Golden · Licensed center
Kids Smart @ Compass
- Small center, licensed for 30 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
- February 23, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since October 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 23, 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 2 findings
Supervisory visit · February 23, 2026
2.219.B.2 · Correction due March 23, 2026
Licensing Specialist reviewed 3 child files and observed one child under age 7 to have an expired health statement. Previously cited on 4/14/25.
Required correction: Obtain a current health statement. Correct by 3/23/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 3/23/26. Correct by 03/23/2026
A unlocked black metal cabinet, accessible to children, in the common area to contain a power sander,
Apr 2025 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · April 14, 2025
2.219.B.2 · Correction due May 14, 2025
Reviewed 2 children's files and observed one child to have an expired health statement.
Required correction: Obtain a current health statement. Correct by 5/14/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 5/14/25. Correct by 05/14/2025
2.229.H
Four pairs of adult scissors on a work bench, accessible to children in the common room.
Required correction: Sharp tools and instruments must be stored in areas inaccessible to children. Correct by 4/14/25. Staff locked the four pairs of adult scissors in the work bench while the Licensing Specialist was present. Corrected at the time of
2.237.K · Correction due April 14, 2025
In the common room, a workbench, accessible to children, with an unlocked drawer that contained a saw and a hammer, posing a potential safety hazard. Previously cited on 11/28/22, 10/18/23 and 11/11/24.
Required correction: All hazardous items must not be stored in any area of the building used for child care. Correct by 4/14/25. Staff locked the workbench making the tools inaccessible to children, while the Licensing Specialist was present. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 04/14/2025
Sep 2024 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · September 9, 2024
2.229.C · Correction due September 9, 2024
One container of liquid whiteout in a lower unlocked cupboard, accessible to children, labeled keep out of reach of children.
Required correction: All items labeled keep out of reach of children must be inaccessible. Correct by 9/9/24. Document compliance to Specialist by 10/9/24. Correct by 09/09/2024
2.237.K
In the common room, a workbench, accessible to children, with unlocked drawers that contain tools such as a saw, staple gun and wire cutters posing a potential safety hazard. Previously cited on 11/28/22 and 10/18/23.
Required correction: All hazardous items must not be stored in any area of the building used for child care. Correct by 9/9/24.
2.217.C.8 · Correction due October 9, 2024
Child Care Health Consultant, E.M. to have an expired immuniztion training course.
Required correction: All Department-approved child care health consultants must complete the Department- approved Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment immunization course annually. The center must obtain and maintain proof of course completion. Correct by 10/9/24. Document compliance to Specialist by 10/9/24. Correct by 10/09/2024
2.229.H · Correction due September 9, 2024
Three pairs of adult scissors in in a lower unlocked cupboard, accessible to children, labeled keep out of reach of children.
Required correction: Sharp tools must be stored in areas inaccessible to children. Correct by 9/9/24. Document compliance to Specialsit by 10/9/24. Correct by 09/09/2024
Oct 2023 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · October 18, 2023
7.702.72.C.1.a · Correction due October 18, 2023
Six swings on the school age playground to be lacking 6 inches of resilient surfacing. Maximum depth of wood chips under each swing was less than 2 inches. Previously cited on 11/28/22.
Required correction: All climbing equipment over 18 inches must have resilient surfacing of at least 6 inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment. Correct by 10/18/23. Document compliance to Specialist by 11/18/23. Correct by 10/18/2023
7.702.91.D · Correction due October 18, 2023
In the common room, a workbench, accessible to children, with unlocked drawers that contain tools such as pliers and hammers posing a potential safety hazard. Previously cited on 11/28/22.
Required correction: All hazardous items must not be stored in any area of the building used for child care. Correct by 10/18/23. Document compliance to Specialist by 11/18/23. Correct by 10/18/2023
One prescription inhaler to be missing the original pharmacy label.
7.702.41.G · Correction due November 18, 2023
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed A.A. to be missing a medical statement.
Required correction: All staff members must submit to the center a medical statement signed and dated by a physician or other health care provider. Correct by 11/18/23. Document compliance to Specialist by 11/18/23. Correct by 11/18/2023
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
- Address
- 4441 Salvia Street
- License
- 1730102, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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Details
- 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.