Exclusive Membership Perks

Members ONLY Families!

There is NO Better Way to say "Thank you" to your families than to provide a FREE event for them to enjoy. Complete with:

Touch a Truck
Massive Wall of Bubbles
Dance Contests
Petting Zoo
Face Painters
Interactive Inflatables
Food Trucks
Vendors
and more!

Members ONLY

Our conference is back and thanks to our new membership structure will happen annually. Pro members get one free ticket per member site. Register here: https://eceaco.mykajabi.com/2026-leadership-conference

Hiring Just Got Easier & Less Expensive with Career Plug

ECEA is partnering with Career Plug to help address the hiring pain point for the Colorado Child Care industry. Membership provides you with a 50%+ discount for Career Plug services and:

Customized dashboard and materials
Postings on 10 job boards and an ECEA Careers Page
Automated Interview scheduling tools
Free training from Hiring Specialists
70% increase in applicant volume

*data based on case study of national private equity child care programs.

Watch an informational video here.

The New Way To Hire

$60-$79/month additional

Members report spending between $900-2,000 a month on job postings a month.

Potential Hiring Savings: $10,000 to $20,000/year

You can purchase a non-customized version of CareerPlug without ECEA but it will cost you $199 a month.

Membership Product Savings: $1,440 - $1,668/year

Even after you pay your membership for ECEA you are still saving money overall by purchasing this service through ECEA!

Save Money & Time

Experience national level savings through ECEA and the Food & Supply Source. Save 10-33% over direct ordering with local food vendors.

To qualify you must:

Have 50+ children in your program

Have room for food storage

Place a minimum of one order a month

Be willing to give up the grind (and time/money drain) of shopping at Warehouse or grocery stores

Benefits

Excellent customer support from a national concierge team

Food delivery by Sysco locally

Food program compliant menu planning to save you time/money

Cool School Cafe Rewards with 5000 bonus points when you register

10-33% Savings Members report spending $1,500 on feed a week.

Potential Savings: $15,000 to $20,000/year

To get started fill out a request form at: https://forms.gle/VB6bgVZhXgaZMVzH9

Not an ECEA member yet? Try out this service, save and then join!

You don't have to be a member to find out how much you can save on Health Insurance

Group savings through our ERISA authorized health plan. They have a CIGNA and PCHS option with 8 levels each.

Schedule a quick consultation to find out more about the two product lines and the various levels available through this plan.

https://www.bvbenefits.com/ecea-health-program/

MJM

"Saved our school over $40k in Indeed costs — an absolute homerun!"

DM

"We've been in business for decades but were still at risk of closing. ECEA saved us!"-

BB

"We are saving thousands every month!"

Join Others and SAVE

We create these partnerships so that you can run your business more efficiently. It is our way to thank you for being a member. Stop burning money and save. It's making a difference for countless members. Why not you too?

Call To Action

**Use our calculator to see what just one partnership can save you a year!**

We are sharing a calculator with you to see what our newest partnership can save you a year by implementing the health & wellness plan into your benefits package. You end up saving on taxes you would have been paying otherwise....and your employees get BETTER benefits!

This will help you retain employees.

The catch? You've got to join ECEA! You can do a consult with VR Health & Wellness but they will confirm that you are a member of ECEA before you can enroll your business.

VR Health Savings Calculator

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