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OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY LEARNING CHALLENGE GRANT
UPDATE FOR THE ECLC
February 14th, 2013
THE EARLY LEARNING CHALLENGE GRANT BASICS
• Colorado received $29.9M for a four year grant (starting January 2013
from the US Department of Education.
• The Department of Human Services Office of Early Childhood is
responsible for administration of the grant.
• We have until March 29th to formally submit final project plans to the
US Department of Education
• The grant is designed specifically to achieve the following:
o Increase the number and percentage of low-income and disadvantaged
children in each age group of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers who are
enrolled in high-quality early learning programs
o Design and implement an integrated system of high-quality early learning
programs and services
o Ensure that any use of assessments conforms with the recommendations of
the National Research Council's reports on early childhood.
o Ensure investments in early childhood education equate to better school
readiness.
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Ambitious Targets
Real Benefits
Deliver higher quality programs to
high need families
• High need families have better access to higher quality programs
with a specific focus on high need families.
Strong statewide governance
model with a local focus
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All licensed early learning program
providers engaged in Tiered
Quality Rating System.
• More access to higher quality programs for high needs kids
• Improved program quality and better school readiness
Implementation of early child
development standards
• Improves program and provider quality
• Engages Families in development/school readiness
• Establishes a consistent foundation
Provide incentives for local
councils and providers to improve
program quality.
• Improved quality for high need places
• Flexibility to meet local needs
• Ability to implement strategic components
Deploy kindergarten readiness
assessments statewide
• Assess K-Readiness
• Support continuous improvement through deployment
Develop highly qualified early
childhood workforce
• More effective, higher quality programs
• Credit workforce for prior competencies
• Provide career ladders through the registry
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Intentional focus on high need kids
Data driven
Consolidated program oversight
Strong accountability with localized domain
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THE GRANT PROJECTS
Overall Grant Management: Coordinated emphasis on
Increasing Access to High Quality Programs for Children
with High Needs($6.2M)
QRIS: Improving Program Quality With
Focus on Continuous Improvement
($12.5M)
Highly Qualified
Workforce
($5.1M)
Results Matter for
children 0-4 years
($2.5M)
Early Learning
and Development
Guidelines
($500k)
Statewide
Kindergarten
Readiness
($2.9M)
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PLANNING STAGE: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
ECLC Executive Director
(Stedron)
Office of Early Childhood
Director (Snyder)
Grant Coordination
(Browning and Callegari)
Governance
(Tammi
Graham)
CDHS
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Standards
(Stedron)
TQRIS
(OEC)
CDHS
CDHS
01/31/2013
ELCG Planning
Workforce
(TrioloMoloney)
CDE
Universal App
and ECDS
(Browning)
Results Matter and
K-Readiness
(Triolo- Moloney)
CDHS
CDE
SUMMARY INVESTMENTS
People
Programs
• State personnel to
provide project
management and
communication.
• $3.1M for local councils
• Leadership and
staffing to deploy
Kindergarten
Readiness and
Result Readiness
• $2.5M for workforce
coaching and scholarships
• Technical expertise
to support large
scale technology
projects
• $2.25M financial incentives
to improve quality
• $2.25M for workforce
development and
incentives
• $500k for shared service
pilots
Systems
• $4M for next generation
TQRIS (includes
training and support)
• $2.5M Million for
Universal Application
• $750k for Workforce
LMS and Registry
• $875k for
communication
• $1M for program evaluation
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POSSIBLE AREAS FOR ECLC PARTICIPATION AND
ENGAGEMENT
• Communication and statewide public awareness
campaigns
• Guiding principles for how incentives and other resources
are sourced (workforce scholarships, TQRIS incentives,
and funding to local councils)
• Input in evaluation, metrics, and communication around the
grant.
• Other thoughts?
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KEY PLANNING PRODUCTION DEADLINES
Draft SOWs and budgets for projects:
February 15nd (Team Leads)
SOW and Budget Review / Consistency Checks
February 22nd (William/Jason)
SOW and Budget Reviews (External Stakeholders)
March 8th
Draft Program Review (US Ed)
March 15th
Submission
March 29th
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