Title 26.5, Early Childhood Programs and Services
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-1001 Definitions
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As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Implementation partner means a state public or private entity that has experience implementing and operating nationally supported evidence-based, research-informed pediatric primary care programs. (2) Pediatric p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-1003 Funding
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(1) The department, in partnership with the department of health care policy and financing and the behavioral health administration in the department of human services, shall explore funding sources to implement the program and the requirements of this part 10, including potentia…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-101 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly declares that Colorado needs healthy and cohesive families at all income levels in order for the state to be economically viable. A number of families in communities throughout Colorado temporarily may not have access to the basic necessities of life or t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-102 Definitions
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As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) At-risk neighborhood means an urban or rural neighborhood or community in which there are incidences of poverty, unemployment and underemployment, substance abuse, crime, school dropouts, illiteracy, teen pregnanc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-103 Program created
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(1) (a) There is established in the department a family resource center program. The purposes of the program are to provide grants to community applicants for the creation of family resource centers or to provide grants to family resource centers for the continued operation of th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-104 Selection of centers - grants
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(1) The department may award a grant for the purpose of establishing a family resource center based on a plan submitted to the department by the applicant or for the continued operation of a family resource center. The plan must meet specific criteria that the department is autho…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-201 Short title
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The short title of this part 2 is the Colorado Child Abuse Prevention Trust Fund Act. Source: L. 2022: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 22-1295), ch. 123, p. 606, � 3, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 19-3.5-101 as it existed prior to…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-202 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds that: (a) Child abuse and neglect are a threat to the family unit and impose major expenses on society; (b) There is a need to assist private and public agencies in identifying, planning, and establishing statewide programs for the prevention of chi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-203 Definitions
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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Board means the Colorado child abuse prevention board created in section 26.5-3-204. (2) Child means a person under eighteen years of age. (3) Child abuse has the meaning as provided for the term abuse in section …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-205 Powers and duties of the board
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(1) The board has the following powers and duties: (a) To advise and make recommendations to the governor, state agencies, and other relevant entities concerning the implementation of and future revisions to any state plan developed to prevent child maltreatment; (b) To develop s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-207 Disbursement of grants from the trust fund - restrictions
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(1) Grants may be awarded to provide money for the start-up, continuance, or expansion of primary or secondary prevention programs, including pilot programs and educational programs for professionals and the public, and to study and evaluate primary and secondary prevention progr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-208 Report
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(1) The department shall contract for an independent evaluation of the Colorado child abuse prevention trust fund created in section 26.5-3-206, as it existed prior to its repeal on July 1, 2027, including administrative costs of operating the trust fund and the cost-effectivenes…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-209 Repeal of part
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(1) Sections 26.5-3-201 to 26.5-3-207 are repealed, effective July 1, 2027. (2) Section 26.5-3-208 and this section are repealed, effective July 1, 2030. Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (HB 25-1305), ch. 203, p. 923, � 2, effective August 6.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-301 Definitions
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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Facility means an agency meeting the standards described in section 27-81-106 (1) and approved pursuant to section 27-81-106. (2) Pilot program means the child care services and substance use disorder treatment pi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-303 Repeal of part
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This part 3 is repealed, effective July 1, 2028. Source: L. 2022: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 22-1295), ch. 123, p. 613, � 3, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 26-6.9-103 as it existed prior to 2022.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-401 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds that: (a) There is an urgent and substantial need to enhance the development of infants and toddlers with disabilities, to minimize their potential for developmental delay, and to recognize the significant brain development that occurs during a chil…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-402 Definitions
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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Administrative unit means a school district, a board of cooperative services, a charter school network, a charter school collaborative, or the state charter school institute that is providing educational services …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-501 Short title
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The short title of this part 5 is the Colorado Nurse Home Visitor Program Act. Source: L. 2022: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 22-1295), ch. 123, p. 628, � 3, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 26-6.4-101 as it existed prior to 2022.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-502 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds that in order to adequately care for their newborns and young children, new mothers may often benefit from receiving professional assistance and information. Without such assistance and information, a young mother may develop habits or practices tha…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-503 Definitions
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As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Entity means any nonprofit, not-for-profit, or for-profit corporation; religious or charitable organization; institution of higher education; visiting nurse association; existing visiting nurse program; county, di…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-504 Nurse home visitor program - created - rules
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(1) (a) There is established the nurse home visitor program to provide regular in-home visiting nurse services to low-income first-time mothers, with their consent, during their pregnancies and through their children's second birthday. The program provides trained visiting nurses…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-505 Health sciences facility - duties
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(1) The president of the university of Colorado shall identify a facility at the university of Colorado health sciences center with the knowledge and expertise necessary to: (a) Assist the executive director by selecting and presenting entities from among the applications submitt…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-506 Program applications - requirements
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(1) An entity that seeks to administer the program in a community must submit an application to the department in accordance with department rules adopted in consultation with the health sciences facility. At a minimum, the application must specify the basic elements and procedur…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-508 Annual program review - audit
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(1) The health sciences facility shall annually prepare and submit to the department a report including an evaluation of the implementation of the program, the results achieved by the program based on the annual reports submitted by the administering entities pursuant to section …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-601 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) Young children from low-income families often struggle to achieve the same outcomes as their peers from higher-income families because they rarely have access to the same supports, particularly those supports with a focus on t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-602 Definitions
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As used in this part 6, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Entity means an individual local implementation site, such as a provider of early childhood services; a school district, as defined in section 22-7-1003, or a charter school, as defined in section 22-60.5-102; a c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-701 Definitions
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As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Mental health consultant means an early childhood mental health consultant who is funded by appropriations allocated or awarded to the department for the program and who meets the qualifications outlined in the pr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-706 Data collection - reporting
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(1) On or before July 1, 2023, the department shall develop a statewide data collection and information system to analyze implementation data and selected outcomes to identify areas for improvement, promote accountability, and provide insights to continually improve child and pro…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-707 Funding support
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The department and the department of health care policy and financing shall explore funding options for the program and improving access to mental health consultants, including access to various funding sources, as well as the children's basic health plan, article 8 of title 25.5…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-801 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) Colorado's economic recovery depends on its workforce having access to stable, high-quality, and affordable child care. Supporting the ability of Colorado's workforce to return to work during and after the COVID-19 public heal…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-901 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) Traditional methods of delivering family-strengthening service programs, which often require parents and their children to travel to a program site to access services delivered simultaneously to multiple families, often create…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-3-902 Definition
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As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires, home visiting means a two-generation delivery strategy that is designed to overcome barriers to accessing services by providing a comprehensive array of voluntary, evidence-based, family-strengthening services to a fa…