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Licensed daycares in 81501Grand Junction, CO

There are 27 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 81501 — 23 licensed centers and 4 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 189 violations across 109 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.73 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Grand Junction average of 1.67.

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 recordkeeping (57 citations), followed by physical safety (30). 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 27 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

2 providers.

Little Sunflowers Preschool

Center · Capacity 75 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 835 N 26th St · Last inspected Feb 26, 2026

0 violationsActive
Mama's Cubs Childcare

Center · Capacity 30 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 760 Winters Ave · Last inspected Jan 26, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Chipeta Extended Hours Program

Center · Capacity 30 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 950 Chipeta AVE · Last inspected Feb 25, 2026

1 violationActive
City Of Grand Junction Summer Camp 4

Center · Capacity 70 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 600 N 14th Street · Last inspected Jun 8, 2026

1 violationActive
Dist 51 Young Parent Child Care Center

Center · Capacity 15 · Ages 0 mo – 3 yr · 455 N 22nd ST B · Last inspected Nov 19, 2025

1 violationActive

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.

Little Lambs Learning Center

Center · Capacity 78 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 550 25 1/2 RD · Last inspected Jul 1, 2026

30 violationsProbation
Landmark Preschool

Center · Capacity 124 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 1600 UTE Ave · Last inspected Apr 8, 2026

24 violationsProbation
Leyda Faria

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected May 4, 2026

18 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 81501

Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by physical safety. 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

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

3

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

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