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Licensed daycares in 81401Montrose, CO

There are 17 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 81401 — 7 licensed centers and 10 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 43 violations across 74 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.58 violations per inspection, which is below the Montrose average of 3.20.

8 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 physical safety (12 citations), followed by health and medication (11). 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 17 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

8 providers.

Chasity Dejulio

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Aug 19, 2025

0 violationsActive
Jennifer Wilkins

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Jul 28, 2025

0 violationsActive
Krystal Simpson

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Jan 15, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Bright Beginnings At Colorado Outdoors

Center · Capacity 70 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 1305 Mayfly Dr · Last inspected Nov 7, 2025

1 violationActive
Angie Kishbaugh

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Oct 10, 2025

2 violationsActive
Babette Tafoya

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Mar 11, 2026

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Tonda Gaunt

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Dec 4, 2025

14 violationsActive
Living Word Lutheran Preschool

Center · Capacity 20 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 2820 Peyton DR · Last inspected Apr 20, 2026

9 violationsActive
Sonshine Patch Preschool

Center · Capacity 73 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 1840 E. Niagara Road · Last inspected Feb 5, 2026

5 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 81401

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

1

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

2

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

3

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

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