Thornton · Licensed family home
Penny Tunnicliff
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 9 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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
- May 29, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since July 2024
- Fixed?
- Correction was due May 29, 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.
May 2026 Supervisory visit 7 findings
Supervisory visit · May 29, 2026
2.336.C.15.a · Correction due May 29, 2026
Observed fire extinguisher to be expired.
Required correction: Replace fire extinguisher at least every six years. Correct by 05/29/2026
2.329.H.9 · Correction due May 29, 2026
Observed black strech cloth covering the top and all sides of the pak n play and attached to the legs of the pak n play to enclose the pak n play with hole with flap to place CH in pak in play. Identified by staff statement CH under 1 sleeps in pak n play covered.
Required correction: Keep sleep enviroment free of any hanging or drapped objects over the sidees or any part of the sleeping equipment. Correct by 05/29/2026
Reviewed 8 children's files and observed CH 2 and CH5 missing documentation of current medical statement.
2.320.A · Correction due May 29, 2026
Reviewed 8 children's files and observed no admission record available to review for CH7.
Required correction: Obtain complete admission record that is updated annually or when changes occur. Correct by 05/29/2026
2.312.D · Correction due May 29, 2026
Missing documtation of Department approved First Aid and CPR training.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of Department approved First Aid and CPR training. Send copy of certificate with written response. Correct by 05/29/2026
2.312.E
Missing documentation of current Medication Administration training for Penny.
2.336.C.1 · Correction due May 29, 2026
Diapers and wipes on back of toilet accessible to children.
Required correction: Make all items labeled keep out of reach of children inaccessible to children. Correct by 05/29/2026
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 11, 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
- Thornton, 80233
- License
- 1684510, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
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Details
- License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
Mid-size means licensed for 7 to 11 children, among Denver-area’s 574 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 4 to 6; full-size is 12, the most any Denver-area family home holds.