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.
ECEA Wins to Share!
Win #1
CDEC is continuing to implement our ask in last years White Paper, The Breaking of an Industry, to centralize licensing functions at the state!
We just met with the CDEC Leadership team and Carin Rosa shared:
Red Rocks is done providing licensing services at the end of 2025.
Child Care I...
Nov 05, 2025
10/9/25 ECEA Members ONLY Update
An Update on Shifting Approaches and Visible Impacts of Public Policy on Child Care
The proposed Infant/Toddler Initiative, which several foundations planned to support, will not appear on the 2026 ballot. Instead, resources will be reallocated to community education efforts focused on the import...
Oct 09, 2025
10/2/25 ECEA Child Care Update
Transparency is an acquired taste. Sometimes we love it, sometimes we hedge at all costs. There's frequently a fear that lurks behind it, the "what if's" that keep us from putting all of our cards on the table.
Transparency in Enrollment Numbers
The reality is, without transparency in your enro...
Oct 02, 2025
9/11/25 ECEA Members ONLY Update
Today, I write with a heart full of gratitude for another day to serve you and the families and communities in your programs. I invite you to pause and reflect on the opportunity we have to make a meaningful difference, to give our very best to those who rely on us.
Yet, I am also mindful of the...
Sep 11, 2025
9/3/25 Members ONLY Child Care Update
We are sending this out early because Dawn will be off through Monday.
Here are a couple of Google Forms we need to make sure you are aware of:
1) UPK Interest Form (for families)
2) Child Care Vacancies list (for members only)
3) Family In Search of Child Care in CO - Starting 9/10/25
Right now...
Sep 03, 2025
8/28/25 Members ONLY Update
Where Advocacy Becomes Challenging
We know that localities are working on tax initiatives that are working to increase taxes to support the industry. Some mountain regions have implemented these tax bases. Larimer County is currently working towards that as well.
The ECEA board will work on p...
Aug 28, 2025
8/21/25 Members ONLY Update
New System Updates
First, we are working in a new system and I made a mistake in my learning curve. That means the last TWO updates that have been written can only be found on the new members only website at: https://eceaco.mykajabi.com/blog?preview_theme_id=2161551402
You did not get the new...
Aug 21, 2025
7/17/25 ECEA Members ONLY Update
Governor Polis' Bridge to...Cross the Street??
Total cost estimates are $18 Million-$29 MILLION for this project. Pitched as a Celebration of Colorado's 150th Anniversary...the Early Childhood Education Association of CO says, "NO thank you!"
Here's why---
All we hear from the state legislature ...
Jul 17, 2025