SB26-080 Creates Cradle to Career Grant Program
Summary
Colorado Senate Bill SB26-080 proposes creating the Cradle to Career Grant Program within the state Department of Human Services to provide grants promoting coordinated community-based supports and services for economic mobility from poverty. Eligible entities include local governments, education providers, higher education institutions, Indian tribes, and community nonprofits. Grant recipients must submit economic mobility needs assessments and annual performance reports.
What changed
The bill would establish a new Cradle to Career Grant Program in the Colorado Department of Human Services aimed at promoting economic mobility through coordinated community supports. The program would fund initiatives connecting children and youth with educational and extracurricular programming while linking families with health and social services. An advisory board would be created to approve grant recipients and develop program guidelines.
Affected parties including local governments, educational institutions, nonprofits, and tribal organizations should monitor this legislation as it progresses through the Colorado General Assembly. If enacted, eligible entities would need to prepare economic mobility needs assessments and comprehensive proposals to compete for grant awards, with ongoing annual reporting requirements to the state department.
What to do next
- Monitor legislative progress on SB26-080
- Review program guidelines when published
- Assess organizational eligibility for grant participation
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SB26-080
Cradle to Career Grant Program Creation
| Type | Bill |
|---|---|
| Session | 2026 Regular Session |
| Subjects | Human Services |
Concerning creating the cradle to career grant program.
Recent Bill (PDF) Recent Fiscal Note (PDF) Bill Summary:
The bill creates the cradle to career grant program (grant program) in the state department of human services (state department) to provide grants that promote coordinated community-based supports and services that open opportunities for economic mobility from poverty. The grant program must connect children and youth with high-quality educational and extracurricular programming and families with key health and social services in order to improve prenatal and early childhood outcomes, student achievement, and workforce readiness. A local government, local education provider, state institution of higher education, Indian tribe or tribal organization, or community-based nonprofit or not-for-profit organization (eligible entity) is eligible for a grant award.
The bill creates an advisory board to approve the state department's potential grant recipients and to collaborate with the state department to develop grant program guidelines and criteria for awarding grants.
To receive a grant, an eligible entity must submit an application that includes an economic mobility needs assessment and a comprehensive proposal to address the needs within its designated service area. The application must identify community partners as prospective subcontractors. Each grant recipient must annually report to the state department on a set of performance indicators assessing the economic mobility outcomes and impacts associated with the grant award. The state department must make a related report to the general assembly each year.
The state department may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations for grant-program-related purposes. The state department is not required to implement the grant program until sufficient money is available to adequately fund grant program operations. The general assembly shall not appropriate general fund dollars for grant program operations in its first year. General fund appropriations for grant program operations in subsequent years are limited to 50% of the gifts, grants, and donations that the program received in the prior calendar year.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Prime Sponsors
James Coleman
Senator
Cleave Simpson
Representative
Meghan Lukens
Representative
Regina English
Committees
Senate
Local Government & Housing Appropriations
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Status
Under Consideration
Introduced
Under Consideration
Upcoming Schedule
1 meeting
Apr 13
Senate Third Reading of Bills - Final Passage
10:00 AM Senate Chamber
Related Documents & Information
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 04/10/2026 | Engrossed | |
| 02/06/2026 | Introduced |
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 04/10/2026 | PA2 | |
| 02/27/2026 | PA1 |
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 04/08/2026 | First Revised Fiscal Note | |
| 02/24/2026 | Initial Fiscal Note |
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 04/08/2026 | SA1 |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Adopt amendment L.006 | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Refer Senate Bill 26-080, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. | The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. | Vote summary |
| Hearing Summary | Committee Report: PDF | |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adopt amendment L.001 | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Adopt amendment L.002 | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Adopt amendment L.003 | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Adopt amendment L.004 | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Refer Senate Bill 26-080, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. | The motion passed on a vote of 6-1. | Vote summary |
| Hearing Summary | Committee Report: PDF | |
| Date | Amendment Number | Committee/ Floor Hearing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 04/10/2026 | L.005 | Second Reading |
| 04/10/2026 | L.006 | SEN Appropriations |
| 02/26/2026 | L.004 | SEN Local Government & Housing |
| 02/26/2026 | L.003 | SEN Local Government & Housing |
| 02/26/2026 | L.002 | SEN Local Government & Housing |
| 02/26/2026 | L.001 | SEN Local Government & Housing |
- Amendments passed in committee are not incorporated into the measure unless adopted by the full House or Senate.
** The status of Second Reading amendments may be subsequently affected by the adoption of an amendment to the Committee of the Whole Report. Refer to the House or Senate Journal for additional information.
| Date | Location | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 04/10/2026 | Senate | Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor |
| 04/10/2026 | Senate | Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole |
| 02/26/2026 | Senate | Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Appropriations |
| 02/06/2026 | Senate | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing |
Prime Sponsor
Sen. J. Coleman | Sen. C. Simpson
Rep. R. English | Rep. M. Lukens
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