Parker · Licensed family home

Mercedes Anderson

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 19, 2026
On file
3 visits since September 2024
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 19, 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 Original Change of Location/Type visit 1 finding

Original Change of Location/Type visit · August 19, 2026

2.312.G · Correction due August 19, 2026

Reviewed the provider's file and found the abusive head trauma training to be expired.

Required correction: All providers working with children under three years must have a current abusive head trauma training that is updated every two years. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 8/26/26. Correct by 08/19/2026

State records file

Aug 2025 Supervisory visit 8 findings

Supervisory visit · August 21, 2025

2.336.C.1 · Correction due August 21, 2025

A drawer in the kitchen containing adult scissors and knives was unlocked and accessible to children.

Required correction: All hazardous materials must be inaccessible to children. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 08/21/2025

2.312.I · Correction due August 21, 2025

Reviewed the Providers file and found their Infant Safe Sleep training to be expired.

Required correction: Providers must completed Infant Safe Sleep training prior to working with infants and renew the training annually. Correct immediately and provide documentation of completion with written response. Correct by 08/21/2025

2.312.H · Correction due August 21, 2025

Reviewed the Providers file and found their Mandatory Reporter training to be expired.

Required correction: Providers must complete Mandatory Reporter training prior to working with children, and renew the training annually. Correct immediately and provide documentation of completion with written response. Correct by 08/21/2025

2.316.A · Correction due September 21, 2025

The providers enrollment paperwork did not provide a spot for the families to sign stating that they have recieved the programs policies.

Required correction: Providers must obtain a signed statement showing that families have received the programs policies. Correct and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 09/21/2025

2.320.A.10

Reviewed 9 child files and found 2 children to be missing documentation of media permissions.

2.320.A.7 · Correction due August 21, 2025

Reviewed 9 child files and found 4 children to have expired emergency medical treatment authorizations.

Required correction: All enrolled children must have a signed and dated emergency medical authorization on file, and the authorization must be updated annually. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 08/21/2025

2.321.A.2.c

Reviewed 9 child files and found 2 children to be missing documentation of all required immunizations.

Required correction: Immunization forms must be up to date for all required immunizations. Correct immediately and respond with

2.321.A.3 · Correction due September 21, 2025

Reviewed 9 child files and found 3 children to have expired health statements.

Required correction: All enrolled children must have current health statements on file within 30 days of enrollment, and within 30 days of expiration. Correct and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 09/21/2025

State records file

Sep 2024 Original 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
Parker, 80134
License
1781488, active
Quality program
Colorado Shines Level 2

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Details

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.