A research brief exploring early findings from Child Trends’ analysis of the Colorado Universal Preschool Program related to family registration pathways and provides related recommendations.
Colorado Department of Early Childhood
Early Care and Education Workforce Compensation Policy Analysis
Pillars Research + Strategy conducted a Colorado environmental analysis and national landscape scan of compensation initiatives for the early care and education (ECE) sector. This included: (1) a scan of past and current efforts to increase ECE workforce compensation in Colorado and (2) a national landscape scan to identify how other states address key design […]
SFY25 Colorado UPK Evidence-Building Update and Outlook
A summary of the Universal Preschool Evidence-Building Hub’s SFY25 work, including progress, a summary of initial findings, and plans for SFY26.
SFY26 Early Childhood Workforce Evidence-Building Strategy
Delivered annually, this report includes evidence-building priorities for SFY26. The report can be used by CDEC and the ECLC’s Compensation and Benefits Working Group to inform development policy strategies to increase early childhood workforce compensation.
Colorado Early Care and Education Workforce Compensation Patterns
Using administrative data from the Colorado Department of Early Childhood and the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, this report presents findings from an analysis of wages among ECE professionals in center-based programs during the 2022–2023 school year. It serves as a foundation for CDEC to design, test, and evaluate targeted interventions aimed at increasing […]
Financial Instability and Child Welfare Involvement
CCCAP Teacher Wage Increase Pilot Year 1 Evaluation One-Pager
This one-pager summarizes findings from the first year of the CCCAP Teacher Wage Increase Pilot evaluation led by MDRC.
Early Childhood Stimulus Evaluation Hub Evidence-Building Briefs
The Hub worked with evaluation teams to publish evidence-building briefs for the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.
ECE Workforce Data Analysis Brief: Wages
This brief explores median, annualized wages and number of jobs for ECE workers with a Social Security Number (SSN) who could be matched to a wage record for their employer in 2022-2023.
ECE Workforce Data Analysis Brief: Retention, Growth, and SNAP and CCCAP Participation
This brief explores the 12-month retention and growth rates the center-based ECE workforce by key characteristics. It also investigates participation in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and CCCAP among center-based ECE workers active in 2021–2022.