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MOST
RECENT GRANTS AWARDED
Early
Childhood Education and Development
Total
# of grants: 172
Total
amount awarded: $5,964,863
Academia Ana Marie Sandoval (Amigos de la Academia
Sandoval) Denver,
CO
$15,000 for tuition assistance in the Primary program.
$3,000 toward the parent liaison position.
$2,000 for technical assistance.
Acorn School for Early Childhood
Development Boulder, CO
$30,000 for the Scholarship Assistance Program.
$10,000 for the playground.
Adams County Head Start (Adams County)
Commerce City, CO
$25,000 for the HIPPY Head Start program.
African Community Center (Ethiopian Community
Development Council) Denver, CO
$10,000 for the child care program.
$5,000 for the playground.
Alliance for Kids (Joint Initiatives
for Youth & Families) Colorado Springs, CO
$125,000 for the El Paso County Office of Professional
Development.
AMEND Denver, CO
$15,000 for the Parent Education Program.
Arapahoe Community College Child Development
Center (Arapahoe Community College Foundation) Littleton, CO
$20,000 for tuition assistance.
Arapahoe County Early Childhood
Council, Inc. Centennial, CO
$68,107 for Community Early Care and Education programs.
Arapahoe House, Inc.
Thornton,
CO
$20,000 for the New Directions for Families Early Learning Center.
Auraria Early Learning Center (Auraria Higher
Education Center) Denver, CO
$50,000 for general operating support.
Baby Bear Hugs Yuma, CO
$36,000 for general operating support.
Bal Swan Children's Center
Broomfield, CO
$35,000 for general operating support.
Belleview Christian School (Pillar of Fire)
Westminster, CO
$8,000 for tuition assistance for preschool children.
$11,800 for a Qualistar rating and recommended improvements for the preschool.
Bethany Busy Bee Preschool (Bethany
Evangelical Free Church) Littleton, CO
$7,000 for tuition assistance.
Boulder Day Nursery Association
Boulder, CO
$30,000 for general operating support.
Breckenridge Montessori Breckenridge,
CO
$500 for technical assistance.
$15,000 for capital improvements.
Catholic Charities & Community
Services Denver, CO
$65,000 for general operating support for the Division of Child Care and
Head Start Services.
The Center Preschool (Lake County
School District R-1) Leadville, CO
$25,000 for tuition assistance.
$10,000 for the STEP literacy program.
Cerebral Palsy of Colorado
Denver, CO
$65,000 for the Creative Options Centers for Early Education.
$200,000 for the capital campaign for Creative Options.
Chaffee County Early Childhood Council (Salida
Regional Library) Salida, CO
$16,458 for Exploring Best Practices through Assessment and Coaching.
Cheraw Preschool (Cheraw School
District 31) Cheraw, CO
$15,000 for general operating support.
Child Care Connections Colorado
Springs, CO
$25,000 for the MERIT program.
Child Learning Center (University of
Colorado Foundation) Boulder, CO
$20,000 for general operating support.
Children's Kiva Montessori Preschool and
Kindergarten Cortez, CO
$18,000 for general operating support.
Children's Outreach Project
Denver, CO
$30,000 for general operating support.
Children's Speech & Reading Center
Fort Collins, CO
$10,000 for pre-literacy programs.
Clayton Early Learning
(George W. Clayton College Trust) Denver,
CO
$120,000 for the Clayton Early Childhood Resource Institute.
$75,000 for the Environment Rating System project.
$25,000 for the HIPPY Head Start program.
$90,000 for the Family, Friend and Neighbor Project.
CMC Even Start Family Literacy (Colorado
Mountain College Foundation) Glenwood Springs, CO
$18,000 for general operating support.
Colorado Bright Beginnings
Denver, CO
$60,000 for general operating support.
Colorado Humanities Denver, CO
$22,000 for the Motheread institute.
$5,000 for books.
Colorado Office of Professional Development
Denver, CO
$44,042 for the Program Administration Scale Imitative.
