Lakewood · Licensed family home
Sara Larson
- Small family home, licensed for up to 6 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
- March 3, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since June 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 3, 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.
Mar 2026 Supervisory visit 9 findings
Supervisory visit · March 3, 2026
2.337.A.13 · Correction due March 3, 2026
An unlocked trampoline accessible to children in the backyard. Previously cited on 4/23/25.
Required correction: If there is a trampoline on the property of the family child care home, it must be stored in a way that makes it inaccessible to children. Correct by 3/3/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 4/3/26. Correct by 03/03/2026
2.312.D · Correction due March 3, 2026
Observed the provider to have an expired first aid and CPR training.
Required correction: Obtain a current department approved First Aid and CPR training. Correct by 3/3/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 4/3/26. Correct by 03/03/2026
Licensing Specialist reviewed 6 child files and observed one child to be missing statement of health and one child to have an expired statement of health.
2.320.A.10 · Correction due March 3, 2026
Licensing Specialist reviewed 6 child files and observed 1 child to be missing documentation of written authorization for media use.
Required correction: Obtain written authorization for media use. Correct by 3/3/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 4/3/26. Correct by 03/03/2026
2.320.A.7
Licensing Specialist reviewed 6 child files and observed one child to be missing authorization for emergency medical authorization and one child to have expired emergency medical authorization. Previously cited on 4/23/25.
2.321.B.11 · Correction due March 3, 2026
Licensing Specialist reviewed 6 child files and observed 2 children to be missing written topical authorization from a parent and/or guardian. Previously cited on 4/23/25.
Required correction: Obtain written authorization for topical preparations. Correct by 3/3/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 4/3/26. Correct by 03/03/2026
2.312.C · Correction due March 3, 2026
Licensing Specialist reviewed the providers staff file and observed them to have an expired standard precautions training.
Required correction: Obtain a current department approved Standard Precautions training. Correct by 3/3/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 4/3/26. Correct by 03/03/2026
2.318.C.3
No record of monthly smoke alarm testing. Previoulsy cited on 4/23/25.
Required correction: Complete monthly smoke alarm testing and maintain the record for 12 months. Correct by 3/3/26. Document
2.321.A.2.c · Correction due March 3, 2026
Reviewed 6 child files and observed one child to be missing documentation of immunization status.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of immunization status. Correct by 3/3/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 4/3/26. Correct by 03/03/2026
Apr 2025 Supervisory visit 5 findings
Supervisory visit · April 23, 2025
2.318.C.3 · Correction due April 23, 2025
No record of monthly smoke alarm testing.
Required correction: Complete a monthly record of smoke alarm testing. Correct 4/23/25. Document compliance to Specialist 5/23/25. Correct by 04/23/2025
2.320.A.7 · Correction due April 23, 2025
Reviewed 9 child files an observed one child to have an expired emergency medical authorization.
Required correction: Obtain a current emergency medical authorization. Correct by 4/23/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 5/23/25. Correct by 04/23/2025
2.312.M · Correction due May 23, 2025
Reviewed providers staff file and observed Sara L. to be missing the Introduction to the Early Intervention and and Preschool Special Education Programs course.
Required correction: Complete the Introduction to the Early Intervention and and Preschool Special Education Programs course. Correct by 5/23/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 5/23/25. Correct by 05/23/2025
2.321.E.1 · Correction due April 23, 2025
Reviewed 9 child files an observed one child to be missing sunscreen authorization.
Required correction: Obtain written sunscreen authorization from a parent or guardian. Correct by 4/23/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 5/23/25. Correct by 04/23/2025
2.337.A.13 · Correction due April 23, 2025
A trampoline in the backyard to be open and accessible to children.
Required correction: If there is a trampoline on the property of the family child care home, it must be stored in a way that makes it inaccessible to children. Correct by 4/23/25. The provider locked the trampoline while Licensing Specialist was present. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessay. Correct by 04/23/2025
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
- Lakewood, 80215
- License
- 1735179, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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Details
- License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Denver-area’s 574 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity: 4 to 6 children. Mid-size is 7 to 11; full-size is 12, the most any Denver-area family home holds.