Developing Child Care Facilities in your Community
This introductory learning series will guide users to understand the critical need for child care facilities in Colorado, highlight opportunities to support these needs, and inform key elements of design requirements, development processes and funding sources.
Session 1: Colorado Child Care Landscape
Citations
- Accessibility of Care in Colorado, Bell Policy Center
- 16% of the U.S. workforce relies on child care to work or attend school.
- 50% of Colorado parents report economic and work sacrifices due to child care challenges.
- Child care issues harm workforce participation and productivity.
- CostofChildCare.org
- The Growing Strain on the Child Care Business Model, EPIC and Colorado Fiscal Institute
Source of this statement: Colorado’s population grew by 5.3% from 2017 to 2021. In this same time, licensed child care spots decreased by 11.2% (insert from original slide deck)
Resources
Session 3: Partnership Impacts and Opportunities
Citations
- Clearing the Path for New Child Care Supply: Solutions for Child-Friendly Planning, Housing, and Community Development, EPIC
- Child Care and Sustainable Community Development, American Planning Association
Resources
- Resource on SB 24-002 (local tax exemptions)
- Resource on HB 21-1222 (family child care zoning)
- Supportive Zoning Practices for Child Care, LISC
- Colorado P3 (Public-Private Partnership) Office
- Confluence Center of Colorado
- Find an Early Childhood Council, ECCLA
- Early Care and Education Co-Location in Affordable Housing - Low Income Investment Fund
- 5 Ways Local Officials Can Support the Early Childhood Workforce - National League of Cities
Session 4: Funding and Financing Child Care Facilities
Resources
- Child Care Contribution Tax Credit, Colorado Department of Revenue
- Buell Foundation Local Financing Toolkit
- Buell Foundation Local Financing Grants
- Buell Foundation Local Financing Case Studies
- Resource Library - Children's Funding Project
- Navigating Congressionally Directed Spending
- The Childcare Roadmap for Employers | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
- Financial Management Toolkits — Opportunities Exchange
- Program Sustainability Plan Template, Opportunities Exchange (download)
Market Analysis Resources
Session 5: Intro to Child Care Facility Development
Resources
- Child Care Center Guidebook for Design and Construction
- Family Child Care Guidebook for Design and Construction
- Considerations in Conducting Child Care and Early Education Facilities Needs Assessments
- Budget planning resource
- Landscape assessment resource
- Vendor selection resource
- Licensing
Other Resources
- LISC Child Care Resource Guide Series
- Small Business Development Center Training for child care businesses
- Employer Based Child Care Feasibility Assessment Guide, CDEC
- CDEC Licensing information
- Business Guide For Family Child Care Homes
- Guía de Negocios para Hogares de Cuidado Infantil Familiar
- Business Guide For Child Care Centers
- Guía de Negocios para Centros de Cuidado Infantil
- How to Find More Room for Child Care by Repurposing Public Schools
- Child Care Facilities Development and Financing, LISC
Coming soon!
The Planning Grant Application will be released soon. Get more information on this opportunity.
For additional questions not answered here, reach out to erin.mcnab@state.co.us or matt.long@state.co.us.