Larkspur · Licensed center
KCE Champions LLC at Larkspur PRS
- Small center, licensed for 40 children.
- A Champions center, part of KinderCare. KinderCare is a public company whose majority stockholder is Partners Group, a private-equity firm.
- 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
- February 24, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since April 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 24, 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.
Feb 2026 Supervisory visit 7 findings
Supervisory visit · February 24, 2026
2.219.B.2 · Correction due March 24, 2026
Reviewed 2 children files, 1 file lacking a health statement signed by a health care provider.
Required correction: Review all children files and ensure that all have documentation of a health statement from a health care provider. Submit a statement of compliance. Correct by 03/24/2026
2.229.R.7 · Correction due March 24, 2026
Classroom lacking music equipment.
Required correction: Obtain music equipment for the children to use. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 03/24/2026
2.212.G · Correction due March 24, 2026
Reviewed 3 staff member files, 3 files lacking medical statements from a health care provider.
Required correction: Review all staff member files and ensure that all have documentation of a medical statement from a health care provider. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 03/24/2026
2.213.G · Correction due February 24, 2026
Reviewed 3 staff member files, 2 staff members lacking documentation of current child abuse prevention training.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff member files and ensure that all have documentation of current child abuse prevention training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 02/24/2026
2.213.K · Correction due March 24, 2026
Director lacking documentation of introduction to child care health consultation.
Required correction: Ensure that the director has documentation of introduction to child care health consultation. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 03/24/2026
2.138.A · Correction due February 24, 2026
No tornado drills logged this school year, no quarterly drills logged this school year, no fire drill logged in January.
Required correction: Immediately complete and log each drill. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 02/24/2026
2.120.C.1.a · Correction due February 24, 2026
Reviewed 3 staff member files, 1 file lacking documentation of TRAILS clearance letter.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letter for staff member with written response to Specialist. Correct by 02/24/2026
Mar 2025 Supervisory visit 14 findings
Supervisory visit · March 6, 2025
2.122.A · Correction due March 6, 2025
Current fire inspection approval not available for review.
Required correction: Immediately obtain documentation of current fire inspection approval. Submit statement of compliance and copy of approval. Correct by 03/06/2025
2.223.A.1 · Correction due March 6, 2025
Children are leaving classroom to go to the bathroom. Children are not under direct supervision.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that children are under direct supervision at all times, including when they go to use the bathroom. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 03/06/2025
2.121.J.1
Reviewed 2 staff member files, 1 staff member lacking documentation of out of state background check, identified through staff member statement that they have lived out of state in the past 5 years. (Mary J.W.)
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member listed has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of Out of State Clearance Letter for staff member listed with written response to Specialist. Correct
2.138.A · Correction due March 6, 2025
Tornado drills not logged August - October of 2024.
Required correction: Immediately complete and log a tornado drill. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 03/06/2025
2.217.A.3 · Correction due March 6, 2025
Staff member with director qualifications not present 60% of the day of the inspection.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that a director or assistant director qualified staff member is present 60% of each day. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 03/06/2025
2.217.A.7 · Correction due March 6, 2025
Staff member in the napping room lacking documentation of ECT qualifications.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that there is an ECT with each group of children. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 03/06/2025
2.210.A.6 · Correction due March 6, 2025
Reviewed 2 staff member files, 2 files lacking documentation of TRAILS clearance letters (Mary J.W., C. S.), 1 file lacking documentation of CBI clearance letter (C. S.), 1 file lacking documentation of FBI clearance letter (Mary J.W.) Licensing specialist has verified that these background checks have been completed, documentation is not available for review.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff member files and ensure that all have documentation of all background check clearance letters. Submit statement of compliance and copy of clearance letters for staff members listed. Correct by 03/06/2025
2.219.B.2
Reviewed 2 children files, 2 files lacking documentation of current health statements.
2.212.N · Correction due March 6, 2025
Reviewed 2 staff member files, 2 files lacking documentation of signed statement regarding medication policies and procedures.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff member files and ensure that all have documentation of signed statement regarding medication policies and procedures. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 03/06/2025
2.212.G · Correction due April 6, 2025
Reviewed 2 staff member files, 2 files lacking documentation of a medical statement from a health care provider.
Required correction: Review all staff member files and ensure that all have documentation of a medical statement from a health care provider. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 04/06/2025
2.213.G
Reviewed 2 staff member files, 1 staff member lacking documentation of current child abuse prevention training. (C.S.)
2.213.H · Correction due March 6, 2025
Reviewed 2 staff member files, 1 file lacking documentation of Introduction to the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs training. (Mary J.W.)
Required correction: Immediately review all staff member files, ensure that all have documentation of Introduction to the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 03/06/2025
2.213.I · Correction due March 6, 2025
Reviewed 2 staff member files, 1 file lacking documentation of Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals training. (Mary J.W.)
Required correction: Immediately review all staff member files, ensure that all have documentation of Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 03/06/2025
Reviewed 2 staff member files, 2 files lacking documentation of being trained in fire safety and the use of
Apr 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · April 10, 2024
2.229.C · Correction due April 10, 2024
Hand soap on counter and in lower unlatched cabinet labeled "keep out of reach of children" is accessible to children.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that items labeled "keep out of reach of children" are inaccessible at all times. **Corrected at the time of visit. No response required. Correct by 04/10/2024
2.219.B.2
Reviewed 3 children files, 1 file having an expired health statement.
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
- 1103 Perry Park Avenue
- License
- 1704715, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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Details
- Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 discoverchampions.com
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 sec.gov/…/klc-20260704.htm
KinderCare offers its before- and after-school programs under the Champions name, at 1,128 sites as of July 4, 2026. From KinderCare's quarterly report to the SEC, filed August 13, 2026. sec.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.