Policy

• ECPAC officially supports HB26-1004: Continuation of the Child Care Tax Credit as an essential way to bring in greater investment to support the availability of affordable, high-quality childcare.
  • UPDATE: This bill has passed and was signed by the Governor.
• ECPAC officially supports: SB26-019: Early Childhood Local System Consolidation as a way to provide a seamless and high quality experience for early care and education providers and families through ONE system and to increase financial efficiencies – especially crucial now during the current state and local funding landscape.
  • See the Fact Sheet with the opportunity to sign on in support
  • UPDATE: This bill has passed and was signed by the Governor.
• ECPAC officially supports: HB26-1260: Updates to Child Care Assistance Program to help ensure that the CCCAP budget deficit does not increase and negatively impact families and ECE programs, while ensuring the future implementation remains.
  • Here is the fact sheet; Here is where you can sign on in support.
  • UPDATE: This bill has passed and was signed by the Governor.
• ECPAC officially supports: SB28-180 Investment Performance Authority – to help bring more investment into the early care and education system.
  • Here is a fact sheet and where you can sign on in support.
  • UPDATE: this bill has been postponed indefinitely and will not move forward this session.
• ECPAC is monitoring additional bills in this area:
  • SB26-020: Child Care Provider Licensing and Quality – ECPAC is awaiting the proposed amendments to be posted prior to taking an official stance on this bill
  • UPDATE: This bill has passed and was signed by the Governor.

• ECPAC officially supports: HB26-1221: Tax Expenditures Adjustments (Prioritizing Working Families) – The Fact Sheet shares more about why this is so important to support families’ economic security
  • UPDATE: this bill has been postponed indefinitely will not move forward this year
• ECPAC officially supports: HB26-1222: Modify Tax Expenditures (Mitigating Harm from H.R. 1) – The Fact Sheet shares more about why this is so important to support families’ economic security
  • UPDATE: this bill has been postponed indefinitely will not move forward this year
• ECPAC officially supports: HB26-1223: Modifying Certain Tax Expenditures (Downloadable Software Taxpayer Equity) – The Fact Sheet shares more about why this is so important to support families’ economic security
  • UPDATE: This bill has passed and was signed by the Governor.

ECPAC has joined the Mind our Future coalition to ask Colorado’s gubernatorial candidates to make early childhood and youth mental health a key priority.