7.702.91.B · Buildings must be kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition.

Wall with part of a missing baseboard and chipping paint accessible to children in the Swallowtails classroom, posing potential safety hazards. Correction: Immediately ensure buildings are kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition. Document correction in written response. Correct by 11/15/2023

Corrected Corrected by Nov 15, 2023

Category: physical safety. Marked corrected in the state record.

7.702.62.B.4 · Children must be allowed to form and observe their own pattern of sleep and waking periods. Special provision must be made so that children requiring a morning nap time have a separate area for their nap apart from space used for play.

Identified through staff statements that Staff1 will try to get infants to sleep for longer than 15 minutes when the infant appears to not be ready for sleep by continuing to rock the infant for longer than 15 minutes, allowing the infant to stay in their crib after waking for longer than 15 minutes, or by trying to put the infant right back to sleep after waking. Correction: Immediately ensure children are allowed to form and observe their own pattern of sleep and waking periods. Document plan of compliance in written response. Correct by 11/15/2023

Corrected Corrected by Nov 15, 2023

Category: physical safety. Marked corrected in the state record.

7.702.62.B.1 · Outside of mealtimes, children who are awake must not be confined for more than fifteen (15) minutes at a time to cribs, playpens, swings, highchairs, infant seats, or other equipment that confines movement. Children must have the opportunity for freedom of gross motor movement.

Identified through staff statement that staff member thought the licensing rule was to allow children up after they have "been awake in the crib for 30 minutes without sleeping." Correction: Immediately ensure outside of mealtimes, children who are awake must not be confined for more than 15 minutes at a time to cribs, playpens, swings, highchairs, infant seats or any other equipment that confines movement. Children must have the opportunity for freedom of gross motor movement. Document plan of compliance in written response. Correct by 11/15/2023

Corrected Corrected by Nov 15, 2023

Category: physical safety. Marked corrected in the state record.

7.702.62.C.15 · Infants who fall asleep in a piece of equipment not approved for sleep must immediately be moved to their approved sleep area and placed on their back to sleep.

Identified through staff statements that staff will sometimes wait to move a sleeping infant from the bouncer to crib in order to finish feeding another infant a bottle. Correction: All infants must immediately be placed in a safe sleep environment. Immediately ensure that infants who fall asleep in a piece of equipment not approved for sleep must immediately be moved to their approved sleep area and placed on their back to sleep. Document plan of compliance in written response. Correct by 11/15/2023

Corrected Corrected by Nov 15, 2023

Category: physical safety. Marked corrected in the state record.

7.702.41.A · All staff at the center must demonstrate knowledgeable decision-making, judgment, and concern for the proper care and well-being of children. FAX 303-866-4453 Phone 303-866-5948 ________________________________________________

Reviewed 17 staff files and identified those working in the infant program at the time of inspection all held current Safe Sleep training, and identified through staff statements that sometimes infants will not be immediately moved from the bouncer to the crib after they fall asleep. Correction: Immediately ensure that all safe sleep practices are followed, for all infants, at all times. Document correction in written response. Correct by 11/15/2023 ________________________________________________

Corrected Corrected by Nov 15, 2023

Category: physical safety. Marked corrected in the state record.

7.701.53.B · . Pursuant to Section 19-3-304, C.R.S., any caregiver or staff member in a child care facility who has reasonable cause to know or suspect that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect or who has observed the child being subjected to circumstances or conditions that would reasonably result in abuse or neglect shall immediately upon receiving such information report or cause a report to be made of such fact to the state hotline, county department of human or social services or local law enforcement agency.

Identified through investigation that staff members who had knowledge of, or observed circumstances/conditions of, a reportable incident on 10/31/23 did not make an immediate report to the statewide abuse/neglect hotline as required. Identified that 1 staff member reported to the statewide hotline on and the Director the day following incident on 11/1/23, however, facility did not immediately self-report incident upon receiving information from staff member. Correction: Immediately ensure any caregiver or staff member in a child care facility who has reasonable cause to know or suspect that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect or who has observed the child being subjected to circumstances or conditions that would reasonably result in abuse or neglect must immediately report or cause a report to be made of such fact to the state hotline, county department of human or social services or local law enforcement agency. Document plan of compliance in written response. Correct by 11/15/2023

Corrected Corrected by Nov 15, 2023

Marked corrected in the state record.

7.701.32.D.1.a · . For all individuals whose activities involve the care or supervision of children or who have unsupervised access to children, requests must be submitted and successfully completed prior to caring for children or allowing unsupervised access to children.

Reviewed 17 staff files and identified 1 staff (Mikaela J.) was hired in September 2023 and TRAILS background check request was not submitted prior to working with children. Correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member Mikaela has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS clearance letter for Mikaela with written response to Specialist. Correct by 11/15/2023

Corrected Corrected by Nov 15, 2023

Category: supervision. Marked corrected in the state record.

