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Licensed daycares in 81230Gunnison, CO

There are 6 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 81230 — 3 licensed centers and 3 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 79 violations across 19 inspections in the past three years, an average of 4.16 violations per inspection, which is above the Gunnison average of 1.86.

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 recordkeeping (20 citations), followed by health and medication (18). 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 6 providers

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Tenderfoot Child & Family Dvlpmnt Ctr

Center · Capacity 147 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 700 N Colorado ST · Last inspected Mar 11, 2026

29 violationsActive
Amanda Birdsong

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Jan 6, 2026

15 violationsActive
Lake School Gunnison Re-1J

Center · Capacity 84 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 800 North BLVD · Last inspected Jan 7, 2026

15 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 81230

Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. 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 log medication administration, and who verifies it?

3

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

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