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Licensed daycares in 80521Fort Collins, CO

There are 21 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 80521 — 15 licensed centers and 6 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 229 violations across 75 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.05 violations per inspection, which is below the Fort Collins average of 5.07.

3 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (56 citations), followed by health and medication (53). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 21 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

3 providers.

Alphabest @ Putnam Elementary

Center · Capacity 15 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 1400 Maple St · Last inspected Apr 24, 2026

0 violationsActive
Psd Ece @ Bennett

Center · Capacity 32 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 1125 Bennett Road · Last inspected Sep 3, 2025

0 violationsActive
Psd Ece @ Irish

Center · Capacity 48 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 515 Irish DR · Last inspected Oct 15, 2025

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

2 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Psd Ece@ Putnam

Center · Capacity 64 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 1400 Maple · Last inspected Aug 25, 2025

2 violationsActive
Young Peoples Learning Center-Funcamp

Center · Capacity 80 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 1500 W Mulberry St · Last inspected Feb 26, 2026

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

16 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Brittany Johnston

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected May 26, 2026

33 violationsActive
Fort Collins Kindercare

Center · Capacity 83 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 635 S Grant · Last inspected Sep 30, 2025

33 violationsActive
Alphabest @ Polaris Expeditionary Learning

Center · Capacity 60 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 1905 Orchard Place · Last inspected Mar 9, 2026

26 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 80521

Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?

2

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

3

When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?

A note on Colorado records

Colorado does not publish a severity classification for violations, so we can't tell you which citations were most serious — only what was cited and whether it was corrected. Colorado does publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) on Jul 9, 2026. Source records · Report an error