The Buell Foundation recognizes that additional, ongoing funding is necessary to bolster the needs of children, families, and caregivers. As part of this strategy, we are interested in supporting local efforts to bring new, public revenue into the system. In early 2024, the Buell Foundation has released Supporting Families, Children, and the Caregiving Workforce: A Local Financing Toolkit for Colorado to support communities as they work through the process of securing additional revenue. In alignment with the toolkit, an open funding opportunity is available to support communities who are actively engaged in efforts to raise revenue locally.
This funding opportunity is open to invited applicants only. For more details about the opportunity, click here.
For a PDF of all six case studies combined that are part of the Local Financing Toolkit, click here.
This toolkit is designed to serve as a guide to communities as they seek to utilize HB 25-1247. Many communities in Colorado have leveraged lodging taxes as a tool to support early childhood in their communities. This guide aims to make the process more accessible and to share resources from other communities.
For individual Local Early Childhood Initiative case studies, click below:
