Denver · Licensed family home
Sarah Cox
- 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 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
- October 1, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since September 2023 · 2 complaint investigations
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 6, 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.
Oct 2026 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · October 1, 2026
Apr 2026 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · April 6, 2026
2.320.A.7 · Correction due April 6, 2026
Reviewed nine children's records and observed two records to have expired emergency medical authorizations.
Required correction: Obtain updated emergency medical authorizations for all children as required. Correct immediately by 4.6.2026, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 5.6.2026. Correct by 04/06/2026
2.321.A.5 · Correction due May 6, 2026
Reviewed nine children's records and observed two records to have expired health statements.
Required correction: Obtain updated emergency medical authorizations for all children as required. Correct by 5.6.2026, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist. Correct by 05/06/2026
May 2025 Supervisory visit 5 findings
Supervisory visit · May 28, 2025
2.320.A.7 · Correction due May 28, 2025
Reviewed records for 11 children's observed three to be missing documentation of the required and current emergency medical authorizations.
Required correction: Obtain current emergency medical authorizations for all children's records. Correct immediately by 5.28.2025, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 6.28.2025. Correct by 05/28/2025
2.321.A.5
Reviewed records for 11 children and found that six were missing documentation of the required and up-to-date medical statements.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of current health statements for all children as required. Correct by 6.28.2025, and
2.321.A.2.c · Correction due May 28, 2025
Reviewed records for 11 children and found that six were missing documentation of the required immunization records.
Required correction: Obtain current immunization records for all children prior to attendance. Correct immediately by 5.28.2025, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 6.28.2025. Correct by 05/28/2025
2.312.Q · Correction due May 28, 2025
Observed Sarah C. and F.M. (DOH 8.2022) to be missing documentation of the required "Working with an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant" training.
Required correction: Obtain the required "Working with an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant" training for all staff members as required. Correct by 6.28.2025, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist. Correct by 05/28/2025
2.323.C · Correction due May 28, 2025
The children's cots for resting set out and observed all of the cots to be missing sheets. Identified through the Provider's statement that children do not use sheets at nap time.
Required correction: Children must be offered a clean washable sheet at rest time. Correct immediately by 5.28.2025, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 6.28.2025. Correct by 05/28/2025
Sep 2024 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · September 3, 2024
Sep 2024 Supervisory visit 9 findings
Supervisory visit · September 3, 2024
2.120.C.2 · Correction due September 3, 2024
Reviewed one staff (F.) record and observed documentation of the required Trails background check to be missing.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of the required Trails background check for all employees. Correct immediately by 9.3.2024, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 10.3.2024. Correct by 09/03/2024
2.121.A.1
The provider's CBI and FBI background checks to be completed in 2016 posing a potential safety hazard.
2.312.D · Correction due September 3, 2024
Reviewed Sarah's and F.'s training records and observed both providers to have expired CPR and First Aid training posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: The provider and employee must be certified in CPR and First Aid. Correct immediately by 9.3.2024, and submit a written statement of compliance and documentation of the training to the Specialist by 10.3.2024. Correct by 09/03/2024
2.312.E · Correction due September 3, 2024
Reviewed Sarah's and F.'s training records and observed both providers to be missing the required Medication Administration training posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: The provider and employee must obtain the required Medication Administration training. Correct immediately by 9.3.2024, and submit a written statement of compliance and documentation of the training to the Specialist by 10.3.2024. Correct by 09/03/2024
Reviewed 10 children's records and observed one child to be missing documentation of the required emergency medical authorization.
2.321.A.4 · Correction due October 3, 2024
Reviewed 10 children's records and observed three children to be missing documentation of the required health statement.
Required correction: Obtain health statements as required for all children annually. Correct and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 10.3.2024. Correct by 10/03/2024
2.325.A
Identified through the Provider's statement that they never serve milk to children during childcare hours. Observed the meals did not meet USDA standards.
2.336.C.1 · Correction due September 3, 2024
Bug Spray on a porch labeled "keep out of reach of children" accessible to children and posing a potential safety hazard on the day of the inspection.
Required correction: All hazardous items labeled "keep out of reach of children" must be inaccessible to children. Correct immediately by 9.3.2024, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 10.3.2024. Correct by 09/03/2024
2.337.B.1.a · Correction due September 3, 2024
The slide to have as little as one inch of resilient surfacing under the base posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: There must be at least six inches of resilient surfacing under all climbing equipment that measures over six inches. Correct immediately by 9.3.2024, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 10.3.2024. Correct by 09/03/2024
Sep 2023 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · September 12, 2023
Correction due October 12, 2023
Reviewed provider and two staff members files and observed D.M. (8/22/2023) to have expired department approved Child Abuse training.
Required correction: Obtain current Child Abuse training certificate and maintain in staff file. Correct by 10/12/2023
7.707.32.A.4
Reviewed provider and two staff members files and observed D.M. (8/22/2023) to have expired department approved Standard Precautions Training.
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, 80221
- License
- 1683784, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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- 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.