Lakewood · Licensed family home
Kerry Schaff
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 9 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 9, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since January 2024 · 1 complaint investigation
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 7, 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.
Feb 2026 Complaint Founded
Complaint · February 17, 2026
Oct 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · October 7, 2025
2.337.A.7 · Correction due October 7, 2025
in pea gravel area under the play structures and in the yard grass areas dog feces to be where children pass and play.
Required correction: All outdoor areas where children may pass or play must be kept free of animal contamination. Correct immediately and send written statement of ongoing compliance. Correct by 10/07/2025
children playing in main child care area a red bin with small legos to be accessible to children under 3 years old. Observed in the second child care room on table 4 children playing with legos including small pieces. Identified through director that 4 of the children in care where under 3 years old , 2 of those children were playing with the legos. Observed unlocked closet with pony beads on bottom self accessible to children causing safety hazard.
Nov 2024 Supervisory visit 6 findings
Supervisory visit · November 14, 2024
2.312.K · Correction due December 13, 2024
reviewed providers file and observed no documentation of playground safety for homes training.
Required correction: Obtain current department approved playground safety for homes training for provider and add to file and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 12/13/2024
2.312.N · Correction due December 13, 2024
reviewed providers file and observed no documentation of recognizing the impact of bias on early childhood professionals training.
Required correction: Obtain current department approved training recognizing the impact of bias on early childhood professionals and add to file and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 12/13/2024
2.312.P · Correction due December 13, 2024
reviewed providers file and observed no documentation of injury prevention for homes training.
Required correction: Obtain current department approved training recognizing the impact of bias on early childhood professionals and add to file and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 12/13/2024
2.312.Q · Correction due December 13, 2024
reviewed providers file and observed no documentation of working with an early childhood mental health consultant training.
Required correction: Obtain current department approved training working with an early childhood mental health consultant and add to file and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 12/13/2024
2.318.C.3 · Correction due November 14, 2024
reviewed provider file and observed no documentation of monthly smoke alarm testing .
Required correction: Emergency records must included the monthly smoke alarm testing. Correct immediately and send written verification of record to specialist. Correct by 11/14/2024
2.321.A.2.c
reviewed 10 children files and observed Ch2 to have no documentation of immunization or exemption documentation. DOE is 10/7/2024.
Jan 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · January 4, 2024
7.707.71.A.5 · Correction due February 2, 2024
reviewed 9 children files and observed 1 child record to have expired Medical health statement as of 5/20/23.
Required correction: Obtain current medical health statement and add to child file and send written response to specialist. Correct by 02/02/2024
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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Details
- Area
- Lakewood, 80228
- License
- 41180, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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Details
- License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
Mid-size means licensed for 7 to 11 children, among Denver-area’s 574 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 4 to 6; full-size is 12, the most any Denver-area family home holds.