Westminster · Licensed center

Little Star Head Start

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
February 17, 2026
On file
3 visits since April 2024
Fixed?
Correction was due March 20, 2025. 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.

Feb 2026 Supervisory visit report not read State records file
Mar 2025 Supervisory visit 4 findings

Supervisory visit · March 20, 2025

2.229.C · Correction due March 20, 2025

A can of shaving cream labeled "keep out of reach of children" in a basket on the desk accessible to children.

Required correction: All items labeled "keep out of reach of children" must be inaccessible to children. Correct immediately. Corrected at the time of inspection, teacher moved the shaving cream to a top shelf. No response required. Correct by 03/20/2025

2.230.B · Correction due March 20, 2025

A charging cord plugged into an outlet, but not plugged into a device, and a bike with a broken handle bar outside.

Required correction: Indoor and outdoor equipment must be free from hazards. Correct immediately. Corrected at the time of inspection, the teacher unplugged the cord, and the removed the bike. No response required. Correct by 03/20/2025

2.237.H · Correction due March 20, 2025

A power strip without the protective cover accessible to children. The power strip had a safety feature that swiveled, but was in the open position on 5 of the outlets.

Required correction: All electrical outlets that accessible to children must have protective covers or in the safety swiveled to safety. Correct immediately. Corrected at the time of inspection, the teacher swiveled to the safety position. No response required. Correct by 03/20/2025

2.230.C.1.c · Correction due March 20, 2025

The wood chips to be compacted at the end of the slide.

Required correction: Loose fill resilient surface must be raked regularly to retain its resiliency. Correct immediately. Correct by 03/20/2025

State records file

Apr 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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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

Details

Address
3990 W 74th Ave
License
1528191, active
Quality program
Colorado Shines Level 4
Ownership
Government-run

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Sources and dates

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Details

Small means the smallest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 10 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; large is 115 to 402.