Thornton · Licensed family home
Martha Garcia
- Small family home, licensed for up to 6 children.
- 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
- November 14, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since January 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 14, 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.
Nov 2025 Supervisory visit 13 findings
Supervisory visit · November 14, 2025
2.321.A.2.c
Reviewed 3 children's files and observed CH3 to be missing immunizations records.
2.321.B.8.c · Correction due November 14, 2025
In kitchen Ibuprofen in pantry. In bedroom next to bed Vicks Vapor Rub. All not locked and accessible to children.
Required correction: Make all personal medications, vitamins, supplements of the any resident in the home must be locked and inaccessible to children. corrected at time of visit provider moved items to locked area making inaccessible to children. No response is necessary. Correct by 11/14/2025
2.312.P · Correction due December 14, 2025
Reviewed Provider's PDIS account and observed missing documentation of completion of Injury Prevention for Homes.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of completion of Injury Prevention for Homes. Correct by 12/14/2025
2.336.C.1 · Correction due November 14, 2025
In bathroom Clorox Disinfecting Wipes labeled Keep Out of Reach of Children, on counter accessible to children.
Required correction: Make all items labeled Keep Out of Reach of Children inaccessible to children. Corrected at time of visit, provider moved items making inaccessible to children. No response is necessary. Correct by 11/14/2025
2.317.E.1 · Correction due November 14, 2025
Observed Martha's mother who is not a resident of the home visiting and not signed into the visitor log.
Required correction: All non residents of the home must sign in on the visitor log. Martha's mother signed in. No response is necessary. Correct by 11/14/2025
2.312.C · Correction due November 14, 2025
Reviewed provider's PDIS account and observed missing documentation of current completion of Standard Precautions training.
Required correction: Obtain current documentation of completion of Standard Precautions training. Correct by 11/14/2025
Observed Provider's PDIS account and observed missing documentation of completed current training of Child Abuse and Neglect training.
2.337.B.1.a · Correction due November 14, 2025
Observed 2 slides one measuring 28 inches and one measuring 24 inches and a caterpillar climber measuring 24 inches with no resilient material in the use zone.
Required correction: Make all climbing equipment.sliding equipment 18 inches or higher have at lease 6 inches of resilient material in the use zone. Correct by 11/14/2025
2.337.B.3.b · Correction due November 14, 2025
Observed two slides and caterpillar not to have 6 foot use zone surrounding the equipment.
Required correction: Maintain 6 foot use zone around all preschool and school age climbing equipment. Correct by 11/14/2025
2.318.C.3 · Correction due November 14, 2025
Reviewed provider file and observed missing documentation of smoke alarm testing.
Required correction: Conduct and maintain documentation of smoke alarm testing monthly. Correct by 11/14/2025
2.335.N · Correction due November 14, 2025
Reviewed 3 pets vaccines and observed pet 2 and pet 3 expired 2.6.25.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of required vaccines for all pets in the home. Correct by 11/14/2025
2.336.C.15.a · Correction due November 14, 2025
Observed fire extinguisher to be manufactured in 2005.
Required correction: Replace fire extinguisher every 6 years. Correct by 11/14/2025
2.336.C.15
Observed fire extinguisher in pantry not highly visible.
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
- Thornton, 80233
- License
- 1537453, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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Details
- License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 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.