Lakewood · Licensed center
Renaissance Children's Center
- Medium center, licensed for 58 children.
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
- July 20, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since October 2023 · 1 complaint investigation
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was August 8, 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.
Aug 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · August 8, 2025
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due August 8, 2025
On the Preschool Playground, the resilient material to have 1-2 inches at the bottom of the slides.
Required correction: All climbing equipment must have at least 6 inches of resilient material surrounding the equipment. Correct immediately. Corrected at the time of inspection, a teacher racked the wood chips. No response required. Correct by 08/08/2025
Sep 2024 Supervisory visit 7 findings
Supervisory visit · September 12, 2024
2.229.C · Correction due September 12, 2024
In the sweet peas classroom, observed parents choice wipes with a manufacture label of 'keep out of reach', on a storage bin in the child's bathroom.
Required correction: All items with a manufacture label 'keep out of reach of children' must be inaccessible to all children. Corrected at the time of visit: S. put wipes on a shelf inaccessible to children. No written response needed. Correct by 09/12/2024
2.230.C.1.c · Correction due September 12, 2024
On the preschool playground, observed the wood chips under the fall zone to be less than 2 inches.
Required correction: Wood chips must be raked regularly. Corrected at the time of visit: C. and AJ raked and fluffed the wood chips under the fall zone. No written response needed. Correct by 09/12/2024
2.237.B · Correction due September 12, 2024
In the Lady Bug toddler room on the wall under the window, paint lifted and chipped. On the window boarder, the paint was chipped. In the Sweet Peas preschool room, on the wall in the block area, the paint was lifted and chipped.
Required correction: Buildings must be in good repair. Submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist. Correct by 09/12/2024
2.237.K · Correction due September 12, 2024
The kitchen door was removed.
Required correction: Kitchens must be inaccessible to all children at all times. Submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist. Correct by 09/12/2024
2.230.B · Correction due September 12, 2024
On the toddler playground, observed a gray storage bin lid to have a large cracked across the top.
Required correction: All equipment must be free of hazards. Corrected at the time of visit: S. removed the lid from the playground and placed in her office. No written response needed. Correct by 09/12/2024
2.121.J.1
Reviewed 19 staff files identified P.T. and E.S. to be missing the state based background clearance letters.
2.121.D.5 · Correction due September 12, 2024
Reviewed 19 staff files, identified C.R. to be missing the 5 year FBI clearance letter.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of FBI Clearance Letter for staff member with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 09/12/2024
Oct 2023 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · October 17, 2023
Correction due October 18, 2023
Reviewed 19 staff files, identified K.L. missing the CBI clearance letter.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member K. L. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of CBI Clearance Letters for staff member K. with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/18/2023
7.702.71.G · Correction due October 17, 2023
In Dragonflies room, observed one loose green plastic bag in the children's bathroom on a storage container.
Required correction: Immediately on 10/17/2023, all loose plastic bags must be inaccessible to all children. Corrected at the time of visit: Staff member S. placed bag on a higher shelf that is inaccessible to all children.
Correction due October 18, 2023
Reviewed 19 staff files, identified C.R. missing the trails clearance letter. Start date of 8/31/2015
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member C. R. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letters for staff member C. with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/18/2023
May 2023 Complaint Founded
Complaint · May 18, 2023
Founded · 7.702.62.A.3 · Personnel · Correction due May 24, 2023
Staff must be awake, alert, and actively supervising all children.
State licensing record In the file’s Dataset sheet, filter License Number to 33421.
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
- Website
- coloradocoalition.org
- Address
- 1797 Kendall St
- License
- 33421, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 5
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- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
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.