Brighton · Licensed center
Firstart Preschool
- Medium center, licensed for 74 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
- January 23, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since April 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 23, 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.
Jan 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · January 23, 2026
2.213.N · Correction due February 23, 2026
Reviewed 10 staff files. The office manager responsible for immunization records missing documentation of the the immunizations training.
Required correction: All staff responsible for the collection, review, and maintenance of child immunization records must complete the required immunizations training and renew the training annually. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 02/23/2026
Feb 2025 Supervisory visit 6 findings
Supervisory visit · February 27, 2025
2.120.I · Correction due February 27, 2025
Reviewed 9 staff files and found A. to have an expired TRAILS background check.
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 A. O. have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letters for staff members A. O. with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 02/27/2025
2.121.D.4.a
Reviewed 9 staff files and found M.P. to be missing CBI and FBI clearance letters.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's
2.212.G · Correction due March 27, 2025
Reviewed 9 staff files and found M.P. to be missing a medical statement with a start date of 9/20/2024.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain a current medical statement for staff member. Correct within 30 days 3/27/2025. Correct by 03/27/2025
2.213.B · Correction due February 27, 2025
Reviewed 9 staff files and found M.P. to be missing a Department approved Standard Precautions, with a start date of 9/20/2024.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain a current Department approved Standard Precautions. Correct immediately 2/27/2025. Correct by 02/27/2025
2.219.B.4 · Correction due March 27, 2025
Reviewed 6 child files and found two to have expired health statements.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current health statements. Correct within 30 days 3/27/2025. Correct by 03/27/2025
2.229.C · Correction due February 27, 2025
In the Enrichment Room Clorex wipes in a cabinet, and in the Little Monets room, hand soap is all labeled "keep out of reach of children" and is accessible to children.
Required correction: All items labeled " Keep out of reach of children" Must be inaccessible to children at all times. Correct immediately 2/27/2025. Corrected at the time of inspection, the Director removed the soap and locked the cabinet. No response is required. Correct by 02/27/2025
Apr 2024 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · April 3, 2024
2.121.A.1 · Correction due April 3, 2024
No documentation of a FBI check clearance letter for N.A. was available for review and no documentation of a CBI check clearance letter for J. M..
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 N. and J. have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of FBI, Clearance Letters for staff members N. and J. with written response to Specialist. Correct by 04/03/2024
2.121.D.1
Staff are listed on the facility's license number who no longer work for the facility.
2.121.D.5 · Correction due April 3, 2024
No documentation of an updated FBI criminal record check for N. H.. N.'s previous FBI clearance letter is dated 6/14/2017.
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 X, Y, and Z have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of FBI clearance letter for N.H. with written response to Specialist. Correct by 04/03/2024
2.213.F · Correction due April 3, 2024
No documentation of First Aid/CPR certification or module for E.F. was available for review. Staff has worked for the facility for over 1 year.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of required training for staff and send a copy to specialist with written response. Correct immediately. Correct by 04/03/2024
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
- 625 S 8th Ave
- License
- 1590037, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 3
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All checked July 2026.
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Medium means the middle half of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 10 to 40; large is 115 to 402.