ECEA Insider's Edge---Members ONLY Updates
We are making sure that YOU as a member are getting the information that you need to be able to operate efficiently in this industry.
11/5/26 ECEA Insider's Edge (Members Only)
Proposition NN Passed. Now We Say Colorado MUST Fund Early Childhood.
Voters said yes. With the passage of Proposition NN, Colorado must put whatever remains after the K-12 steps into early childhood, and it must do it in a way that strengthens low-income child care instead of undermining i...
Nov 05, 2026
10/29/26 ECEA Insider's Edge (Members Only)
Every Rule Removes a Hedge
Why the real cost of child care regulation is the options you are no longer allowed to offer
A question came up recently in a conversation about Colorado child care rules. It went roughly like this: complying with Rules has an associated cost. What are the rules...
by Dawn Alexander —
Oct 29, 2026
10/22/26 ECEA Insider's Edge (Members Only)
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, lic...
by Dawn Alexander —
Oct 22, 2026
10/15/26 ECEA Insider's Edge (Members Only)
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 jo...
Oct 15, 2026
10/8/26 ECEA Insider's Edge (Members Only)
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 may...
by Dawn Alexander —
Oct 08, 2026
10/1/26 ECEA Insider's Edge (Members Only)
The ECEA Board Votes No on Proposition NN
*Firmly funds the K-12 system, your competition.
*Funding for early childhood is offered with terms like "might" and "may" because they are leftover funds only! While it may be a lot of money it will only be a temporary influx that gets squeezed out by ...
by Dawn Alexander —
Oct 01, 2026
ECEA Members Legislative Action Alert
CCCAP Needs to be Fixed -- We Need Members Help to Accomplish that!
ECEA members have nearly full legislative coverage in the state of Colorado! That means that we have a unique ability to have an impact on legislators but WE NEED YOUR HELP!
CCCAP MUST Be Fixed
Colorado currently has $27 Millio...
Sep 17, 2026
9/15/26 ECEA Insider's Edge (members only)
Watch your inbox today for a Legislative Action Alert....we need YOU in order to fix low income child care. Without you....nothing will change!
Colorado Has a Child Care Desert. It Is Not the One You Keep Hearing About.
Two "desert" reports landed on our desk this month. One says Larimer Count...
Sep 17, 2026
9/15/26 ECEA Insider's Edge (members only)
Final call for registration at our 2026 ECEA Leadership Conference!!
Next Friday, September 25, is the ECEA Leadership Conference at the Lowry Conference Center, and we want you in the room.
This is the one day of the year when you get to sit down with other owners and directors and have real, ...
Sep 15, 2026
9/9/26 ECEA Insider's Edge (members only)
ECEA CHILD CARE UPDATE | ADVOCACY EDITION
One in Four Private Programs Closed in Three Years. Colorado, We Have a Churn Problem.
More than 1,000 Colorado child care programs closed between 2023 and 2026. The rest of the country held steady. This week we show you the real numbers, who is clos...
Sep 10, 2026
9/3/26 ECEA Insider's Edge (members only)
Advocacy is COMPLICATED. If we haven't heard from you yet, we need your input now! This is completely anonymous. Tell us!
ECEA Member Survey - WE NEED YOUR INPUT NO LATER THAN Monday 9/7 at noon please!!
Advocacy is extremely challenging, especially for a diverse industry like we have i...
Sep 03, 2026
9/1/26 ECEA Insider's Edge (members only)
We are going to be sending reminders for everyone to fill out the survey by Monday at noon.
Because it's anonymous it means that everyone will have to receive these reminders. So to make it less aggravating...we will share out some of the results to date! Right now we have 19 program response...
Sep 02, 2026
