9/5/24 Child Care Update for Everyone

Do you have time and money to:

  • Attend state policy meetings that are discussing how YOUR business will have to run?

  • Hire a lobbyist to talk with legislators about your programs needs in order to best serve families in your community?

  • Can you read hundreds of additional emails each week in order to stay in the know?

  • Have time to read the information that the over 200 CDEC employees produce that directly impact your program?

    • Can you disseminate the information and advise the state of your concerns?

ECEA does this work and MORE for our members every single day! Everyone shares the cost of the work to make sure that our industry can do more than survive....ECEA wants the Colorado Child Care Industry to THRIVE! Join ECEA today and do your part!

JOIN NOW! https://memberportal.coloradoecea.org/ap/Membership/Application/7rX9yxp6

UNABLE TO JOIN RIGHT NOW? HELP ANY WAY YOU CAN BY DONATING NOW:

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https://theearlychildhoodeducationassociationofcolorado.growthzoneapp.com/ap/contribute/MrDkvQLx

Decreasing Accessibility of Liability Insurance

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https://www.naeyc.org/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/user-64330/2024_liability_insurance_survey_brief_final.pdf

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Visit http://sisc.kern.org/rm

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https://www.coloradokids.org/data/kids-count-archive/2024-kids-count/?emci=5ce13036-295f-ef11-991a-6045bddbfc4b&emdi=006ccd5a-325f-ef11-991a-6045bddbfc4b&ceid=4720469

Navigate the document right underneath the picture when you follow the link.

ECEA Members. Watch for your 2024-25 UPK Data NEXT WEEK!

From what we can see:

The following slides show a decrease of 9,007 UPK enrollments for this school year so far.

Increasing the number of providers by 248 only stretched enrollments across more settings.

This slide was shared at the ECLC meeting:

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ECEA is unsure what the average number of additional children added in to Preschool during each school year (during CPP). We won't know until the end of the school year if an additional 2,000 children register OR if families are figuring out how to register for the full year benefit earlier. In 21 days they had 5.162 children register. That's great news! What we DO know is that the majority of the 2,000 families that joined into UPK last year during the school year did so through School District Programs. It is CRITICAL that you keep marketing to families throughout the school year so that they are aware of their private care options!!

Outcome Data Now Available for Stimulus Fund Strategies

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Find the outcome data for each here:

https://cdec.colorado.gov/access-and-quality

Programs that use food vendors are finding they can save on food/supply costs and use the money to benefit their program instead!

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Find out what you can save: Send your food vendor invoices for the past two orders to dawn@coloradoecea.org. We will get a food audit conducted for you so that you can find out how much you can save! No obligation and no cost to use the service but this is a business pivot that can help you better support your program.

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Children:

Politics:

Data:

Denver County RFP

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https://www.denvergov.org/Government/Agencies-Departments-Offices/Agencies-Departments-Offices-Directory/Office-of-Childrens-Affairs/FundingOpportunities/RFP-2025-Child-and-Youth-Development-Programs?mc_cid=eec4bcb984&mc_eid=6607db77c7

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