Colorado Parent and Child Foundation
Denver, CO
$35,000 for general operating support.
$15,000 for ongoing evaluation of HIPPY programs.
The Colorado Springs Child Nursery
Centers, Inc. Colorado Springs, CO
$70,000 for general operating support.
Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition Westminster,
CO
$25,000 for continued expansion of Los Padres to rural communities.
Community College of Denver Children's College
(Community College of Denver Foundation) Denver, CO
$20,000 for playground improvements.
Community College of Denver, Teacher Education
Academy (Community College of Denver Foundation) Denver, CO
$60,000 for early childhood student services and development of a
standardized lab/observation component for ECE degrees.
Community Montessori of Boulder
Valley (Boulder Valley School District RE2)
Boulder, CO
$20,000 for tuition assistance for the Primary program.
Community Partnership Family Resource Center
Divide, CO
$18,000 for Family Services programs.
Community Partnership for Child Development
Colorado Springs, CO
$73,000 for the consultative model to build capacity of classroom staff to
address children's challenging behaviors.
Creede Early Learning Center
Creede,
CO
$10,000 for general operating support.
Crystal Valley Preschool
Marble,
CO
$25,000 for the capital campaign for the Preschool building.
Delta County Family Literacy Program (Delta
County Public Library District) Hotchkiss, CO
$15,000 for the Great Start program.
Denver Early Childhood Council (Mile High
United Way) Denver, CO
$40,000 for scholarships within the Professional Development Project.
Denver Public Library
Denver,
CO
$25,000 for the Read Aloud program.
The Dragon's Wagon Preschool Holyoke,
CO
$10,000 for general operating support.
Early Childhood Council of Boulder
County (City of Boulder) Boulder, CO
$60,000 for the Professional Development Project.
Early Childhood Council of Larimer
County Fort Collins, CO
$80,000 for the professional development project.
$20,000 for the Child Care Resource and Referral Program.
Early Childhood Council of Logan,
Phillips & Sedgwick Counties Sterling, CO
$31,850 for the Professional and Workforce Development project.
Early Childhood Council of the San
Luis Valley Alamosa, CO
$75,000 for the professional development project.
Early Childhood Partnership of Adams County
(Adams County Foundation) Westminster, CO
$50,000 for the professional development project.
Early Childhood Professional Training Project
(Durango Adult Education Center) Durango, CO
$70,000 for the professional development project.
Early Excellence Preschool Program
(Wyatt-Edison Charter School) Denver, CO
$30,000 for general operating support.
Escuela Tlatelolco Centro de
Estudios Denver, CO
$20,000 for Circulo Montessori primary classrooms.
FACES
Denver, CO
$35,000 for general operating support.
Family & Youth Initiatives Division
(Chaffee County) Salida, CO
$25,000 for the Nurturing Parenting Program.
Family Attachment Center, Inc. Colorado
Springs, CO
$10,000 for the parent education classes for parents with children 0 to 5.
The Family Center/La Familia
Fort Collins, CO
$25,000 for the Parents as Teachers program.
Family Development Center of
Steamboat Springs Steamboat Springs, CO
$30,000 for the Child Care and Newborn Networks.
Family Learning Center Boulder, CO
$30,000 for the Early Childhood Development Program.
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Family Resource Center Sterling, CO
$15,000 for the Dads 4 Kids program.
Family Visitor Programs
Glenwood Springs, CO
$60,000 for general operating support.
First Impressions Learning Center La
Junta, CO
$25,000 for general operating support.
First Impressions of Routt County
Steamboat Springs, CO
$47,000 for the Quality Improvement Program.
Focus Points Family Resource Center Denver,
CO
$30,000 for the Early Childhood Education programs.
Footprints Daycare, Preschool and Kindergarten
(Episcopal Church of the Intercession) Thornton, CO
$15,000 for tuition assistance.
Full Circle of Lake County, Inc. Leadville,
CO
$10,000 for the DARE to be You and High School Girls Group programs.
Giant Step Preschool and Child Care
Center Rangely, CO
$5,600 for Qualistar recommendations.
