Lafayette · Licensed center
Nest Preschool
- Small center, licensed for 15 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
- June 25, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since November 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 25, 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 3 findings
Supervisory visit · June 25, 2026
2.217.A.9 · Correction due June 25, 2026
Program lacking documentation of at least one staff member who is on duty at all times with a current Medication Administration delegation from the program's Child Care Health Consultant.
Required correction: Ensure there is a least one staff member on duty at all times who holds a current Department-approved Medication Administration certification and current delegation from the program's Child Care Health Consultant. Correct immediately and document correction in written response to Specialist. Correct by 06/25/2026
2.220.A
Reviewed children's medications and observed a child's required emergency medication to be expired (May 2026).
2.122.A · Correction due June 25, 2026
Reviewed program's files and observed the approving Fire Inspection report to have expired on 6/20/2026.
Required correction: Ensure the program maintains documentation of current approving health and fire inspection reports. Submit documentation of an approving Fire Inspection Report from the local fire department with written response to Specialist. Correct by 06/25/2026
Jul 2025 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · July 22, 2025
2.138.A
Reviewed program's files and observed program lacking documentation of emergency drills being conducted as required.
2.213.I · Correction due August 21, 2025
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed S.G., who has been employed longer than 90 days, lacking a completed training certificate for Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring the program obtains documentation of training certificates for all staff, within 90 days of employment, for the Department-approved Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals or other department approved training on implicit Bias. Correct by 08/21/2025
2.223.A.2 · Correction due July 22, 2025
Reviewed program's files and observed program lacking documentation of written attendance verification being completed periodically throughout the day.
Required correction: Immediately (7/22/2025) ensure the program maintains documentation of written attendance verification periodically throughout the day, to include during transitions. Provide a written plan of action along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 07/22/2025
Aug 2024 Original Change of Location/Type visit 3 findings
Original Change of Location/Type visit · August 20, 2024
2.232.A.3 · Correction due August 20, 2024
The outdoor play area surrounded by wooden split rail fencing with large gaps between each wooden rail of at least 14 inches from the ground to the first rail and between all other rails is not restricting children from unsafe areas.
Required correction: Immediately (8/20/2024) ensure that playground fencing restricts children from unsafe areas. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response and submit photo documentation of updated playground fencing. Correct by 08/20/2024
2.121.D
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed J.H. lacking documentation of a completed criminal background check.
2.120.C.1.a · Correction due August 20, 2024
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed J.H. lacking documentation of a completed Trails background check request.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that J.H. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of Trails clearance letter for J.H. with written response to Specialist. Correct by 08/20/2024
Nov 2023 Supervisory visit 9 findings
Supervisory visit · November 16, 2023
7.707.71.A.2 · Correction due December 15, 2023
Reviewed 8 children's files and observed 4 children to have an expired statement of current health status.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance ensuring that within 30 days after admission and within 30 days following expiration, the program obtains a current statement of health status for each enrolled child that is signed and dated by a health care provider as indicated above, and indicates when the next visit is required. Correct by 12/15/2023
Reviewed 8 children's files and observed 7 children lacking an annually updated emergency medical authorization.
Correction due November 16, 2023
Reviewed program's files and observed program lacking documentation of the required fire, tornado and lockdown drills that have been completed within the last 12 months.
Required correction: Immediately (11/16/2023) ensure that all emergency drills, to include fire, tornado and lockdown, are conducted and documented with the above listed information. Provide a written plan of action along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 11/16/2023
7.707.31.A.10
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed S.G. to have an expired health evaluation and S.L. lacking an approved health evaulation signed and dated by a licensed physician or other health professional.
7.707.32.A.4 · Correction due November 16, 2023
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed S.G. and S.S. lacking documentation of a current Department approved Standard Precautions training certificate.
Required correction: Immediately (11/16/2023) ensure the program obtains documentation of a current Department approved Standard Precautions training certificate for S.G. and S. S. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 11/16/2023
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed S.G. lacking documentation of a current completed CDPHE immunization training.
Required correction: Immediately (11/16/2023) ensure that S.G. obtains and maintains documentation of a current completed CDPHE immunization training. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by
7.707.32.A.7 · Correction due November 16, 2023
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed S.S. lacking documentation of a current completed Department approved training for medication administration.
Required correction: Immediately (11/16/2023) ensure that all providers, to include S.S., obtain and maintain documentation of a completed Department approved training for medication administration. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 11/16/2023
7.707.75.G · Correction due November 16, 2023
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed S.G. and S.S. to have expired Department approved safe sleep training certificates.
Required correction: Immediately (11/16/2023) ensure that the program obtains documentation of a current Department approved safe sleep training certificate for all staff, to include S.G. and S. S. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 11/16/2023
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed S.G. and S.S. lacking documentation of a current Department approved training for child abuse prevention.
Required correction: Immediately (11/16/23) ensure that all staff or regular volunteers, to include S.G. and S.S., complete
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
- 420 Courtney Way
- License
- 1730611, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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All checked July 2026.
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Small means the smallest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 10 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; large is 115 to 402.