1,825 days.
Between the day children are born and the day they go to kindergarten, there are 1,825 days their brains are soaking up information.

What they learn in those days will directly affect what they can achieve every other day of their lives.

Everyone understands the importance of children succeeding once they are in school. But we often overlook what it takes to get them ready to learn before they enter school. Colorado early childhood systems building partners are committed to helping families understand the importance of these early years and make good decisions that ensure their children are ready for school and ready for life.

This is the start of a statewide commitment to young children that will pay off in high school, college and beyond.

Scientific research is very clear: the more children learn before the age of 8, the more successful they will be at 18... at 28... at 38... Smart Start Colorado is the smartest way to pool our resources, our thinking and our people to make sure our children get off to the best start.

This is the start of less red tape and more prepared children.

Throughout Colorado, there are a multitude of resources to help young children learn the things they need to know to be successful. But parents are often lost in the maze and professionals often do not have the resources they need to deliver the best programs. Smart Start Colorado aims to better coordinate and streamline the myriad efforts so that communities, families and children get what they need, when they need it.

This is the start of great organizations working as a team for the good of our youngest citizens.

Smart Start Colorado is the framework for comprehensive early childhood systems building in Colorado.  State and local partnerships embrace the vision of a connected, integrated network of early care and education, health, mental health, and family support and parent education and use the eight goals outlined by Smart Start Colorado to guide collaborative systems building work.