Colorado's Early Childhood (EC) Councils were established in 2007 through State legislation (HB07-1062) as a network of community-based collaboratives that can help to build a "comprehensive system of early childhood councils to increase and sustain the availability, accessibility, capacity, and quality of early childhood services throughout the state." Research has demonstrated the value of high quality early childhood care and education in preparing children for success in school and throughout their future lives. Successful programs are those that address the whole child and their families by providing early learning, health, mental health, family support and parent education.
