Colorado is required to submit a State Plan to the federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF). The State Plan must be submitted to ACF once every two years. Data based on federal fiscal year.

It is the policy of the Colorado Department of Human Services to promote the provision of safe and adequate 24-hour care of children in an environment designed to meet the physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs of the children at those times in the life of such children when the child's family of origin is unable or unwilling to provide adequate care. It is also the policy of the Department to require 24- hour care providers to meet standards...

Colorado's Early Childhood (EC) Councils were established in 2007 through State legislation (HB07-1062) as a network of community-based collaboratives that can help to build a "comprehensive system of early childhood councils to increase and sustain the availability, accessibility, capacity, and quality of early childhood services throughout the state." Research has demonstrated the value of high quality early childhood care and education in preparing...