Castle Rock · Licensed family home
Karen Lindenthaler
- Full-size family home, licensed for up to 12 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 15, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since November 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 24, 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 5 findings
Supervisory visit · September 24, 2025
2.312.E · Correction due September 24, 2025
Provider and qualified substitute lacking documentation of current medication administration training.
Required correction: Immediately ensure provider and qualified substitute have documentation of current medication administration training. Correct by 09/24/2025
2.312.H · Correction due September 24, 2025
Staff member lacking documentation of current child abuse prevention training.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that all staff members have documentation of current child abuse prevention training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 09/24/2025
2.320.A.7 · Correction due September 24, 2025
Reviewed 9 child files, 2 files lacking documentation of current emergency medical authorization.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that all child files have documentation of current emergency medical authorization. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 09/24/2025
2.321.A.3 · Correction due October 24, 2025
Reviewed 9 child, 4 files lacking documentation of current health statements.
Required correction: Review all child files and ensure that all have documentation of current health statements. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 10/24/2025
2.138.A
Provider not able to locate drill log.
Oct 2024 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · October 18, 2024
2.337.B.3.b · Correction due October 18, 2024
Play structure lacking six foot use zone completely surrounding the equipment.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that there is a six foot use zone completely surrounding the play structure. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 10/18/2024
2.321.A.3 · Correction due November 18, 2024
Reviewed 12 child files, 4 files lacking documentation of current health statements.
Required correction: Review all children files and ensure that all have documentation of current health statements. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 11/18/2024
2.312.M · Correction due November 18, 2024
Primary provider, Karen, lacking documentation of introduction to the early intervention and preschool special education programs.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of introduction to the early intervention and preschool special education programs. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 11/18/2024
2.312.Q · Correction due November 18, 2024
Applicant 2, K., lacking documentation of working with an early childhood mental health consultant.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of working with an early childhood mental health consultant. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 11/18/2024
Nov 2023 Original Change of Location/Type visit 3 findings
Original Change of Location/Type visit · November 16, 2023
7.707.71.B.1 · Correction due November 16, 2023
Reviewed 7 children files, 3 files have expired emergency medical authorization.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that all children have documentation of current emergency medical authorization. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 11/16/2023
7.707.923.H · Correction due November 16, 2023
Ladder for emergency exit is not bolted to the wall.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that the ladder for emergency exit is bolted to the wall. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 11/16/2023
7.707.923.A · Correction due November 16, 2023
Sharp knives on the counter top and kitchen tools in an unlatched drawer in the kitchen.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that hazardous items are not accessible to children at all times. **Corrected at the time of the visit. No response required. Correct by 11/16/2023
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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Details
- Area
- Castle Rock, 80108
- License
- 1503600, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
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Details
- License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
Full-size means licensed for 12 children, the most any Denver-area family home holds; 213 of Denver-area’s 574 licensed family homes are. Small is 4 to 6; mid-size is 7 to 11.