Littleton · Licensed center
KinderCare Edu LLC DBA Knowledge Beginnings
- Large center, licensed for 142 children.
- A KinderCare center. 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
- March 17, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since July 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 17, 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.
Mar 2026 Supervisory visit 8 findings
Supervisory visit · March 17, 2026
2.120.C.1.a · Correction due March 17, 2026
Licensing Specialist reviewed 19 staff files and observed staff member #17 to be missing a TRAILS background check.
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 #19 has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS for staff member #19 with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 3/17/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 4/17/26. Correct by 03/17/2026
Licensing Specialist reviewed 19 staff files and observed staff members #11 and #17 to have an expired Standard Precautions training.
2.218.B.3 · Correction due March 17, 2026
The center to have a child with an allergy plan with written orders for an epi pen and Cetirizine and medications are not on site.
Required correction: Admission procedures must be completed prior to the child's attendance at the center and must include: If applicable, a Department-approved health care plan authorized by the child’s health care provider and any applicable medications, supplies, and/or medical equipment must be available to the staff prior to the child’s first day of care. Correct by 3/17/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 4/17/26. Correct by 03/17/2026
2.209.B.4 · Correction due April 17, 2026
Licensing Specialist reviewed 14 child files and observed 2 children to have expired health statements.
Required correction: Obtain a copies of a current health statement completed by a health care provider. Correct by 4/17/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 4/17/26. Correct by 04/17/2026
2.213.G · Correction due March 17, 2026
Licensing Specialist reviewed 19 staff files and observed staff member #11 to have an expired Child Abuse Prevention training.
Required correction: Obtain a current Child Abuse Prevention training. Correct by 3/17/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 4/17/26. Correct by 03/17/2026
2.220.A · Correction due March 17, 2026
The center to have one expired written order for an inhaler.
Required correction: Any unexpired routine medication, prescription or non-prescription (over the counter), must be administered only with a current written order of a health care provider. Correct by 3/17/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 4/17/26. Correct by 03/17/2026
2.220.J
One expired inhaler on site at the time of inspection.
Required correction: If a medication is out of date or left over, the parent/guardian is responsible for picking up the medication. If the parent/guardian do not respond, the center must dispose of the medications as required by the Colorado Department of
2.209.A.7 · Correction due March 17, 2026
Licensing Specialist reviewed 14 child files and observed one child to have an expired emergency medical authorization.
Required correction: Obtain a current emergency medical authorization. Correct by 3/17/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 4/17/26. Correct by 03/17/2026
Jul 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · July 10, 2024
2.219.B.3 · Correction due August 10, 2024
Reviewed 10 children files, identified one child missing the 12 month health appraisal in the file.
Required correction: Obtain a current health evaluation for child. Submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist. Correct by 08/10/2024
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
- Address
- 6000 W Grant Ranch Blvd
- License
- 1537574, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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Details
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 kindercare.com
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 sec.gov/…/klc-20260704.htm
From KinderCare's quarterly report to the SEC, filed August 13, 2026. sec.gov
Large means the biggest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 115 to 402 children. Small is 10 to 40; medium is 41 to 114.