Arvada · Licensed family home
Ruba Sawakid
- 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 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 9, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since July 2024
- Fixed?
- Correction was due April 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.
Apr 2026 Supervisory visit 5 findings
Supervisory visit · April 9, 2026
2.138.A · Correction due April 9, 2026
Reviewed emergency drill logs. Provider is only conducting tornado drills May-July.
Required correction: Immediately, tornado drills must be held monthly from March - October annually. Submit a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 04/09/2026
2.317.D.1
Identified the provider sign-in and out record does not contain the full signature of the parent/guardian.
2.333.L · Correction due April 9, 2026
The backyard lacking at least 5 age appropriate toys and equipment in good condition. Observed deflated balls, broken and incomplete play house. Backyard lacking variety in age appropriate outdoor toys.
Required correction: Immediately, the outdoor space must consist of at least 5 age appropriate toys and equipment that are in good repair. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 04/09/2026
2.335.H · Correction due April 9, 2026
The provider has stuffed animals lining the sides of the stairwell leading to the garden level play area creating a tripping hazard.
Required correction: Immediately, all stairways must be free of hazards at all times. Corrected at time of visit, the provider removed the stuffed animals. No response needed. Correct by 04/09/2026
In the backyard the following safety hazards were identified: A rake was in the garden area under the grape vines. The shed was unlocked and tools, a lawn mower, and chemicals were accessible to children. Behind both sheds, building materials and ladders were accessible to children.
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 September 28, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in September 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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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Area
- Arvada, 80003
- License
- 1649707, 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
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.