Quality Improvement System (QIS) Refresh Project Support

The Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) is seeking a vendor to provide core project support, stakeholder engagement, and recommendations for a phased five-year quality plan as part of the Quality Improvement System (QIS) redesign. The selected vendor will work with CDEC to redesign the Colorado Shines Quality Rating and Improvement System, which aims to maintain health and safety standards in child care programs, help early childhood professionals improve the quality of services, and show families that a child care program is committed to quality. The vendor will provide project management, additional outreach support, analysis of other statewide and national programs, facilitation of feedback sessions, and recommendations for a CDEC five-year quality plan. • The project includes supporting the CDEC Division of Early Childhood Workforce (DECW) with project management and stakeholder engagement. • The vendor will provide recommendations for a phased five-year quality plan. • The vendor will facilitate feedback sessions for the redesigned system. • The vendor will analyze other statewide and national programs that will impact the redesigned system. • The vendor will provide backbone support for the Quality Improvement System (QIS) Redesign.