Thornto · Licensed family home
Maria Torres
- Full-size family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
- 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
- June 5, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since July 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 22, 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 22, 2026
2.320.A.7 · Correction due April 22, 2026
Reviewed 8 child files. 5 children missing an updated written authorization for emergency medical care.
Required correction: Immediately, the written authorization for emergency medical care must be updated annually. Submit a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 04/22/2026
2.321.A.5 · Correction due May 22, 2026
Reviewed 8 child files. One child missing a current health statement.
Required correction: Health statements for children 2-7 years old must be updated in accordance with the American Academy of Pediatrics, or as required in writing by a health care provider. Submit a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 05/22/2026
2.336.C.1 · Correction due April 22, 2026
In the kitchen, knives were in an unlocked drawer near the stove and were accessible to children. In another unlocked drawer in the kitchen near the oven there were lighters accessible to children.
Required correction: Immediately, all hazardous items and materials must be inaccessible to children at all times. Submit a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 04/22/2026
Jun 2025 Supervisory visit 7 findings
Supervisory visit · June 5, 2025
2.138.A · Correction due June 5, 2025
No documentation of emergency drills.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain documentation of all emergency drills. Correct immediately. Correct by 06/05/2025
2.312.P · Correction due July 5, 2025
Provider to be missing the Department-approved Injury Prevention for Homes training.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain documentation of Department-approved Injury Prevention for Homes training. Correct within 30 days. Correct by 07/05/2025
2.312.Q · Correction due July 5, 2025
Provider to be missing the Department-approved Working with an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant training.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain documentation of the Department-approved Working with an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant training. Correct within 30 days. Correct by 07/05/2025
2.318.C.3 · Correction due July 5, 2025
No documentation of monthly smoke alarm testing.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain documentation of monthly smoke alarm testing. Correct immediately. Correct by 07/05/2025
2.320.A.7 · Correction due June 5, 2025
Review 6 child files and found one to be missing the written authorization for emergency medical care.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain documentation for emergency medical care authorization. Correct immediately. Correct by 06/05/2025
2.321.A.2.c
Reviewed 6 child files and found 2 immunization records to not be on an approved form.
2.321.A.4 · Correction due July 5, 2025
Reviewed 6 child files and found 3 to have expired health statements.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current health statements for all children in care. Correct within 30 days. Correct by 07/05/2025
Jul 2024 Original visit 4 findings
Original visit · July 17, 2024
2.317.B.2 · Correction due August 16, 2024
Reviewed the provider's file and observed it to be missing a written emergency plan.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of a written emergency plan and send a copy to specialist with written response. Correct by 8/16/24 or prior to approval of license. Correct by 08/16/2024
2.312.F
Reviewed the provider's file and observed it to be missing a building and premises training.
2.336.C.1 · Correction due August 16, 2024
A set of kitchen knives accessible to children on the kitchen counter.
Required correction: Ensure all hazardous items are inaccessible to children. Send a statement of compliance to specialist with written response. Correct by 8/16/24 or prior to approval of license. Correct by 08/16/2024
2.336.C.2 · Correction due August 16, 2024
Two exposed electrical outlets, missing plug covers in the living room of the home.
Required correction: Ensure all electrical outlets are inaccessible to children. Send a statement of compliance to specialist with written response. Correct by 8/16/24 or prior to approval of license. Correct by 08/16/2024
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
- Thornto, 80602
- License
- 1782132, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
All checked July 2026.
Details
- License, Quality program data.colorado.gov
Full-size means licensed for 12 children, the most any Denver-area family home holds; 213 of Denver-area’s 574 licensed family homes are. Small is 4 to 6; mid-size is 7 to 11.