Gingerbread House Early Learning Center
Alamosa, CO
$12,500 for the Quality Improvement Project, including Qualistar ratings and
related quality improvements.
Golden Triangle Learning Center Denver,
CO
$10,000 fro general operating support.
$18,000 for playground equipment.
Gunnison County Early Childhood
Resources (Gunnison County Department of Human Services) Gunnison, CO
$18,000 for Bright Beginnings and the Nurturing Parenting Program.
Hagen Early Education Center Sterling,
CO
$10,000 for tuition assistance.
Handprints Early Education Centers, Inc.
Colorado Springs, CO
$15,000 for preschool tuition assistance at Academy Place to support the
sliding scale.
$15,000 for general operating support at South.
Hilltop Community Resources, Inc.
Grand Junction, CO
$30,000 for the Family First program.
Homestar Child Development Center
Boulder, CO
$20,000 for tuition assistance.
$5,000 for the toddler playground.
Hope Center Denver, CO
$80,000 for general operating support for the Early Childhood Education program.
Iliff Head Start (Iliff Community Center,
Inc.) Iliff, CO
$18,000 for the extended day program.
Invest in Kids Denver,
CO
$50,000 for the Kite Site Support Initiative.
$55,000 for The Incredible Years program.
Jefferson Center for Mental Health
Wheatridge, CO
$30,000 for the parent education and home visitation levels of the Early
Intervention Services program.
Jefferson County Public Schools Family
Literacy (Jefferson County School District No. R-1) Lakewood,
CO
$30,000 for the HIPPY program.
JFK Partners/Departments of Pediatrics
and Psychiatry (University of Colorado) Aurora, CO
$40,000 for broadening the pre-service training content for early care and
education professionals to include social/emotional content.
Kempe Children's Center (Kempe
Foundation) Denver, CO
$30,000 for the Therapeutic Preschool.
Kids First (City of Aspen) Aspen,
CO
$14,000 for resource and referral services in Garfield County.
Kountry Kids Learning Center (Bent County
Memorial Nursing Home) Las
Animas, CO
$20,000 for Qualistar recommended improvements.
La Llave Family Resource Center (Monte
Vista School District)
Alamosa, CO
$24,000 for the family literacy program.
La Plata Family Centers Coalition
Durango, CO
$35,000 for early childhood and parent education/fatherhood programs.
Lake County School District Family Literacy Program (Lake
County School District) Leadville, CO
$15,000 for the ECE Center.
Laradon Hall Society for Exception Children
& Adults Denver, CO
$29,898 for the parent-child groups and Literacy Backpacks components of the
FIT program.
The Learning House Foundation for Early
Childhood Development Fort Collins, CO
$15,000 for the Change for Children tuition assistance program.
The Learning Source
Lakewood,
CO
$20,000 for early childhood programs.
Little Giants Learning Center Commerce
City, CO
$25,000 for tuition assistance.
Little Schoolhouse Daycare Center (Julesburg
School District RE-1) Julesburg, CO
$10,000 for tuition assistance.
Little Treasures Preschool La
Jara, CO
$10,000 for general operating support.
Robert E. Loup Jewish Community
Center Denver, CO
$15,000 for the Early Learning Center scholarship
assistance program.
$15,000 for the playground project.
Many Blessings Child Care Fort
Lupton, CO|
$8,500 for a Qualistar Rating and recommendations.
$4,000 for tuition assistance.
Mesa District Group of CAEYC Grand
Junction, CO
$30,000 for the professional development project.
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Foundation Denver, CO
$25,000 for the HIPPY and PAT programs.
Mile High Down Syndrome Association, Inc.
Denver, CO
$17,500 for the Parent Visitation and Outreach Program.
Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers
Denver, CO
$65,000 for general operating support.
Monfort Early Childhood Education Center (Aims
Community College Foundation) Greeley, CO
$25,000 for tuition assistance.
Montrose County Health
& Human Services Montrose,
CO
$15,000 for the Healthy Steps program.
