Colorado is one of many states across the nation striving to link early learning, health, mental health, family support, and parent education so that families and children experience a predictable, high-quality continuum of services and supports. Called "systems-building" work, these efforts also work to align state- and local-level policies across programs, funding streams, and regulatory agencies.

Currently, early childhood programs and services exist across the Rural Resort Region in various agencies and organizations. These are critical components to the comprehensive system and many agencies and organizations make significant contributions to local planning. The Rural Resort Region Early Childhood Council-Western Division has designed our strategic plan to address the whole system of early childhood care and parallel the goals that the state has already identified. The goals and outcomes that the state can be viewed in the published Early Childhood Colorado Framework