Brighton · Licensed family home

Tammy Garcia

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 17, 2026
On file
3 visits since June 2024
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was April 16, 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 1 finding

Supervisory visit · March 17, 2026

2.321.A.5 · Correction due April 16, 2026

Reviewed 3 child files. One child missing documentation of a current health statement.

Required correction: Health statements for children between 2-7 years old must be updated in accordance with the AAP and documentation must be on site and available for review at all times. Submit a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 04/16/2026

State records file

Apr 2025 Supervisory visit 6 findings

Supervisory visit · April 29, 2025

2.312.C · Correction due April 29, 2025

The provider has an expired Department-approved Standard Precautions training.

Required correction: Obtain and maintain Department-approved Standard Precautions training. Correct immediately. Correct by 04/29/2025

2.312.G

The provider has an expired Department-approved Prevention of Shaken Baby/Abusive Head Trauma training.

Required correction: Obtain and maintain Department-approved Prevention of Shaken Baby/Abusive Head Trauma training. Correct

2.312.H · Correction due April 29, 2025

The provider has an expired Department-approved Child Abuse Prevention training.

Required correction: Obtain and maintain Department-approved Child Abuse Prevention training. Correct immediately. Correct by 04/29/2025

2.312.J · Correction due May 29, 2025

The provider has an expired Department-approved Immunization training.

Required correction: Obtain and maintain Department-approved Immunization training. Correct within 30 days. Correct by 05/29/2025

2.312.Q · Correction due May 29, 2025

The provider to be missing the Department-approved Working with an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant training.

Required correction: Obtain and maintain Department-approved Working with an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant training. Correct within 30 days. Correct by 05/29/2025

2.320.A.7 · Correction due April 29, 2025

Reviewed 4 child files, and found all to have an expired Emergency Medical Authorization.

Required correction: Obtain and maintain current Emergency Medical Authorization for all children. Correct immediately. Correct by 04/29/2025

State records file

Jun 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · June 6, 2024

2.318.C.3 · Correction due June 6, 2024

No documentation of smoke alarm testing and provider has not held smoke alarm testing in home posing a potential safety issue.

Required correction: Test all smoke alarms in home monthly and maintain documentation of the tests. Correct immediately and send documentation that a smoke alarm test has been completed. Correct by 06/06/2024

2.336.C.1

Several bottles of over the counter vitamins accessible to children on the edge of the kitchen counter, none of the bottles had child safety lids on them and all bottles stated "Keep out of the reach of children." Vitamins included the following; CLA 3000, Host Defense mushrooms, New Chapter women's vitamins, Now Black Current Oil, Costco adult vitamin C- 180 gummies. Provider has been previously cited for this same violation on 7/26/2022 and 6/27/2023.

State records file

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
Brighton, 80602
License
1545505, active
Quality program
Colorado Shines Level 2

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Sources and dates

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All checked July 2026.

Details

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.