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Larimer explores CCAP waitlist as state funding for child care falls
Summary
County staff told commissioners CCAP spending was underspent in FY25'26 by about $2.2M and that a projected 9.4% allocation cut will likely force a move from a program freeze toward a waitlist; staff estimated 60 days to implement and said communications and reprocessing of cases are required.
Shannon Reap presented the semiannual fiscal update and highlighted the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP). She said the FY25'26 CCAP allocation was $9,000,000 with expenditures of $6,700,000 (an underspend of $2.2 million) and that the Colorado Department of Early Childhood reduced its appropriation, producing an anticipated allocation decrease of about 9.4% for FY26'27.
Reap said the county is exploring shifting from a program freeze (in place since 02/01/2024) to a waitlist model to enroll new families as openings occur. She said the switch will require reprocessing cases on the freeze list and that staff estimate roughly 60 days to implement the administrative shift; communications to families, providers and partners are underway.
Commissioners asked how often families exit CCAP and whether local sales-and-use-tax referendum funds might be applied. Reap said families leave for a variety of reasons (moves, parental choice, transfers to other counties) and that the county intends to follow earlier direction that a portion of sales/use tax referral funds be directed to families (about 35% to program support to families under prior guidance), with details to be presented soon.
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