Castle Rock · Licensed family home
Meredith Rankin
- 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 2 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
- January 21, 2026
- On file
- 2 visits since January 2025
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 21, 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.
Jan 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · January 21, 2026
2.321.A.3 · Correction due February 21, 2026
Reviewed 5 child files, 4 files have expired health statements.
Required correction: Review all child files, ensure that all have documentation of current health statements. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 02/21/2026
Jan 2025 Original visit 6 findings
Original visit · January 31, 2025
2.335.Y · Correction due January 31, 2025
Kitchen and upstairs has items that could be potential safety hazards. Identified through provider statement that they will be installing gates to child proof these areas.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that kitchen and upstairs area inaccessible to children or free of hazards. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 01/31/2025
2.320.A.7 · Correction due January 31, 2025
Provider lacking emergency medical authorization forms in child registration paperwork.
Required correction: Update child registration paperwork to include emergency medical authorization. Submit statement of compliance and copy of form. Correct by 01/31/2025
Provider's policies lacking information regarding disciplinary decisions for challenging behavior.
2.316.B.19.a · Correction due February 28, 2025
Provider's policies lacking information regarding identifying and consulting with an early childhood mental health consultant.
Required correction: Update policies to include information regarding identifying and consulting with an early childhood mental health consultant. Submit statement of compliance and copy of updated policy. Correct by 02/28/2025
2.336.C.7
Window sill height for second exit in basement is 31 inches. Immediately ensure that access meets requirements listed.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that access meets requirements listed. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by
2.337.B.1.c · Correction due January 31, 2025
Resilient surface can not be measured due to being frozen. Provider stated that they believe it is close to a depth of of at least 6 inches.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that resilient surface is a depth of at least 6 inches. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 01/31/2025
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
- Area
- Castle Rock, 80108
- License
- 1698048, 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.