Denver · Licensed center
Inspire Preschool
- Small Reggio Emilia–inspired center, licensed for 20 children.
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 14, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since October 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 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.
Sep 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · September 9, 2025
2.223.A.2 · Correction due September 9, 2025
No documentation of written attendance verification made throughout the day.
Required correction: Create and implement an attendance tracking system to document attendance periodically throughout the day, including during transitions. Correct by 09/09/2025
Oct 2023 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · October 4, 2023
7.702.34.A.7 · Correction due October 4, 2023
Reviewed 2 child files and observed 1 child to have no documentation of written autorization from a parent/guardian for emergency medical authorization.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain written authorization for emergency medical authorization. Correct by 10/04/2023
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed staff members S. and C. to have expired Trails clearance letters.
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 S.C. have reviewed the powerpoint within
7.701.33.D.5 · Correction due October 4, 2023
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed staff members S. and C. to have expired FBI clearance letters.
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 S.C. have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of FBI Clearance Letters for staff members S.C. with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/04/2023
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, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
How they teach
Reggio Emilia–inspired and developmental
“It is “Reggio-influenced” meaning we build curriculum around children’s interests and questions noted during their play.”
What it costs
$1,455 to $1,785 a month
Denver-area comparison hidden until they say which age this price is for.
- Application fee
- $100
A day here
- Hours
- 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM, 5 days a week, school year
Details
- Website
- inspirepreschool.com
- Address
- 100 Colorado Blvd
- License
- 1564883, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 inspirepreschool.com
What it costs
- Monthly tuition, Application fee — Checked July 2026 inspirepreschool.com
A day here
- Hours, Calendar — Checked July 2026 inspirepreschool.com
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 inspirepreschool.com
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 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.