7.701.32.E · . The request must be made within ten (10) calendar days of the first day of employment for each employee or facility on the State prescribed form, accompanied by the required fee paid by check or money order (for fee assessment see Section 7.000.73).

Reviewed 17 staff files and identified 1 staff (Mikaela J.) was hired in September 2023 and lacking verification of submitted TRAILS background check request within 10 days of the first day of employment. Correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member Mikaela has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS clearance letter for Mikaela with written response to Specialist. Correct by 11/15/2023

Corrected Corrected by Nov 15, 2023

Category: background checks. Marked corrected in the state record.

7.702.72.B · Indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings must be sturdy, safe, and free of hazards.

2 books with ripped/torn bindings in the Seedling classrooms and 1 book with ripped/torn bindings in the Otters classroom, accessible to children and posing potential hazards. Observed white shevling unit in the Otters classroom with chipped surface that was peeling back, accessible to children and posing potential hazards. Correction: Immediately ensure indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings are sturdy, safe, and free of hazards. Violation partly corrected at the time of visit. All books with ripped/torn bindings were removed and made inaccessible to children. Document complete correction in written response. Correct by 11/15/2023

Corrected Corrected by Nov 15, 2023

Category: physical safety. Marked corrected in the state record.

7.701.56.C · . At all times during the operating hours of a family child care home, child care center, preschool, school age child care, children’s resident camp, and neighborhood youth organization, the facility must post in a prominent and conspicuous location information regarding the procedures for filing a complaint with the Colorado Department of Human Services, Division Of Early Care And Learning, including the telephone number and mailing address. All 24-hour care agencies and facilities providing out-of-home care and day treatment centers must post in prominent and conspicuous location information regarding the procedures for filing a complaint with the Colorado Department of Human Services, division of child welfare, including the telephone number and mailing address. For foster care homes and child placement agencies, information for filing a complaint must be made available upon request.

Complaint reporting procedure, including phone number and address, was not posted at the time of inspection. Correction: Immediately ensure at all times during the operating hours the facility must post in a prominent and conspicuous location information regarding the procedures for filing a complaint with CDEC, Division Of Early Learning Licensing and Administration (710 S. Ash St., Denver, CO 80246, 303 866-5958). Document correction in written response. Correct by 11/15/2023

Corrected Corrected by Nov 15, 2023

Marked corrected in the state record.

7.701.56.B · . At all times during the operating hours of a family child care home, child care center, school-age child care center, or children's resident camp, the facility must post its most recent licensing inspection report or a notice as to where the report may be reviewed at the facility by the parent or legal guardian of a child or their designee.

Most recent Report of Inspection (ROI) or a notice as to where it can be reviewed at the facility was not FAX 303-866-4453 Phone 303-866-5948 ________________________________________________ posted at the time of inspection. Correction: Immediately ensure at all times during the operating hours of a child care center the facility must post its most recent licensing inspection report or a notice as to where the report may be reviewed at the facility by the parent or legal guardian. Document correction in written response. Correct by 11/15/2023

Corrected Corrected by Nov 15, 2023

Marked corrected in the state record.

7.702.72.A · A variety of play equipment and materials appropriate for children's age, size, developmental needs, and activities must be provided for both indoor and outdoor structured and free play.

2 books labeled "Ages 1+" accessible to children less than 12 months old in the Infant classroom. Correction: Immediately ensure play equipment and materials are appropriate for children's age. Corrected at the time of visit. Both books were removed from the infant classroom and made inaccessible to children less than a year old. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 11/15/2023

Corrected Corrected by Nov 15, 2023

Category: physical safety. Marked corrected in the state record.

7.702.71.L · Toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and any materials accessible to children under than three (3) years of age must not be a choke hazard or able to be inhaled. Any area of the facility accessible to children less than three (3) years of age must be free of any choke or inhalation hazards.

Approximately a dozen spider rings hanging from the ceiling in the Chickadee classroom, small enough to fit in a choke tube, and in an area of the facility accessible to children less than 3 years of age. Correction: Immediately ensure toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and any materials accessible to children under than three (3) years of age is not a choke hazard or able to be inhaled. Any area of the facility accessible to children less than three (3) years of age must be free of any choke or inhalation hazards. Corrected at the time of visit. Spider rings were removed from classroom and made inaccessible to children less than 3 years of age. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 11/15/2023

Corrected Corrected by Nov 15, 2023

Category: physical safety. Marked corrected in the state record.

7.702.71.C · Items labeled “keep out of reach of children” must be inaccessible to children.

Container of Vaseline and baby wipes labeled "keep away from children" in lower storage pouches located on the wall in the preschool restroom and within reach of preschool-age children. Correction: Immediately ensure items labeled “keep out of reach of children” and "keep away from children" are inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of visit. Container of Vaseline and package of baby wipes moved to higher area in restroom. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 11/15/2023

Corrected Corrected by Nov 15, 2023

Marked corrected in the state record.