8/21/26 ECEA Insider's Edge (members only)
What Is Actually Happening With Head Start?
A Plain-Language Guide to the Proposed Federal Rule for Colorado Providers
The Short Version
You may have seen alarming headlines about Head Start being dismantled. Here is what the document actually says. On August 7, 2026, the federal Office of Head Start published a proposed rule (formally, a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking) that would repeal th...
8/14/26 Insider's Edge
ECEA's Member ONLY Newsletter
New White Paper: The Case for Market-Based Child Care Reform
We are the workforce behind the workforce, and ECEA just put that truth in writing.
This month we released a new white paper, The Case for Market-Based Child Care Reform: A Strategic Roadmap for Colorado. It makes the argument so many of you live every day: Colorado does not have a child care demand pr...
8/6/26 Insider's Edge - ECEA Members Only - Federal Policy Update
FEDERAL POLICY UPDATE · WHAT THE 2025–26 CHANGES MEAN FOR YOUR BUSINESS
Is this a crisis or is it an opportunity?
Cutting through the national headlines: the core child care programs weren't cut; they were funded and nudged up, and a new tax law put the biggest child care benefits for families and employers in nearly 40 years on the table. Here's what actually happened since January 2025, ...
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