, 2024
reviewed 6 staff files and observed I.P. to have expired child abuse prevention and reporting training as of 1/4/2024.
Required correction: Obtain current child prevention and reporting training for staff and add to staff file. Correct immediately and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 01/24/2024
2.213.L
reviewed 6 staff files and observed I.G. to have no training in child development.
2.213.B · Correction due January 24, 2024
reviewed 6 staff files and observed I.P. to have expired standard precautions training as of 1/2/2024.
Required correction: Obtain current standard precaution training for staff and add to staff file. Correct immediately and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 01/24/2024
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 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
- 6320 W. 44th Ave.
- License
- 1721328, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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All checked July 2026.
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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.