Arvada · Licensed center
KinderCare Learning Centers LLC
- Medium center, licensed for 98 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 16, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since May 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 16, 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 16, 2026
2.121.D.4.a · Correction due March 16, 2026
Reviewed 20 staff files. One staff missing documentation of a completed CBI background check.
Required correction: Immediately, CBI criminal background checks must be successfully completed and documentation must be available for review at all times. All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that the employee has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 03/16/2026
2.210.A
Reviewed 20 staff files. Several staff files were incomplete at the time of inspection.
Required correction: Immediately, a record containing all staff file requirements must be maintained at the center for each staff member and available for review at all times. Submit a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct
2.212.G · Correction due April 16, 2026
Reviewed 20 staff files. 6 staff missing documentation of a medical statement signed and dated by a physician or other health care provider.
Required correction: Within 30 days of employment, all staff must provide a signed health statement and documentation must be on file and available for review at all times. Submit a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 04/16/2026
2.213.B · Correction due March 16, 2026
Reviewed 20 staff files. One staff missing documentation of the required standard precautions training and was working with children.
Required correction: Immediately, all staff must complete the standard precautions training prior to working with children and documentation must be available for review at all times. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 03/16/2026
2.213.G
Reviewed 20 staff files. One staff missing documentation of the required preventing child abuse training and was working with children.
2.229.L · Correction due March 16, 2026
In the Twos classroom, pieces of mulch were in the sensory table that were accessible to children and were a choke hazard.
Required correction: Immediately, all materials accessible to children must not be a choke hazard. Submit a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 03/16/2026
2.237.B · Correction due March 16, 2026
Throughout the building, there are small spots of chipped and peeling paint on the walls. In the Twos classroom, the laminate covering on the cabinet doors is peeling off creating a safety hazard for children.
Required correction: Immediately, the building must be kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition at all times. Submit a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 03/16/2026
2.237.H
In the Preschool classroom, a damaged electrical cord was accessible to children, and a power strip was missing protective covers on exposed outlets and was accessible to children.
Required correction: Immediately, all electrical outlets must have protective covers at all times, and electrical cords must be
Apr 2025 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · April 18, 2025
2.213.L · Correction due April 18, 2025
Reviewed eighteen (18) files and observed L.Z. amd F.Z. files to be missing at least one (1) hour of child development training. L.Z. hire 09/16.2024 an213.Bd F.Z. hire 09.06.2024
Required correction: Obtain at least one (1) hour of child development training for L.Z. and F. Z. Send verifcetiion with written response to Specialist Correct by 04/18/2025
2.122.A
Reviewed the facility's file and observed the fire inspection dated 04/08/2025 was not compliant.
2.209.B.4 · Correction due May 18, 2025
Reviewed eleven (11) children files and observed one (1) file to be missing a copy of the child's health statement completed by a health care provider.
Required correction: Obtaia copy of the child's health statement completed by a health care provider. Send verifcetiion with written response to Specialist. Correct by 05/18/2025
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
- 6255 Simms St
- License
- 1537613, 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.