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Bill Would Let Providers Count ECAP, Head Start Children Toward Early Achievers Award Thresholds
Summary
House Bill 23-18 would allow Early Achievers participants to count ECAP and Head Start enrolled children toward the 5% qualifying threshold for quality improvement awards, removing a disincentive subcontracted providers face when enrolling ECAP children; providers and association representatives called the change small but important for program viability.
Committee counsel Omera Harrington explained that House Bill 23-18 would modify the Early Achievers quality improvement award qualifying rule so that providers may count enrolled children participating in ECAP or Head Start, in addition to children receiving a qualifying childcare subsidy such as Working Connections, when determining the 5% enrollment threshold to be eligible for an award.
Supporters said the current rule unintentionally penalizes subcontracted…
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