2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 26 - Human Services Code
Article 6.7 - Colorado Infant and Toddler Quality and Availability Grant Program
§ 26-6.7-103. Colorado infant and toddler quality and availability grant program - creation

Subject to available appropriations, there is hereby created in the state department the Colorado infant and toddler quality and availability grant program. The goal of the grant program is to improve quality in infant and toddler care, provide tiered reimbursement to high-quality early childhood programs, and increase the number of low-income infants and toddlers served through high-quality early childhood programs, as well as promote voluntary parental involvement. A program is considered "high-quality" if it is in the top two ratings of the state's quality rating and improvement system, or is accredited by a state department-approved accrediting body, or is an early head start program meeting federal standards. Early childhood councils and county departments must jointly apply for moneys through the grant program, which will be administered by the state department. Early childhood programs that are within the service area of an early childhood council and within the county jointly applying for the grant may apply to the early childhood council for moneys that would allow them to achieve one of the objectives of the grant program.