State Plans

• Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) State Plan and Market Rate Survey

  Child Care and Development Fund State Plan for FFY 2022-2024 

  This Plan describes the Child Care and Development Fund program to be administered by Colorado from October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2024. The Colorado Department of Human Services is the Lead Agency in this effort. 
  
  View the 2022-2024 Child Care and Development Fund State Plan. 

  
  Previous CCDF State Plan and Market Rate Survey

  
  2019-2021 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) State Plan
  
  2017-18 Market Rate Survey

• Child Maltreatment Prevention Framework for Action
  This framework is designed as a tool to guide strategic thinking, at the state and local level, about resource investments to prevent child maltreatment and promote child well-being. As this tool is used collectively across the state, the resulting alignment of strategies will maximize the impact on shared outcomes.
  
  View the Framework for Action.
   
• Early Childhood Mental Health Strategic Plan
  View the Early Childhood Mental Health Strategic Plan.
  
  Learn how the ECMH Strategic Plan aligns with the goals of other state programs.
   
• Colorado Shines Brighter Statewide Strategic Plan (Preschool Development Grant B-5)

  In 2018, Colorado was awarded a $5.8 million Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) initial grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families and the U.S. Department of Education. This funding was made available under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and was targeted to help states build a quality early learning system for children birth through five and their families. The one-year PDG B-5 project period began December 31, 2018, and concluded February 29, 2020. 
  
  The initial grant required the completion of a comprehensive, statewide birth through five Needs Assessment of the current landscape of the early care and education mixed-delivery system, and the creation of a statewide strategic plan to maximize the availability of high-quality early care and education options for low-income and underserved families across providers and partners; improve the quality of care; streamline administrative infrastructure; and improve state-level early care and education funding efficiencies. 

  • Colorado Shines Brighter Needs Assessment - Full Report
  • Colorado Shines Brighter Needs Assessment - Brief
  • Colorado Shines Brighter Strategic Plan
  • Colorado Shines Brighter Strategic Plan - At a Glance