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Licensed daycares in 81082Trinidad, CO

There are 5 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 81082 — 4 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 27 violations across 20 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.35 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Trinidad average of 1.35.

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 caregiver-to-child ratio (8 citations), followed by health and medication (5). 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 5 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

1 provider.

Chicanos Por La Causa - Trinidad Center

Center · Capacity 48 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 1021 Pierce St · Last inspected Dec 10, 2025

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.

Heather Belcher

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Apr 20, 2026

3 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Youth Club Of Trinidad, Inc

Center · Capacity 60 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 204 E Kansas · Last inspected Jan 14, 2026

11 violationsActive
Council Of Governments Childrens Center

Center · Capacity 120 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 1225 Rosita AVE · Last inspected Jan 14, 2026

7 violationsActive
Trinidad High School Day Care

Center · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 816 W Street · Last inspected Oct 9, 2025

6 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 81082

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

1

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

2

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

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