Denver · Licensed family home
Raquel Espinoza
- 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
- April 29, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since July 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 9, 2025. 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 2025 Supervisory visit 6 findings
Supervisory visit · June 9, 2025
2.336.C.15.a · Correction due June 9, 2025
Observed 3 fire extinguishers older than 6 years old.
Required correction: Obtain new fire extinguishers and replace them every 6 years. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 6/16/2025. Correct by 06/09/2025
2.312.I · Correction due June 9, 2025
Reviewed the provider's file and observed Raquel E.'s file lacking current documentation of a Department-approved safe sleep training.
Required correction: Obtain a Department-approved safe sleep training. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 6/16/25. Correct by 06/09/2025
Reviewed the provider's file and observed Raquel E.'s file lacking current documentation of a Department-approved child abuse prevention training.
2.312.C · Correction due June 9, 2025
Reviewed the provider's file and observed Raquel E.'s file lacking current documentation of a Department-approved standard precautions training.
Required correction: Obtain a Department-approved standard precautions training. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 6/16/25. Correct by 06/09/2025
2.335.N · Correction due June 9, 2025
Reviewed the animal's vaccination records and observed 1 dog with expired vaccinations.
Required correction: Obtain vaccinations for all animals in the home. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 6/16/25. Correct by 06/09/2025
2.336.C.1
Observed 2 bottles of cleaning spray (one unlabeled and one labeled multi-purpose spray) on the kitchen counter, accessible to children.
Jul 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · July 10, 2024
2.312.D · Correction due July 10, 2024
Reviewed Provider Raquel's file and observed it to be missing current documentation of First Aid and CPR training.
Required correction: Obtain current documentation of First Aid and CPR training. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 7/17/24. Correct by 07/10/2024
2.121.D.5
Reviewed Provider, Raquel and spouse E.'s files and observed them to be missing documentation of current FBI clearance letters, which were expired as of 11/9/2021.
Required correction: Provider must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint.
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, 80219
- License
- 1505231, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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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.