CHATS Change Management Task Group | The purpose of this group is to prioritize changes to CHATS and to provide input on the changes that are made before they are developed. |
Colorado Child Care Assistance Program (CCCAP) Rule Rewrite Committee | This group supports the provisioning of new CCCAP rules to ensure family, provider, county, and other stakeholder input is considered when making policy changes. |
Early Childhood Mental Health Model Implementation Advisory Team | This group is charged to advise on the development, implementation and evaluation of Colorado's model of ECMH Consultation developed under HB20-1053 Part 4. |
Early Intervention Workforce Investment Committee | Broad stakeholder representation to provide input and recommendations on recruitment and retention priorities and strategies for Early Intervention. |
Family Support Primary Prevention Grant Steering Committee (FSPP) | Meeting of FSPP sites and supporting partners (ie. CPTF Family & Caregiver Space members) to share and discuss cross-cutting strategies, update on work plan timeline and deliverables, and connect on work happening at sites |
Family Voice Council | The Family Voice Council is a diverse group of pregnant people and caregivers of young children from across Colorado. Its purpose is to provide input to optimize the design and delivery of early childhood programs and services to ensure all children and families in Colorado are happy, healthy, and thriving. If you or someone you know would be interested in serving on the Family Voice Council please have them complete our online form available in Online Form (English) or Online Form (Spanish) or download and share our flyer in Flyer (English) and Flyer (Spanish). |
Fatherhood Steering Committee | The Colorado Fatherhood Program (CFP) will assist fathers in building healthy parent-child relationships, support fathers’ economic stability; build social capital in the context of a Strengthening Families approach; contribute to evaluation, quality improvement, and research; and inform engagement, recruitment, and retention activities. |
Quality Nutrition Work Group | The Quality Nutrition workgroup, by fostering collaboration amongst partners, aims to enhance nutrition security for young children, families and early childhood educators. By integrating family voice, maintaining curiosity, and acknowledging the connection of growing and eating food to mental health and wellbeing, social-emotional development and cultural expression, we work to ensure families and professionals can access healthy foods and make informed food choices. |
Strengthening Families Network | Strengthening Families™ is a research-informed approach to increase family strengths, enhance child development, and reduce the likelihood of child abuse and neglect. It is based on engaging families, programs, and communities in building five key protective factors. |
Systems Collaboration Work Group | Aligning, strengthening, and expanding local partnerships to support children and families. |
Tribal Advisory Council | The purpose of the Tribal Advisory Council is to provide a space for the American Indian and Alaska Native community to come and share AIAN perspective with CDEC about their early childhood experience. This helps the department understand what this specific population needs as support and programming to create successful outcomes for children and families. |
