Arvada · Licensed family home
Stephanie Deanda
- 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
- January 30, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since April 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 30, 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.
Jan 2026 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · January 30, 2026
2.336.C.1 · Correction due January 30, 2026
In the kitchen, some kitchen cabinets were unlocked and knives, loose plastic bags, and cleaning supplies were accesible to children.
Required correction: Immediately, all hazardous items and materials must be inaccessible to children at all times. Corrected at time of visit, the provider locked the cabinets making the items inaccessible. No response needed. Correct by 01/30/2026
2.337.B.1.a
In the backyard, the gravel in the use zone of the climbing and sliding equipment measures less than 6 inches in the use zone.
Required correction: Immediately, all climbing and sliding equipment measuring over 18 inches at the platform must have resilient
2.337.B.3.a · Correction due January 30, 2026
In the backyard, the climbing and sliding equipment does not have at least a 3 foot use zone surrounding the equipment, or 6 feet at the base of the slide.
Required correction: Immediately, all climbing and sliding equipment must have the required use zone surrounding the equipment at all times. Submit photo documentation and a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 01/30/2026
Apr 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · April 10, 2024
2.320.A.7 · Correction due April 10, 2024
Reviewed six (6) children's files and observed one (1) file to be missing a dated, written authorization for emergency medical care signed by the parent(s) or guardian(s).
Required correction: Obtain a a dated, written authorization for emergency medical care signed by the parent(s) or guardian(s) for one (1) child. Correct immediately. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 04/10/2024
2.321.E.1
Reviewed six (6) children's files and observed one (1) file to be missing a written authorization and instructions from the parent(s) or guardian(s) for the application of sunscreen.
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 9, 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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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
- 77780, 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.