Golden · Licensed center
KinderCare Learning Centers LLC
- Large center, licensed for 139 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 9 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
- April 13, 2026
- On file
- 9 visits since October 2023 · 1 complaint investigation
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 13, 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.
Apr 2026 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · April 13, 2026
2.121.J.1 · Correction due April 13, 2026
Licensing Specialist reviewed 16 staff files and observed staff members #5 and #13 to have lived out of state and to be missing a completed out of state background check. Previously cited on 5/28/25.
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 #5 and #13 have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of Out of State Clearance Letters for staff members #5 and #13 with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 4/13/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 4/20/26. Correct by 04/13/2026
The center to have a non-compliant fire inspection.
2.218.B.3 · Correction due April 13, 2026
One child in the Toddler D classroom to have an allergy and anaphylaxis health care plan that is missing an on-site epi-pen. Observed one child in the Infant A classroom to have an allergy and anaphylaxis plan and to be missing on-site Cetirizine.
Required correction: Any child who has an identified health care plan must be accompanied with any applicable medications. These medications must be available to the staff on the child's first day of care. Correct by 4/13/26, Document compliance to 4/20/26. Correct by 04/13/2026
May 2025 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · May 28, 2025
2.220.E · Correction due May 28, 2025
Expired inhaler medication authorization in the Preschool A classroom.
Required correction: Obtain a current inhaler medication authorization order from the prescribing practitioner. Correct by 5/28/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 6/28/25. Correct by 05/28/2025
2.213.B · Correction due May 28, 2025
Reviewed 16 staff files and observed R.W. to have an expired Standard Precautions training.
Required correction: Obtain a current Standard Precautions training. Correct by 5/28/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 6/28/25. Correct by 05/28/2025
2.219.B.2
Reviewed 10 child files and observed one child to have an expired medical statement.
2.121.J.1 · Correction due May 28, 2025
Reviewed 16 staff files and observed N.M. to be missing an out of state 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 N. M. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of Out of State Clearance Letter for staff member N. M. with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 5/28/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 6/28/25. Correct by 05/28/2025
Jul 2024 Supervisory visit 6 findings
Supervisory visit · July 8, 2024
2.122.A · Correction due July 8, 2024
Facility to be lacking a current health and fire inspection.
Required correction: Obtain current health and fire inspections. Correct by 7/8/24. Document compliance to Specialist by 8/8/24. Correct by 07/08/2024
2.138.A
No record of emergency drills recorded since December 2023.
2.212.G · Correction due August 8, 2024
Reviewed 11 staff files and observed C.M., A.G., T.W., T.M. and H.L. to be missing a health statement.
Required correction: Obtain a medical statement signed and dated by a physician or other health care provider. Correct by 8/8/24. Document compliance to Specialist by 8/8/24. Correct by 08/08/2024
2.213.G
Reviewed 11 staff files and observed A.M. to have an expired child abuse prevention training.
2.220.A · Correction due July 8, 2024
One child in the 2's A classroom and one child in the Preschool classroom to have expired written orders from a health care provider.
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 with prescriptive authority. Correct by 7/8/24. Document compliance to Specialist by 8/8/24. Correct by 07/08/2024
2.220.J · Correction due July 8, 2024
An expired Auvi-Q and expired Benedryl in the Preschool classroom.
Required correction: If a medication is out of date or left over, the parent(s)/guardian(s) is responsible for picking up the medication. If the parent(s)/guardian(s) do not respond, the center must dispose of the medications as required by CDPHE. Correct by 7/8/24. Document compliance to Specialist by 8/8/24. Correct by 07/08/2024
Mar 2024 Limited Supervisory visit 2 findings
Limited Supervisory visit · March 7, 2024
2.229.G · Correction due March 7, 2024
One roll of empty trash bags on a low hanging supply rack, accessible to children, in restroom in the Preschool classroom.
Required correction: Loose plastic bags must be stored in areas inaccessible to children. Correct by 3/7/24. Staff moved the roll of trash bags to an upper cupboard inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 03/07/2024
2.230.C.6
The gate in the fence between the toddler and preschool playgrounds to have a gapping near the bottom that measures 4 inches posing a potential entrapment problem.
Jan 2023 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · January 6, 2023
Unfounded · 7.702.71.K · Correction due January 25, 2023
Evacuation equipment must not block exit routes. Nothing may be stored in or under any evacuation equipment.
Required correction: Nothing may be stored in or under any evacuation equipment. Correct by 1/25/23. Staff removed the bin of clothes and relocated it to another area away from the evacuation cribs. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary.
State licensing record In the file’s Dataset sheet, filter License Number to 1537607.
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
- 18601 Eagle Ridge Dr.
- License
- 1537607, 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
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.