Morgan County Early Childhood
Council Fort Morgan, CO
$45,000 for the Quality Improvement Project.
Morgan County Family Center
Fort Morgan, CO
$15,000 for the Parents as Teachers program.
Mountain Montessori School
Rye, CO
$15,000 for tuition assistance.
Mountain Resource Center
Conifer,
CO
$30,000 for parent and child education classes.
$17,000 for expansion of the Early Childhood Family Education rooms.
New Creation Preschool (New Creation
Church) Glenwood Springs, CO
$13,000 for general operating support.
$5,000 for tuition assistance.
New Horizons Cooperative Preschool
Boulder, CO
$12,000 for general operating support.
North Fork Community Montessori School
Hotchkiss, CO
$15,000 for tuition assistance for 3- and 4-year-olds.
Northeastern Junior College (Northeastern
Junior College Foundation) Sterling,
CO
$26,000 for the Family Literacy Program.
Open Door Ministries
Denver, CO
$20,000 for the preschool program at the Open Door Childcare Center.
Otis Preschool (Otis Public Schools)
Otis, CO
$35,000 for the capital project.
Over the Rainbow Community Preschool Nederland,
CO
$15,000 for general operating support.
Parent Pathways
Denver,
CO
$35,000 for the Early Learning Center.
$15,000 for the Young Fathers Program.
Parenting Place, Inc.
Boulder,
CO
$30,000 for the Family Strengthening program.
Park Avenue Child Center
Caņon
City, CO
$14,000 for general operating support.
Park County School District Re-2 Fairplay,
CO
$23,119 for the preparation of the modular building for the occupancy by the
preschool and PAT programs.
The Partnership for Families & Children
(Colorado Foundation for Families & Children) Denver, CO
$85,000 for the Pyramid Model Partnership Initiative.
Passage Charter School Montrose,
CO
$12,000 for the child care center.
Peak Vista Community Health Centers (Peak
Vista Community Health Centers Foundation) Colorado Springs, CO
$25,000 for the First Visitor program.
Phillips County Event Center (Phillips County)
Holyoke, CO
$50,000 for the education wing.
Phillips County Family Education
Services Holyoke, CO
$10,000 for the Early Childhood Program.
Pikes Peak Family Connections, Inc. Colorado
Springs, CO
$18,000 for the Nurturing Parenting Program.
$2,000 for technical assistance.
The Piņon Project
Cortez,
CO
$25,000 for general operating support for the Tree
House.
$10,000 for the Incredible Years program.
$5,000 for the Montelores Early Childhood Council.
Prairie Family Center
Burlington,
CO
$20,000 for Literacy for Little Ones program.
Project ECHO & Family Center Early
Childhood Council (Fremont Schools Facilities Corporation) Caņon
City, CO
$47,500 for the renovation of a portion of the old Harrison School to accommodate
the project and council offices.
Promises for Children Early Childhood Council
(United Way of Weld County) Greeley, CO
$50,750 for Qualistar Ratings and recommended improvements.
Qualistar Early Learning Denver,
CO
$175,000 for general operating support.
$75,000 for TEACH scholarships.
Reach Out and Read - Colorado
Denver, CO
$50,000 for continued expansion in rural Colorado.
Relationship Roots, Inc. Edgewater,
CO
$25,000 for the Early Care and Education Program.
Renaissance Children's Center
(Colorado Coalition for the Homeless)
Lakewood, CO
$30,000 for general operating support for the preschool center.
Rico Preschool (Dolores County School District
RE-2J) Rico, CO
$7,000 for general operating support.
The Rise School of Denver
Denver,
CO
$20,000 for tuition assistance.
$10,000 for a Qualistar rating and recommended improvements.
Roaring Fork Valley Early Learning
Fund Aspen, CO
$12,000 for Raising A Reader.
Rocky Mountain Parents as Teachers Denver,
CO
$15,000 for general operating support.
Rural Communities Resource Center
Yuma, CO
$10,000 for children's programs.
The Salvation Army
Greeley,
CO
$20,000 for the Early Childhood Center.
