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Licensed daycares in 81427Ouray, CO

There are 3 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 81427 — 1 licensed center and 2 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 10 violations across 10 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.00 violations per inspection, which is below the Ouray average of 3.91.

One provider has 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 (3 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (3). 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.

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Clean record — no violations in 3 years

1 provider.

Melissa Mcchristian

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected May 6, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Early Learning Center Of Ouray

Center · Capacity 15 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 400 7th AVE · Last inspected Sep 4, 2025

3 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Estrella Piatt

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Feb 9, 2026

7 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 81427

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

1

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

2

How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

3

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

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