Golden · Licensed center

Mines Early Childhood Center

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
June 17, 2026
On file
3 visits since September 2024
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was July 17, 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.

Jun 2026 Supervisory visit 4 findings

Supervisory visit · June 17, 2026

2.229.L · Correction due June 17, 2026

Four small rocks and four small seashells on a lower shelf, accessible to children, that pose a potential choking hazard in the Movement Multi-Purpose Room. Staff reported that children under age 3 use this space.

Required correction: Toys, equipment, and any materials accessible to children under 3 years of age must not be a choke hazard. Correct by 6/17/26. Staff locked the seashells and rocks in a cabinet making them inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 06/17/2026

2.212.G

Licensing Specialist reviewed 14 staff files and observed 2 staff members to be missing a medical statement signed and dated by a physician or other health care provider.

2.213.F · Correction due July 17, 2026

Licensing Specialist reviewed 14 staff files and found one staff member to be missing the First Aid and CPR module.

Required correction: Within thirty 30 calendar days of employment, all employees caring for children, not required by rule to be certified in First Aid and CPR, must complete the Department-approved Introduction to First Aid and CPR module. Correct by 7/17/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 7/17/26. Correct by 07/17/2026

2.209.B.4 · Correction due July 17, 2026

Licensing Specialist reviewed 8 child files and observed 1 child to have an expired health statement.

Required correction: Obtain current health statements. Correct by 7/17/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 7/17/26. Correct by 07/17/2026

State records file

Jul 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · July 28, 2025

2.220.J · Correction due July 28, 2025

One expired epi-pen in the Preschool 1 classroom.

Required correction: If a medication is out of date or left over, the parent/guardian is responsible for picking up the medication. If the parent/guardian do not respond, the center must dispose of the medications as required by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Correct by 7/28/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 8/4/25. Correct by 07/28/2025

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

Address
1900 Tangent Wy
License
1783089, active
Quality program
Colorado Shines Level 1

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Details

Medium means the middle half of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 10 to 40; large is 115 to 402.