C.R.S. Section 26.5-4-114
Colorado child care assistance program

  • reporting requirements

(1)

On or before November 1, 2022, and on or before November 1 each year thereafter, the department shall prepare a report on CCCAP. Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the department shall provide the report to the joint budget committee of the general assembly, the public and behavioral health and human services committee of the house of representatives, and the health and human services committee of the senate, or any successor committees. The report must include, at a minimum, the following information related to benchmarks of success for CCCAP:

(a)

The number of children and families served through CCCAP statewide and by county, which, beginning November 1, 2024, must include the number of children served in part-time child care through CCCAP and the number of children served in full-time child care through CCCAP, both groups disaggregated by ages from birth through thirteen years of age;

(b)

The average length of time that parents remain in the workforce while receiving CCCAP subsidies, even when their income increases;

(c)

The average number of months of uninterrupted, continuous care for children enrolled in CCCAP;

(d)

The number and percent of all children enrolled in CCCAP who receive care at each level of the state’s quality and improvement rating system;

(e)

The average length of time a family is authorized for a CCCAP subsidy, disaggregated by recipients’ eligible activities, such as job search, employment, workforce training, and postsecondary education;

(f)

The number of families on each county’s wait list as of October 1 of each year, as well as the average length of time each family remains on the wait list in each county;

(g)

The number of families and children statewide and by county that exit CCCAP due to their family incomes exceeding the eligibility limits;

(h)

The number of families and children statewide and by county that reenter CCCAP within two years of exiting due to their family incomes exceeding the eligibility limits;

(i)

An estimate of unmet need for CCCAP in each county and throughout the state based on estimates of the number of children and families who are likely to be eligible for CCCAP in each county but who are not enrolled in CCCAP, disaggregated by estimated ages from birth through thirteen years of age; and

(j)

Beginning with the report submitted November 1, 2024, and in each annual report thereafter:

(I)

A year-over-year comparison of the number of children served by CCCAP to show fluctuations in the number of children served;

(II)

The number of informal, license-exempt providers, in-home providers, community-based providers, and school-based providers that agree to serve children with a CCCAP subsidy compared to the total number of providers;

(III)

The number of provider agreements and enrollment contracts with providers;

(IV)

An explanation of the calculation of the most recently adopted provider rates; and

(V)

An explanation of the quality incentives made available to providers.

Source: Section 26.5-4-114 — Colorado child care assistance program - reporting requirements, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-26.­5.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

26.5‑4‑101
Short title
26.5‑4‑102
Legislative declaration
26.5‑4‑103
Definitions
26.5‑4‑104
Colorado child care assistance program - department authority - cooperation with federal government - acceptance and administration of money
26.5‑4‑105
Colorado child care assistance program - department duties
26.5‑4‑106
Applications for child care assistance - verification - award - not assignable - limitation
26.5‑4‑107
Reconsideration and changes
26.5‑4‑108
Appeals
26.5‑4‑109
Provider rates - provider recruitment
26.5‑4‑110
Funding - allocation - maintenance of effort - allocation committee - rules
26.5‑4‑111
Services - eligibility - assistance provided - waiting lists - rules - exceptions from cooperating with child support establishment
26.5‑4‑112
Exemptions - requirements
26.5‑4‑113
No individual entitlement
26.5‑4‑114
Colorado child care assistance program - reporting requirements
26.5‑4‑115
Performance contracts
26.5‑4‑116
Recovery from recipient - estate
26.5‑4‑117
Locating violators - recoveries
26.5‑4‑118
Records confidential - authorization to obtain records of assets - release of location information to law enforcement agencies - outstanding felony arrest warrants
26.5‑4‑119
State income tax refund offset - rules
26.5‑4‑201
Short title
26.5‑4‑202
Legislative declaration
26.5‑4‑203
Definitions
26.5‑4‑204
Colorado universal preschool program - created - eligibility - workforce development plan - program funding - rules
26.5‑4‑205
Quality standards - evaluation - support
26.5‑4‑206
Preschool special education services - department collaboration - memorandum of understanding
26.5‑4‑207
Preschool program evaluation and improvement process - independent evaluator
26.5‑4‑208
Preschool provider funding - per-child rates - local contribution - distribution and use of money - definitions - repeal
26.5‑4‑209
Preschool programs cash fund - created - use - repeal
26.5‑4‑210
Reporting
26.5‑4‑211
Colorado universal preschool program provider participation bonus program - report - rules - definitions - repeal
26.5‑4‑301
Legislative declaration
26.5‑4‑302
Online kindergarten readiness pilot program - created - survey - provider selection - funding
26.5‑4‑303
Reporting
26.5‑4‑304
Repeal of part
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 26.5-4-114’s source at colorado​.gov