COVID-19 Resources
COVID-19 Resources and Updates for Providers
- For assistance from Alliance for Kids, please refer to our Staff Flow Chart for guidance on who to contact.
- If your program is in need of cleaning supplies, please use our Contact Us form below to submit your request. We will do our best to match needs with supplies being donated.
- Please see News items at the bottom of this page for important COVID-19 guidance from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and other new items. For all news, visit our News page.
- Please look for important emails from Alliance for Kids. For the latest email about new ECE Huddles being formed, click HERE.
- Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram for information and updates.
- If you are registered for upcoming AFK training, you will be contacted with information about cancellations and rescheduling.
- If you need information or resources to share with families around the topics of emotional well-being, nutrition, health, or learning at home, please direct them to FamilySPEAK.org.
Register Your Program Operating Status
Register your program status in Colorado Shines and receive access to a letter allowing you to ask for increased amounts of rationed supplies at grocery stores.
It is very important to communicate about your current operating status. This includes whether you are open or temporarily closed, as well as other information about open operating capacity such as classroom and available staff. Please register your current status on the Colorado Shines website below and continue to update your status through this same link. This data allows Alliance for Kids to best support you as providers with supplies and support, to help families navigate their child care needs, and to work on grant funds to aid in the recovery of COVID-19 for the early childhood sector.
News | Business
This section includes all general updates for providers as well as business-related news. For more business resources. click HERE.
Apply for a Child Care Sustainability Grant!
The federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) of 2020 allocated supplemental funds to the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) to
Public Health Update | Mask Mandate Clarification & Preschools in Schools
Alliance for Kids is sharing the following updates and reminders from El Paso County Public Health (EPCPH). Statewide Mask Mandate: Executive Order D 2020 138
APPLY TODAY! Inclusion and Universal Design in Child Care Programs
Licensed child care programs are encouraged to apply for a program to promote inclusive learning environments. The PDG Inclusion and Universal Design Program, implemented in partnership
Quality Improvement Grants are NOW OPEN! Apply Today!
Applications are OPEN for Colorado Shines Quality Improvement Grants and Hardship Quality Improvement Grants. For eligibility requirements, application instructions, and how grant funding may be
New Grant Opportunity | Keep the Lights On Fund
A new grant opportunity – Keep the Lights On Fund – is now available to licensed family child care homes, child care centers, and school-age
New Bilingual COVID-19 Testing & Food Distribution @ Southeast YMCA
There is a new bilingual COVID-19 testing site that corresponds with free meal pickup offered by Care and Share at the Southeast YMCA. About 250-300
