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Licensed daycares in 81419Hotchkiss, CO

There are 3 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 81419 — 2 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 10 violations across 9 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.11 violations per inspection, which is above the Hotchkiss average of 0.57.

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 recordkeeping (4 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.

The Nature Connection

Center · Capacity 15 · 397 Bulldog Street · Last inspected Jul 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.

The Nature Connection (Hotchkiss)

Center · Capacity 25 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 397 Miners Way · Last inspected Jul 6, 2026

2 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.

Belinda Wallace

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Dec 12, 2025

8 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 81419

Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by caregiver-to-child ratio. 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

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

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