Childcare licensing

Rebecca Romeyn is the childcare program manager and a licensing specialist for the Garfield County Department of Human Services. Gale Hasselbach also serves as a licensing specialist.

If you are interested in licensing as a family childcare home, contact Rebecca at 970-945-9191, ext. 3066, for a licensing application packet.

For information about starting a childcare center, preschool, or school age program contact Gale at 970-945-9191, ext. 3068.

To file a complaint about a licensed child care program or to report unlicensed child care call (970) 945-9113, ext. 3066, or the Division of Early Care and Learning at 1-800-799-5876. Here’s a link for the Office of Early Childhood website.

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To file a childcare welfare complaint, (abuse or neglect), call 1-844-CO-4-KIDS (1-844-264-5437). Calls are recorded for quality assurance purposes; anonymity of reporting continues to be protected.

If you are in need of childcare, contact the Early Childhood Network (ECN) at 928-7111.

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