Lafayette · Licensed center
Friends N Fun Childrens Center
- Small center, licensed for 21 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 8, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since February 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 8, 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 2 findings
Supervisory visit · January 8, 2026
Reviewed the program's Child Care Health Consultant file, who has been employed longer than 30 days, and
2.138.A · Correction due January 8, 2026
Reviewed program's files and observed program lacking documentation of fire drills conducted during the months of June and August 2025, and program opertates during all (12) months. Also observed program lacking documentation of a lock down drill being conducted within 3 months of the date of the previously recorded lock down drill on 6/4/25025.
Required correction: Ensure all required drills are completed within the required time frames and documentation of each drill that includes all required information is maintained for at least (12) months. Correct immediately and document correction in written response to Specialist. Correct by 01/08/2026
Jan 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · January 29, 2025
2.219.B.2 · Correction due February 28, 2025
Reviewed 3 child files and observed 1 file with a current health statement that is not signed by a health care provider.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance ensuring all student files have a current health statement signed and dated by a health care provider per the above guidelines. Correct by 02/28/2025
Feb 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · February 27, 2024
2.229.C · Correction due February 27, 2024
A can of paint and a large jug of sunscreen both labeled "keep out of reach of children" on a low shelf behind a curtain in the two sink bathroom, accessible to children.
Required correction: Director immediately (2/27/2024) removed the can of paint and jug of sunscreen and placed them out of reach, making them inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE NEEDED. Correct by 02/27/2024
2.229.D · Correction due February 27, 2024
Staples on bulletin boards throughout the facility, accessible to children under the age of 3 years old.
Required correction: Director immediately (2/27/2024) covered the staples with tape, making them inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE NEEDED. Correct by 02/27/2024
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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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 105 E Simpson
- License
- 63862, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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All checked July 2026.
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- Address, License, Quality program data.colorado.gov
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.