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application now open for the 2024-25 Year

UPK is administered by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood and care is provided by local early educators like Early Connections Learning Centers! For those interested in 2023-2024 school year please contact us! Walk-ins welcome.

learn how UPK works

Steps

Fill out the state application & choose early connections

Fill out the State of Colorado application

Apply today

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Get match notification & accept

After you’ve completed the application you will get a matching notification that you will need to accept. 

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Contact us at any point in your process to get assistance.

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Learn How UPK Works

Universal Preschool Colorado allows families to choose the right setting for their child, whether it is in a licensed community-based, school-based or home-based preschool setting. Families of children in the year before they are eligible for kindergarten, and qualifying 3-year-olds, can apply now for Universal Preschool Colorado for the 2023-24 school year.

Early connections is a UPK provider

Early Connections is here to support your early care and education needs for your children. We offer UPK services at all of our locations.

  • Every child in the year before they are eligible for kindergarten is eligible.

  • UPK will pay for every four-year-old child to attend preschool.

  • Some three-year-olds may also qualify.

Get enrolled

Contact our enrollment department to get the assistance you need to get your child enrolled at one of our centers.

719-381-4801

enrollment@earlyconnections.org

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A contribution to Early Connections Learning Centers benefits the entire community by investing in its youngest members.

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Early Connections’ early care and education program focuses on school readiness and closing the achievement gap. 

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