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Transparency scorecard

Colorado

Grade B

75/100 points · Ranked #6 of 51 jurisdictions. Agency: Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC).

Score breakdown

Record depth
About 1004 years of inspection history publicly retrievable.
25/25
Downloadable data
Data is reachable via a public search form or portal API, not a bulk dump.
10/20
Severity levels
State does not publish a usable severity/risk tier for citations.
0/15
Complaints published
Complaint records with dispositions (1,178 on file).
15/15
% with any inspection
99.8% of providers have at least one inspection on file (4,498 of 4,508).
15/15
Access friction
No CAPTCHA, IP block, or auth wall on the primary public records path.
10/10

Licensing portal with correction status and complaint outcomes.

What this grade means

Does well: Publishes complaint dispositions and correction status.

Where it falls short: No per-violation severity tiers.

Browse Colorado providers on KinderFax. Official portal: Colorado Shines. Download the national CSV: transparency-scorecard.csv.