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Licensed daycares in 81504Grand Junction, CO

There are 20 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 81504 — 11 licensed centers and 9 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 371 violations across 106 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.50 violations per inspection, which is above the Grand Junction average of 1.93.

No provider in this ZIP code has a completely clean three-year record. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is physical safety (92 citations), followed by recordkeeping (62). 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 20 providers

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Fruitvale Extended Hours Program

Center · Capacity 45 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 585 30th RD · Last inspected Oct 16, 2025

1 violationActive
Pear Park Extended Hours Program

Center · Capacity 40 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 432 30 1/4 RD · Last inspected Sep 9, 2025

2 violationsActive
Chatfield Extended Hours Program

Center · Capacity 25 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 3188 D.5 RD · Last inspected Nov 5, 2025

3 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Tiny Dreamers

Center · Capacity 68 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 524 29 ROAD · Last inspected Dec 19, 2025

102 violationsProbation
Stormy's Early Learning Center

Center · Capacity 81 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 3170 D 1/2 RD · Last inspected Jan 15, 2026

98 violationsProbation
Esther Ambriz

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Dec 31, 2025

39 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 81504

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

1

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

2

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

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