Denver · Licensed family home
Paula Cazares
- 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
- June 9, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since December 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 9, 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 Original Change of Location/Type visit 8 findings
Original Change of Location/Type visit · June 9, 2026
2.311.A.13 · Correction due June 9, 2026
Four residents of the home to be missing medical statement signed and dated by a licensed physician or other health care provider.
Required correction: Ensure that the four residents of the home obtain a medical statement signed and dated by a licensed physician or other health care provider. Correct and send verification of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 06/09/2026
2.312.D
In Provider's file an expired Department approved First Aid and CPR training.
2.312.E · Correction due June 9, 2026
In Provider's file an expired Department approved Medication Administration training.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of completion of Department approved Medication Administration training and send verification of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 06/09/2026
2.312.J · Correction due July 9, 2026
In Provider's file an expired Department approved Immunization training.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of completion of Department approved Immunization training and send verification of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 07/09/2026
2.312.P · Correction due July 9, 2026
In Provider's file to be missing Department approved Injury Prevention for Homes training.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of completion of Department approved Injury Prevention for Homes training and send verification of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 07/09/2026
2.335.N · Correction due June 9, 2026
An expired proof of vaccination record for two pet dogs in the home.
Required correction: Ensure that all animals in the family child care home are vaccinated as required by state law and local ordinance. Obtain proof of vaccination for the two pet dogs in the home and send verification of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 06/09/2026
2.317.B.1 · Correction due June 9, 2026
Written fire safety and evacuation plan to be missing.
Required correction: Provider must have a written fire safety and evacuation plan. Correct and document compliance by emailing the fire safety and evacuation plan to the licensing specialist. Correct by 06/09/2026
2.316.B.36
In the family child care home a tank with two turtles and the provider's policies and procedures to be missing the policy on interacting with reptiles including notification to parents or guardians of the risks associated with children under the age of 5 having access to these animals.
Dec 2023 Original visit 17 findings
Original visit · December 13, 2023
Correction due December 13, 2023
No documentation of zoning approval.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current documentation of zoning approval. Submit documnetation with written response to specialist. Correct by 12/13/2023
7.707.6.A.3 · Correction due December 13, 2023
No posted emergency telephone numbers as required in rules 7.707.6.A.3.a-g.
Required correction: All emergency phone numbers found in rules 7.707.6.A.3.a-g must be posted. Submit documentation with written response to specialist. Correct by 12/13/2023
Reviewed provider's file and observed no documentation of Abuse Prevention training for provider Paula.
7.707.51.A.11 · Correction due December 13, 2023
Reviewed child admission records and observed no option for media permission.
Required correction: The admission record must include written authorization for media use. Submit documentation with written response to specialist. Correct by 12/13/2023
7.707.51.A.3 · Correction due December 13, 2023
Reviewed child admission records and observed no option for parent/guardian home address or employer name, address, or phone number.
Required correction: The admission record must include option for parent/guardian home address and employer's name, address, and phone number. Submit documentation with written response to specialist. Correct by 12/13/2023
Reviewed child admission records and observed no option for emergency contact address.
7.707.51.A.6 · Correction due December 13, 2023
Reviewed child admission records and observed no option for child's physician's name, address, and phone.
Required correction: The admission record must include option for physician's name, address, phone number. Submit documentation with written response to specialist. Correct by 12/13/2023
7.707.51.A.7 · Correction due December 13, 2023
Reviewed child admission record and observed no option for health admission information.
Required correction: The admission record must include option for heaelth admission information. Submit documentation with written response to specialist. Correct by 12/13/2023
7.707.71.E.1
Reviewed child admission records and observed no option for sunscreen authorization.
7.707.31.A.9 · Correction due December 13, 2023
No documentation of health statement for provider, provider's husband, nor provider's 3 minor children.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current documentation of health statement for all persons residing in the home. Submit documentation with written response to specialist. Correct by 12/13/2023
7.707.76.B · Correction due December 13, 2023
No cots or mats for children to sleep on during nap time.
Required correction: All children must be provided with a cot of a mat at nap time. Submit documentation with written response to specialist. Correct by 12/13/2023
7.707.83.K
No gross motor materials available for outdoor physical play.
7.707.923.K · Correction due December 13, 2023
Oven in the kitchen with front facing stove controls accessible to children with no safety guard.
Required correction: Any cooking stove with controls within reach of a child shall have a safety guard. Submit documentation with written response to specialist. Correct by 12/13/2023
7.707.923.N · Correction due December 13, 2023
No carbon monoxide detector in the main floor of the home where children sleep.
Required correction: There must be a carbon monoxide detector installed in the area of the home where children sleep. Submit documentation with written response to specialist. Correct by 12/13/2023
7.707.931.B · Correction due December 13, 2023
No fencing surrounding the designated play space in the backyard.
Required correction: The outdoor plan space must be enclosed with at least a 42 inch fence or natural barrier. Submit documentation with written response to specialist. Correct by 12/13/2023
Several propane tanks on the front porch and along the side of the home, a large stack of tires approximately 6 feet tall on the front porch, an air conditioning unit balanced approximately 6 feet high on a small child's table and a large box, and several other large appliances and hazardous items outside the home where children pass by to
7.707.923.A · Correction due December 13, 2023
Knives, a cheese grater, and several cleaning supplies in unlocked kitchen drawers and cabinets, pet tick shampoo and other cleaning supplies under the unlocked bathroom sink, Clorox wipes on a low shelf in the main room, box of kitchen trash bags on a low shelf in the laundry room all accessible to children and posing a potential hazard.
Required correction: Immediately make all hazardous items inaccessible to children. Submit documentation with written response to specialist. Correct by 12/13/2023
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
- Denver, 80239
- License
- 1768091, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
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- 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.