Recipient of federal assistance · DENVER, CO

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD received $165.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 27 actions, −0.4% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2023: $650.3M. Its largest awarding agency was Administration for Children and Families ($143.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$165.1M
New awards
7
Actions
27
Since FY2023
$650.3M
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Location
DENVER, CO
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 166.1MFY2023
  2. 153.4MFY2024
  3. 165.8MFY2025
  4. 165.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$165.1M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant$95.8M58%
  2. 93.596 · Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund$45.9M28%
  3. 84.181 · Special Education-Grants for Infants and Families$11M6.7%
  4. 93.870 · Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant$10.5M6.4%
  5. 93.590 · Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Grants$2M1.2%
  6. 93.600 · Head Start$72.9K0.0%
  7. 93.434 · Every Student Succeeds Act/Preschool Development Grants-$302.9K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Administration for Children and Families$143.5M87%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Education$11M6.7%
  3. Health Resources and Services Administration$10.5M6.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. CCDD-2026 - CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISCRETIONARY$95.8M
    93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Nov 20, 2025 – Jul 24, 2026· 2602COCCDD
  2. CCDD-2023$85.2M
    93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 28, 2022 – Jun 5, 2026· 2302COCCDD
  3. CCDF-2023$46.7M
    93.596 · Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund· Administration for Children and Families· Formula grant· Nov 3, 2022 – Jun 5, 2026· 2302COCCDF
  4. CCDM-2026 - CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND -- STATE MATCHING$35.8M
    93.596 · Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund· Administration for Children and Families· Formula grant· Oct 8, 2025 – Jul 7, 2026· 2602COCCDM
  5. MATERNAL, INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD HOMEVISITING GRANT PROGRAM - I. PROJECT ABSTRACT PROJECT TITLE: COLORADO- HRSA FY 2026 MIECHV PROGRAM…$10.5M
    93.870 · Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· X1055744
  6. INFANT, TODDLERS & FAMILIES (PART C)$10.3M
    84.181 · Special Education-Grants for Infants and Families· Department of Education· Formula grant· Jul 1, 2026 – Jul 1, 2026· H181A260097

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $8.7M (87 subawards)

43 sub-recipients

  1. METRIXIQ, LLC$2.3M27%
    DENVER, CO · 2 subawards
  2. CLAYTON EARLY LEARNING, TRUSTEE, GEORGE W. CLAYTON TRUST$1.4M16%
    DENVER, CO · 3 subawards
  3. SHINE EARLY LEARNING, INC.$1M12%
    NEW YORK, NY · 2 subawards
  4. ARAPAHOE COUNTY EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL, INC.$362.8K4.2%
    CENTENNIAL, CO · 5 subawards
  5. THE EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY$254.5K2.9%
    ALAMOSA, CO · 3 subawards
  6. JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES$223.5K2.6%
    COLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 2 subawards
  7. THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PARTNERSHIP OF ADAMS COUNTY$215K2.5%
    THORNTON, CO · 2 subawards
  8. UNITED WAY OF WELD COUNTY, INCORPORATED$195.2K2.2%
    GREELEY, CO · 2 subawards
  9. DENVER EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL, INC.$187.7K2.2%
    DENVER, CO · 2 subawards
  10. MOUNTAIN VALLEY DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, INC.$186K2.1%
    GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $2.5M received
  • FY2023: $6.7M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $16.2M paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2025: $21.4M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $8.7M paid out · $0 received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2023–FY2026.