ECEA CHILD CARE UPDATE | ADVOCACY EDITION Mixed Delivery Costs Money. Colorado Spends Less Than Two Cents on the Dollar. The Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) says legislators have shown a commitment to building a mixed delivery system: public schools, Head Start, and private, licensed centers and homes all serving young children side by side. We appreciate the words. We went lo...

Child Care Policy Truths ECEA Does the Hard Thing Anyone can cheer for new money. ECEA reads every proposal for what it will do to your business before it becomes law, not after.--Find out next week what the board recommends on Boulders Brighter Start Ballot Initiative.   There is an easy job in child care advocacy and there is a hard job.   The easy job is to say yes to every dollar, repe...

Proposition NN Was Built for School Districts Follow the money. Then follow the lobbyists. Last week we told you your Board voted to recommend a No vote on Proposition NN. That vote was not unanimous, and it was not easy. Everyone in the room wants funding for this industry. In the end, the maybes for child care in prop nn did not outweigh the guarantees for K-12. This week, here is the recor...