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Licensed daycares in 80601Brighton, CO

There are 39 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 80601 — 27 licensed centers and 12 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 368 violations across 169 inspections in the past three years, an average of 2.18 violations per inspection, which is below the Brighton average of 3.14.

2 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 health and medication (82 citations), followed by recordkeeping (81). 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 39 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

2 providers.

Innovation Learning At Foundations

Center · Capacity 60 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 340 South 45th Avenue · Last inspected Jun 5, 2026

0 violationsActive
Tanya Stockham

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Jan 21, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Brighton Recreation Center

Center · Capacity 45 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 555 N 11th Ave · Last inspected Feb 6, 2026

1 violationActive
Dawn O'callaghan

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Aug 22, 2025

1 violationActive
Jessica Brame

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Aug 15, 2025

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

The Learning Experience

Center · Capacity 185 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 189 S 50th AVE · Last inspected Feb 18, 2026

44 violationsActive
Little Lambs Learning Center

Center · Capacity 35 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 820 South 5th Ave · Last inspected Jan 7, 2026

33 violationsActive
Angela Grace

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Jan 21, 2026

31 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 80601

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

1

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

2

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

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