Colorado Title 26.5. Early Childhood Programs and Services § 26.5-3-806. Child care teacher salary grant program--created--timeline--criteria and eligibility--grant awards--reports--definitions

(a) “CCCAP” means the Colorado child care assistance program created in part 1 of article 4 of this title 26.5.

(b) “Child care center” has the same meaning as set forth in section 26.5-5-303.

(c) “Eligible entity” means a child care center licensed pursuant to part 3 of article 5 of this title 26.5 or a family child care home that has the following components:

(d) “Family child care home” has the same meaning as set forth in section 26.5-5-303.

(e) “Grant program” means the child care teacher salary grant program created in subsection (2) of this section.

(a) A description of the number of early childhood educators proposed to receive a salary increase;

(b) Verification that the eligible entity has had a quality rating of at least level three under the Colorado shines quality rating and improvement system during the past twelve months and specification of that quality rating level;

(c) Verification that the eligible entity is authorized to administer subsidies under CCCAP;

(d) Verification that the eligible entity is actively serving families that are subsidized through CCCAP; and

(e) Written attestation the money received from the grant program will only be used to increase salaries of early childhood educators, as specified in subsection (4) of this section.