Broomfield · Licensed family home
Melissa Leonard
- 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
- March 18, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since July 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 18, 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 5 findings
Supervisory visit · March 18, 2026
2.311.A.14 · Correction due April 18, 2026
Reviewed the providers file and observed the file to be missing a current health statement.
Required correction: Obtain a current health statement for the provider. Correct within 30 days and respond with verification of compliance by 4/18/26 Correct by 04/18/2026
2.312.C
Provider file missing a current department-approved training in standard precautions.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of completed department-approved training in standard precautions. Correct
2.320.A.7 · Correction due March 18, 2026
Reviewed 5 child files and observed ch3's file to be missing a current authorization for emergency medical care.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of current authorization for emergency medical care for all enrolled children. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 4/18/26 Correct by 03/18/2026
2.321.A.5 · Correction due April 18, 2026
Reviewed 5 child files and observed ch1 and ch2's files to be missing a current health statement.
Required correction: Obtain a current health statement for all enrolled children. Correct within 30 days and respond with a statement of compliance by 4/18/26 Correct by 04/18/2026
2.335.D · Correction due March 18, 2026
In the backyard play area, observed a plank of the wooden fence to be broken leaving a gap in the fence that is approximately 1.5 feet high and approximately 3 inches wide posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: The premises of the home must be kept safe and free of hazards to health at all times. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 4/18/26. Correct by 03/18/2026
Aug 2024 Original visit 1 finding
Original visit · August 21, 2024
2.336.C.15 · Correction due August 21, 2024
Fire extinguisher does not meet minimum weight and rating requirement.
Required correction: Obtain at least one fire extinguisher in working condition with the minimim weight of 5 pounds and minimum rating of 2A-10-BC. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 8/28/2024. Correct by 08/21/2024
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
- Broomfield, 80020
- License
- 1774347, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
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Details
- License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 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.