Boulder · Licensed center
KinderCare Learning Center @ UCAR
- Medium center, licensed for 80 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 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
- August 26, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since November 2023 · 1 complaint investigation
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was August 26, 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.
Aug 2026 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · August 26, 2026
2.213.D · Correction due August 26, 2026
Reviewed fifteen staff files and identified SM5 and SM10's files missing documentation of current Department-approved Prevention of Shaken Baby/Abusive Head Trauma training. SM5 and SM10 both work with children less than three years of age.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of current Department-approved Prevention of Shaken Baby/Abusive Head Trauma training for SM5 and SM10. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 9/2/26. Correct by 08/26/2026
2.230.B · Correction due August 26, 2026
On the young toddler playground on the low stair climber, observed four exposed bolts with approximately four threads exposed, accessible to children and posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Ensure all indoor and outdoor equipment is sturdy, safe, and free of hazards. Correct immediately and respond with a statement of compliance by 9/2/26. Correct by 08/26/2026
2.230.C.3.a · Correction due August 26, 2026
On the older toddler playground, observed child-sized picnic benches placed approximately three feet from the base of the slide.
Required correction: Ensure there is a six foot use zone extending from the base of the slide. **Corrected at the time of visit. The benches were moved out of the use zone.** No response required. Correct by 08/26/2026
Sep 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · September 24, 2025
2.230.B · Correction due September 24, 2025
On the preschool playground, observed a gap of approximately 0.5-1 inch between the top of the slide and the climbing platform, posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Ensure all indoor and outdoor equipment is sturdy, safe, and free of hazards. Correct immediately and respond with a statement of compliance by 10/1/25. Correct by 09/24/2025
Oct 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · October 29, 2024
2.213.B · Correction due October 29, 2024
Reviewed fifteen staff files and identified ECT K.'s file missing documentation of a current Department-approved standard precautions training.
Required correction: Obtain current Department-approved standard precautions training for K. and ensure this is renewed annually for all staff. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 11/5/24. Correct by 10/29/2024
Jan 2024 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · January 4, 2024
Nov 2023 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · November 29, 2023
7.702.51.B.1 · Correction due November 29, 2023
Reviewed several health care plans and identified one health care plan indicating a prescribed medication and dosage that was not the same medication and dosage that was available. The health care plan also indicated two conflicting dosages for the same medication.
Required correction: Ensure the medication and dosage available is the same medication and dosage indicated on the health care plan. Correct immediately and respond with a statement of compliance by 12/6/23. Correct by 11/29/2023
7.702.31.A
Identified through Director's statement that the policies and procedures have been updated for 2023 and emailed to all enrolled parents. Identified through Director's statement that parents are not asked to sign a document upon amendments to policies and procedures. Reviewed 7 child files and identified 4 child files with policy and procedure documents signed prior to 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
- 3050 34th St
- License
- 1527370, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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Details
- Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 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
Medium means the middle half of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 10 to 40; large is 115 to 402.