Thornton · Licensed family home
Sophie Throckmorton
- 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
- July 20, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since January 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 20, 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.
Jul 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · July 20, 2026
2.325.C · Correction due July 20, 2026
Families did not have access to the menu on a regular basis.
Required correction: All parents must have access to the programs menu. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 07/20/2026
Aug 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · August 27, 2025
2.337.D.4 · Correction due August 27, 2025
The gas grill to have a propane tank disconnected in the backyard and accessible to children, posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Gas grills must be inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The provider removed the propane tank. No response is required. Correct by 08/27/2025
Jan 2024 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · January 17, 2024
7.707.91.D · Correction due January 17, 2024
Four pieces of metal sticking up out of the snow in the back yard, creating a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Ensure the premises of the home are kept safe and free from hazards. Correct immediately and send verification of compliance to specialist with written response. *Corrected at the time of inspection, provider removed metal from snow. No response needed for this violation. Correct by 01/17/2024
7.707.91.J · Correction due January 17, 2024
No documentation of a current vaccination record for provider's dog, Oscar.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of a current vaccination record for Oscar and send a copy to specialist with written response. Correct immediately. Correct by 01/17/2024
7.707.923.A · Correction due January 17, 2024
A tube of Crest toothpaste in the upstairs bathroom and a container of Clorox wipes on a shelf on the wall in the upstairs area of the home: both labeled "Keep out of the reach of children."
Required correction: Ensure all hazardous items and materials are inaccessible to children at all times. Correct immediately. *Corrected at the time of inspection, provider moved the items and made them inaccessible to children. No response needed for this violation. Correct by 01/17/2024
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
- Thornton, 80602
- License
- 1760489, 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.