Denver · Licensed center
Tangerine Early Learning, Inc.
- Medium center, licensed for 70 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
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
- June 30, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since September 2024 · 2 complaint investigations
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 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.
Jun 2026 Supervisory visit 6 findings
Supervisory visit · June 30, 2026
2.237.H · Correction due June 30, 2026
(2) uncovered outlets on lower edge of wall in the hallway.
Required correction: The director immediately (6/30/2026) covered the outlets and made them inaccessible to children in care. No response required. Correct by 06/30/2026
2.120.C.1.a.1
Reviewed (7) staff files and observed one staff member lacking documentation of a TRAILS clearance letter.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's
2.209.B.4 · Correction due June 30, 2026
Reviewed (5) child files and observed (1) file to be lacking documentation of a current health statement.
Required correction: Immediately (6/30/2026) ensure the center must maintain and update annually and upon changes a copy of the child's health statement completed by a health provider. Provide written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 06/30/2026
2.219.B.1
Reviewed (5) child files and observed (1) lacking appropriate documentation of school required immunizations on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Certificate of Immunization or on an “approved alternate” Certificate of Immunization.
Required correction: Immediately (6/30/2026) ensure child files have documentation of school required immunizations on the
2.213.B · Correction due June 30, 2026
Reviewed (7) staff files and observed (2) staff to be lacking documentation of a current certificate of training in Standard Precautions.
Required correction: Immediately (6/30/2026) ensure that the program obtains and maintains documentation of a current standard precautions training for all staff to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 06/30/2026
2.213.G · Correction due June 30, 2026
Reviewed (7) staff files and observed (3) staff lacking documentation of the Department-approved training regarding child abuse prevention.
Required correction: Immediately (6/30/2026) ensure that the program obtains and maintains current documentation of the Mandated reporter (Child Abuse Preventions and reporting) training to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 06/30/2026
Aug 2025 Supervisory visit 7 findings
Supervisory visit · August 5, 2025
2.213.B · Correction due August 5, 2025
Reviewed 10 staff files and observed Y.S. to be lacking documentation of a current certificate of training in Standard Precautions.
Required correction: Immediately (8/05/2025) ensure that the program obtains and maintains documentation of a current standard precautions training for all staff to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 08/05/2025
2.220.D · Correction due August 5, 2025
Tylenol not labeled with Child's first and last name located on a shelf within the early preschool classroom.
Required correction: The director immediately (8/05/2025) labeled the medicine with the child's first and last name. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 08/05/2025
Reviewed 10 staff files and observed M.K. lacking documentation of the Department-approved training
2.120.C.1.a.1 · Correction due August 5, 2025
Reviewed 10 staff files and observed I.R. lacking documentation of TRAILS clearance letter.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that the above listed staff have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS for staff member listed above with written response to Specialist. Correct by 08/05/2025
2.213.H
Reviewed 10 staff files and observed M.K. lacking documentation of Introduction to the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs.
2.121.D.4 · Correction due August 5, 2025
Reviewed 10 files and observed I.R. lacking documentation of CBI/FBI clearance letters.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that the above listed staff have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of CBI/FBIclearance letters for staff member listed above with written response to Specialist. Correct by 08/05/2025
2.221.C · Correction due August 5, 2025
Individual sunscreen for children lacking first and last name in the early preschool classroom.
Required correction: Immediately (8/05/2025) ensure that all individual sunscreens are labeled with each child's first and last names. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 08/05/2025
Mar 2025 Complaint
Complaint · March 24, 2025
2.124.A.1.b
Identified through staff statement: Program failed to submit a written report within 24 hours of the incident for an injury that required emergency medical attention by a health care provider that occurred on 2/20/2025.
Mar 2025 Complaint Founded
Complaint · March 24, 2025
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
- tangerineearlylearning.com
- Address
- 8085 E. Hampden Ave.
- License
- 1782634, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 3
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Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 tangerineearlylearning.com
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 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.