Westminster · Licensed center
Growing Hearts and Minds
- Large developmental center, licensed for 118 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
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
- December 9, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since February 2025 · 1 complaint investigation
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 9, 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.
Dec 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · December 9, 2025
2.122.A · Correction due December 9, 2025
Facility to have a non-approving fire inspection report.
Required correction: Facility must obtain an approving fire inspection report. Submit documentation with written statement of compliance to specialist. Correct by 12/09/2025
Nov 2025 Limited Supervisory visit 1 finding
Limited Supervisory visit · November 18, 2025
2.230.C.8 · Correction due November 18, 2025
On the Preschool playground, exposed tree roots at two areas, posing a potential hazard. Additionally, in the use zone of the green slide and the swings, not meeting the resilient surfacing of at least 6 inches in depth.
Required correction: The outdoor area must be safer and free of hazard. Submit documentation with written statement of compliance to specialist. Correct by 11/18/2025
Oct 2025 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · October 20, 2025
Oct 2025 Limited Supervisory visit 4 findings
Limited Supervisory visit · October 20, 2025
2.220.D · Correction due October 20, 2025
In the Toddler 3 classroom, 4 diaper creams not labeled with children's last name.
Required correction: The diaper cream must be labeled with child's first and last name. CORRECTED AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. Assistant Director labeled the diaper creams. No response required. Correct by 10/20/2025
2.229.L · Correction due October 20, 2025
In the Toddler 3 classroom, marker cap and 2 pieces of dowel from a sorting game, accessible to children under 3 years of age, posing a potential hazard.
Required correction: Choke hazards must be inaccessible to children under 3 years of age. CORRECTED AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. No response required. Correct by 10/20/2025 Staff put the choke hazards to an area inaccessible to children. No response required. Correct by 10/20/2025
2.222.A.1.b · Correction due October 20, 2025
In the Toddler 3 classroom, in unlocked diaper changing table cabinet, diaper creams, diapers and wet wipes accessible to children.
Required correction: Diaper change supplies must be inaccessible to children. CORRECTED AT THE TIME OF THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. Staff locked the cabinet. No response required. Correct by 10/20/2025
2.229.G · Correction due October 20, 2025
In the Toddler 3 classroom, in unlocked diaper changing table cabinet, large garbage bags accessible to children, posing a potential hazard.
Required correction: Loose plastic bags must be inaccessible to children. CORRECTED AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. Staff locked the cabinet. No response required. Correct by 10/20/2025
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, ratios and staff, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
How they teach
Developmental
“At Growing Hearts and Minds, we use the Colorado Early Childhood Developmental Guidelines as the primary assessment tool to ensure children are meeting key developmental milestones.”
A day here
- Outdoors
- Toddler 1 children go outside twice each day
- Updates for parents
- KangarooTime app with real-time updates and activity photos; daily sheets and classroom parent boards
Details
- Website
- growingheartsandminds.net
- Address
- 8851 Field St
- License
- 1787171, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 growingheartsandminds.net
A day here
- Outdoors — Checked July 2026 growingheartsandminds.net
- Updates for parents — Checked July 2026 growingheartsandminds.net
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 growingheartsandminds.net
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 data.colorado.gov
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.