Colorado § 26.5-4-114 - Colorado child care assistance program - reporting requirements.

§ 26.5-4-114. Colorado child care assistance program - reporting requirements.

(1) On or before November 1, 2022, and on or before November 1 each year thereafter, the department shall prepare a report on CCCAP. Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the department shall provide the report to the joint budget committee of the general assembly, the health and human services committee of the house of representatives, and the health and human services committee of the senate, or any successor committees. The report must include, at a minimum, the following information related to benchmarks of success for CCCAP:

(a) The number of children and families served through CCCAP statewide and by county, which, beginning November 1, 2024, must include the number of children served in part-time child care through CCCAP and the number of children served in full-time child care through CCCAP, both groups disaggregated by ages from birth through thirteen years of age;

(b) The average length of time that parents remain in the workforce while receiving CCCAP subsidies, even when their income increases;

(c) The average number of months of uninterrupted, continuous care for children enrolled in CCCAP;

(d) The number and percent of all children enrolled in CCCAP who receive care at each level of the state's quality and improvement rating system;

(e) The average length of time a family is authorized for a CCCAP subsidy, disaggregated by recipients' eligible activities, such as job search, employment, workforce training, and postsecondary education;

(f) The number of families on each county's wait list as of October 1 of each year, as well as the average length of time each family remains on the wait list in each county;

(g) The number of families and children statewide and by county that exit CCCAP due to their family incomes exceeding the eligibility limits;

(h) The number of families and children statewide and by county that reenter CCCAP within two years of exiting due to their family incomes exceeding the eligibility limits;

(i) An estimate of unmet need for CCCAP in each county and throughout the state based on estimates of the number of children and families who are likely to be eligible for CCCAP in each county but who are not enrolled in CCCAP, disaggregated by estimated ages from birth through thirteen years of age;

(j) Beginning with the report submitted November 1, 2024, and in each annual report thereafter:

(I) A year-over-year comparison of the number of children served by CCCAP to show fluctuations in the number of children served;

(II) The number of informal, license-exempt providers, in-home providers, community-based providers, and school-based providers that agree to serve children with a CCCAP subsidy compared to the total number of providers;

(III) The number of provider agreements and enrollment contracts with providers;

(IV) An explanation of the calculation of the most recently adopted provider rates; and

(V) An explanation of the quality incentives made available to providers; and

(k) Beginning with the report submitted November 1, 2026, and in each annual report thereafter:

(I) The total amount of CCCAP allocation that is spent by the department and each county on:

(A) Administrative expenses, including salaries and operating expenses of staff who perform administrative functions;

(B) County indirect expenses, charged in accordance with county cost allocation plans;

(C) Program implementation costs that are reported as nondirect services in accordance with federal child care development fund regulations, such as salaries and operating expenses for caseworkers to complete eligibility determination and redetermination, error rate reviews and compliance, and other program activities necessary to operate the program; and

(D) Direct service expenses.

Source: L. 2022: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 22-1295), ch. 123, p. 679, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2023: (1)(f) amended, (HB 23-1235), ch. 434, p. 2544, § 7, effective June 7. L. 2026: IP(1), (1)(i), and (1)(j)(V) amended and (1)(k) added, (HB 26-1260), ch. 232, p. 1344, § 2, effective August 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 26-2-809 as it existed prior to 2022.