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Licensed daycares in 81520 — Clifton, CO
There are 8 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 81520 — 2 licensed centers and 6 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 71 violations across 38 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.87 violations per inspection, which is above the Clifton average of 1.19.
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 physical safety (18 citations), followed by health and medication (16). 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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1–3 violations in 3 years
2 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
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.
Questions to ask when you tour in 81520
Physical safety is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
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