San Luis Valley HIPPY/PAT (Alamosa
School District RE-11J) Alamosa, CO
$50,000 for general operating support.
Santo Niņo Learning Center (St.
Peter Catholic Church) Rocky Ford, CO
$15,000 for general operating support.
Sargent Child Care Association Monte
Vista, CO
$15,000 for general operating support.
Seeds of Learning Early Care &
Education Center Pagosa Springs, CO
$30,000 for general operating support.
Seniors Inc. Denver, CO
$20,000 for the Foster Grandparent program in early childhood classrooms in
southern Colorado.
Sewall Child Development Center,
Inc. Denver, CO
$35,000 for general operating support.
Small World Child Care Center Sterling,
CO
$20,000 for Qualistar recommended improvements.
South Park Parents as Teachers (Park
County School District RE-2) Fairplay, CO
$15,000 for general operating support.
Southern Ute Community Action Programs, Inc.
Ignacio, CO
$15,000 for activities in the Mental Wellness Initiative at the promotion,
prevention, and early intervention levels.
Starpoint Caņon City, CO
$20,000 for the First Steps program.
$15,422 to convert to the High/Scope curriculum.
Step By Step (Morgan County School District
RE-3) Fort Morgan, CO
$1,808 for general operating support (matching grant).
Strong Families, Safe Kids Grand
Junction, CO
$10,000 for general operating support.
Summer Scholars Denver, CO
$10,000 for the Family Literacy program.
Teach For America, Denver Denver,
CO
$30,000 for the Early Childhood Initiative.
Tenderfoot Child & Family
Development Center Gunnison, CO
$10,000 for the playgrounds (challenge grant).
Thompson Valley Preschool
Loveland,
CO
$12,000 for tuition assistance.
Tiny Hands Daycare Center, Inc.
Blanca, CO
$10,000 for general operating support.
The Tiny Tim Center
Longmont,
CO
$25,000 for general operating support.
Tri-County Family Care Center, Inc.
Rocky Ford, CO
$20,000 for the Early Childhood Education and Development program.
Tri-County Head Start/Early Childhood Programs
(Durango 4-C Council) Durango, CO
$15,000 for the Incredible Years programming.
Tri-Lakes Community Preschool Monument,
CO
$10,000 for replacing outdated playground equipment.
Trinity Lutheran Preschool/Day School
Fort Morgan, CO
$10,000 for Qualistar recommended exterior improvements.
United Church of Broomfield Preschool
Broomfield, CO
$1,509 for staff development.
United Day Care Center
Fort
Collins, CO
$50,000 for general operating support.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary)
Denver, CO
$371,000 for the Buell Early Childhood Leadership Program.
Urban League of the Pikes Peak
Region, Inc. Colorado Springs, CO
$9,000 for tuition assistance at the Child Development Center.
Volunteers of America Denver, CO
$20,000 for Rainbow House.
Walsh Child Care Center (Walsh Health Care
Center) Walsh, CO
$15,000 for general operating support.
Warren Village
Denver,
CO
$45,000 for the Greta Horowitz Child Learning Center.
Washington Children's Center, Inc. Pueblo,
CO
$30,000 for general operating support.
Wee Blew Inn Preschool
Burlington, CO
$10,000 for tuition assistance.
Wee Care Learning Center Hotchkiss,
CO
$13,000 for equipment, furniture, and playground improvements.
Wiggins Preschool and Child Care (Wiggins
School District RE-50J) Wiggins, CO
$20,000 for general operating support.
Wray Community Child Care Center Wray,
CO
$17,000 for general operating support.
$3,000 for quality improvements recommended by Qualistar.
Wright Stuff Community Foundation
Norwood, CO
$27,000 for general operating support of Prime Time Early Learning Center.
Yampah Mountain High School (Mountain
Board of Cooperative Educational Services) Glenwood Springs, CO
$25,000 for the Teen Parent Program.
YMCA of Boulder County Boulder,
CO
$20,000 for parent education classes with the FIT program..
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