Arvada · Licensed family home

Layla Sawaqed

Small family home, licensed for up to 6 children.
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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: August 14, 2026
On file: 3 visits since September 2024
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was August 14, 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 8 findings

Supervisory visit · August 14, 2026

2.337.A.13 · Correction due August 14, 2026

Observed mini trampoline in basement accessible to children. Observed in backyard full trampoline accessible to children.

Required correction: Make all trampolines inaccessible to children. Correct by 08/14/2026

2.336.C.1 · Correction due August 14, 2026

Cabinet under sink not latching observed multiple bottles of cleaner including but not limited to Clorox cleaner, window cleaner, disenfectant, air freshener all labeled keep out of reach of children, accessible to children.

Required correction: Make all hazardous items inaccessible to children. Corrected at time of visit, provider installed another safetly latch making inaccessible to children. No response is necessary. Correct by 08/14/2026

2.337.B.1.a · Correction due August 14, 2026

Plastic slide on deck measuring 2 feet with no resilient surfacing.

Required correction: Place all climbining equipment, sliding equipment or equipment with attached platforms 18 inches or higher on resilient surfacing at least six inches in the use zone. Corrected at time of visit, provider removed to garage, no response is necessary. Correct by 08/14/2026

2.320.A.10 · Correction due August 14, 2026

Observed two children in care and no admission record for the children. Identified through provider statement she watches sister's children.

Required correction: Obtain documentation of an enrollment record for all children in care. Correct by 08/14/2026

2.311.A.1 · Correction due August 14, 2026

Identified that applicant 2 is not providing care for children and does not have any trainings.

Required correction: Obtain all required training or remove applicant 2 from license. Corrected at time of visit, provider submitted change app 441757 to remove applicant 2. No response is necessary. Correct by 08/14/2026

Provider caring for two children observed no documentation of sign in and out.

2.337.D.2 · Correction due August 14, 2026

Electrical cords hanging from patio accessible to children, posing a strangulation hazard.

Required correction: Make all hzardous items inaccessible to children. Corrected at time of visit, provider removed electical cord making inaccessible to children. No response is necessary. Correct by 08/14/2026

2.336.C.2 · Correction due August 14, 2026

Exposed outlet on electrical outlet in basement family room and in dining room.

Required correction: Install protective cover or safety outlets in all outlets accessible to children. Corrected at time of visit provider install electrical outlet covers on exposed outlets. No response is necessary. Correct by 08/14/2026

State records file

Aug 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · August 15, 2025

2.121.J.1 · Correction due August 15, 2025

Reviewed the provider's records and observed the Provider Layla S. and indivuduals residing in the home F.S. file to have expired background check clearance letters. Layla S: CBI:, FBI and TRAILs expired 6/27/2024 F.S.: CBI:, FBI and TRAILs expired 6/27/2024

Required correction: Provider Layla S. and resident of the home F.S. must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification the provider Layla S. and resident of the home F.S. reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Notify the Licensing Specialist in writing once the resident has completed the fingerprinting process. Correct by 08/15/2025

State records file

Sep 2024 Supervisory visit report not read State records file

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

Area: Arvada, 80003
License: 1735408, active
Quality program: Colorado Shines Level 2

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Sources and dates

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All checked July 2026.

Details

License, Quality program data.colorado.gov

Small means the smallest quarter of Denver-area’s 574 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity: 4 to 6 children. Mid-size is 7 to 11; full-size is 12, the most any Denver-area family home holds.