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Licensed daycares in 80526Fort Collins, CO

There are 43 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 80526 — 25 licensed centers and 18 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 636 violations across 196 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.24 violations per inspection, which is below the Fort Collins average of 5.07.

6 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 (183 citations), followed by health and medication (143). 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 43 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

6 providers.

Christy Blumenshine

Family day home · Capacity 9 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Apr 13, 2026

0 violationsActive
Playcrafter Kids

Center · Capacity 40 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 1815 Yorktown Ave · Last inspected May 20, 2026

0 violationsActive
Psd Ece @ Johnson

Center · Capacity 32 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 4101 Seneca ST · Last inspected Apr 13, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Brenda Kenyon

Family day home · Capacity 9 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected May 13, 2026

1 violationActive
Melanie Dannenbring

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Dec 11, 2025

1 violationActive
Psd Ece @ Olander

Center · Capacity 16 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 3401 Auntie Stone St · Last inspected Dec 11, 2025

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

The Sunshine House Of Colorado State University

Center · Capacity 138 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 2060 Perennial LN · Last inspected Jun 5, 2026

46 violationsProbation
Alliance Program By Yplc

Center · Capacity 20 · Ages 0 mo – 12 mo · 2901 S. Shields Street · Last inspected Jun 4, 2026

42 violationsActive
Ouac Hampshire Llc

Center · Capacity 79 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 2551 Hampshire Rd · Last inspected Jun 3, 2026

41 violationsProbation

Questions to ask when you tour in 80526

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