Thanks to Colorado voters, who overwhelmingly approved Proposition EE in 2020, the Colorado Preschool Program will be combined with Proposition EE funding to become the Colorado Universal Preschool Program in the fall of 2023. The Colorado Universal Preschool Program will offer 10 hours per week, at a minimum, of free part day preschool to all children in the state in their year before kindergarten.

Thanks to the leadership of Colorado’s General Assembly and Gov. Polis, as of July 1, 2022, Colorado has a cabinet-level Department of Early Childhood that is tasked with streamlining and aligning programs and services to better improve the family and provider experience- across preschool and child care. The state is in the process of transforming our state’s systems to realize a vision for early childhood where all children, families, and early childhood program providers can thrive. The Children’s Campaign was an integral partner in the process to define the vision for the new department and continues to enthusiastically support its work.

The Children’s Campaign is committed to advancing policy solutions to improve access to high-quality, affordable child care and preschool so that our state’s youngest children and their families can thrive.