Lakewood · Licensed center
Stepping Stones Adventure Preschool
- Medium center, licensed for 46 children.
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
- May 5, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since July 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 5, 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.
May 2026 Supervisory visit 7 findings
Supervisory visit · May 5, 2026
2.213.B · Correction due May 5, 2026
reviewed 7 staff files and observed Staff 3,staff 6,staff 7 to have expired standard precautions trainings of 3/2026 and 4/2026.
Required correction: Obtain current standard precautions training for staff and add to files. Correct immediately and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 05/05/2026
2.213.G · Correction due May 5, 2026
reviewed 7 staff files and observed staff 5 and staff 6 to have expired child abuse prevention training as of 3/2026.
Required correction: Obtain current child abuse prevention and reporting training for staff and add to staff file. Correct immediately and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 05/05/2026
2.218.C.5 · Correction due May 5, 2026
reviewed 6 children medical health care plans and observed Ch2 to not have a complete health care plan. Observed Ch1 to have expired medical health care plan as of 11/2025.
Required correction: Health care plan must be update annually and included all information needed to care for child and signed by health care provider, parents, correct immediately and send written response to specialist with response. Correct by 05/05/2026
2.220.J · Correction due May 5, 2026
reviewed 6 children medical health care plans and observed ch5 to have expired epi pen as of 4/2026.
Required correction: Medication is out of date the parents is responsible for picking up medication if parent do not respond the center dmust dispose of medication as required by CDPHE. Correct immediately and send written response to specialist. Correct by 05/05/2026
2.229.C · Correction due May 5, 2026
Trex room to have credenza with hand sanitizer and hand lotion to be accessible to children, labeled "keep out of reach of children". Observed room 101 to have sunscreen on book shelf to be labeled "keep out of reach of children" to be accessible to children. Observed in bathroom hand cream aquaford and sunscreen to be labeled "keep out of reach of children" to be accessible to children.
Required correction: Make all items labeled "keep out of reach of children" inaccessible to children. Correct immediately , corrected at time of visit director removed all items and place in locked cabinets. No response needed. Correct by 05/05/2026
2.229.G · Correction due May 5, 2026
Observed in hall next to TRex bathroom a book shelf with a bag full of loose plastic bags accessible to children.
Required correction: Loose bags must be stored in area inaccessible to children, correct immediately. Corrected at time of visit director place book shelf in locked room making item inaccessible to children. No response needed. Correct by 05/05/2026
2.229.H · Correction due May 5, 2026
in unlocked credenza observed screw driver and handfull of 3 inchnails to be accessible to children.
Required correction: Sharp tools and instruments must be stored in areas inaccessible to children. Correct immediately, corrected at time of visit director locked credenza making items inaccessible to children. No response needed. Correct by 05/05/2026
Jul 2024 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · July 18, 2024
2.121.D.4.a · Correction due July 18, 2024
reviewed 8 staff files and observed S.C. (DOH 6.12.23) . to be missing criminal background checks CBI and FBI clearance letter and working directly with children.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of CBI, FBI, Clearance Letters for staff members with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 07/18/2024
reviewed 8 staff files and observed S.C. to have no documentation of Child abuse training. S.C. DOH
2.212.G · Correction due August 16, 2024
reviewed 8 staff files and observed S. to have no documentation of current medical health statement.
Required correction: Obtain current medical health statement and add to staff file and send written response to specialist. Correct by 08/16/2024
2.213.B · Correction due July 18, 2024
reviewed 8 staff files and observed T. to have expired standard precautions training as of 5/22/23.
Required correction: Obtain current standard precaution trainng for staff and add to staff file. Correct immediately and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 07/18/2024
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
- Website
- steppingstonesapco.com
- Address
- 12900 West Alameda Pkwy
- License
- 1766791, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 steppingstonesapco.com
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
Medium means the middle half of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 10 to 40; large is 115 to 402.