Colorado Senate Bill 19-063
Infant and Family Child Care Action Plan
A strategic action plan to address infant and family child care home shortages in Colorado
During the 2019 legislative session, the Colorado General Assembly passed an act requiring the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS), in consultation with the Early Childhood Leadership Commission (ECLC), to draft a strategic action plan addressing the declining availability of family child care homes and infant child care.
To inform this plan, the CDHS Office of Early Childhood (OEC), and ECLC, with the help from community partners, gathered data, garnered insights, and collected recommendations from the community.
The recommendations identified through the stakeholder process are captured in the Infant Family Child Care Action Plan. The Infant and Family Child Care Action Plan provides a comprehensive set of steps early childhood advocates, state and local policymakers, and program administrators can take to address the declining availability of licensed infant care and family child care homes.
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INFANT AND FAMILY CHILD CARE ACTION PLAN
Through the generous support of Governor Polis' office and the National Governors Association Prenatal to Three Grant, the Colorado Department of Human Services - Office of Early Childhood, in partnership with the Early Childhood Leadership Commission, developed audience-specific information sheets on the Infant and Family Child Care Action Plan recommendations. Whether you are a family member of a young child, a provider, or a policymaker, we hope these information sheets will help you learn about the action plan and how to get involved.
View information for families in English here.
View information for families in Spanish here.
View information for providers in English here.
View information for providers in Spanish here.
View information for policymakers in English here.
View information for policymakers in Spanish here.
Share the word about the action plan across your social media channels.
View the social media toolkit in English here.
View the social media toolkit in Spanish here.