FOR UPK PROVIDERS

LCO Update

OCTOBER, 2025

Town Halls

Monthly Information Sessions Hosted by DPP

As the Local Coordinating Organization (LCO), Denver Preschool Program (DPP) holds monthly information sessions for Colorado Universal Preschool providers at noon on the second Thursday of each month.

This month's session will include information on 26/27 timeline, the provider setup form, September payments/reconciliations and supplemental hours information

Next meeting: Thursday, October 9, 2025 at Noon

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IMPORTANT

If you haven’t done so already, please submit your program calendar to CDEC. If your program calendar isn't submitted you will not receive your UPK payments.

CALENDAR SUBMISSION FAQ

Provider Office Hours with CDEC

The Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) will host standing office hours to support Colorado UPK providers. Office hours will be held on the first Tuesday of each month from 6:00 PM-7:00 PM.

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Or dial: ‪(US) +1 929-277-6759‬ PIN: ‪201 173 708‬#

Timeline for the 2026/27 Program Year:

The Program Set Up Form for 2026-2027 will go LIVE in October! CDEC will share the 26-27 timeline with all necessary guides and documents through email to all providers as soon as it is available.
Please review this draft to begin understanding what the process and information needed will look like. Start thinking about which programs and seats you will want for the 2026-27 school year.
As a reminder, you will need to have a 2026-27 UPK calendar ready as soon as possible to submit as well.

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REMINDERS:

For children in “selected” status:

For the Direct Enrollment phase, which we are currently in for the 25/26 Program Year, children need to be either accepted or declined for the appropriate reason in the UPK portal

For children in "accepted" status:

Enroll your ‘accepted” students in the UPK portal to receive the UPK payment. Be sure that the enrollment date accurately reflects the first day of attendance!

If a student will NOT be attending your program, you must first enroll, then unenroll using the same date as start and end date!

New! LCO Portal on DPP's website

As the Denver Local Coordinating Organization (LCO), this portal serves as a place to provide information, resources and important deadlines for UPK Providers.

LCO Provider Portal

Payment Issues:

Payments were processed by MetrixIQ on Monday 9/15 for August Enrollments. If providers did not receive payment it's possible that they did not set up their payment information with Metrix properly or that they fall in one of the scenarios below:

Payment setup with MetrixIQ (ACH and W9) - not completed correctly - reach out to Metrix.
Provider agreements not signed or not signed on time. CDEC is aware that some providers’ August payment was prorated based on the date their agreement was signed. CDEC is working on resolving this and will issue guidance as soon as it is available. If you did not have an executed Provider Agreement for August CDEC will not be issuing a payment for August enrollment.
Missing insurance- this will be back paid after submission of required documents.
Dual enrollments not corrected- these providers will need to submit a reconciliation.
Opt-out or unpublished- these providers will not be paid.
Applications not in enrolled status- these providers will need to submit a reconciliation after adjusting enrollment with correct dates
For payment issues reach out to MetrixIQ at coupkpayments@metrixiq.com

Payment Reconciliation Memo

Newly updated reconciliation memo below

Payment Reconciliation Memo

DPP Tuition Credits

DPP's 2025-26 application is now available! Denver families can apply for both UPK Colorado and DPP tuition credits with participating providers! DPP credits are available to all Denver families with a 4-year-old in a participating preschool, regardless of income.

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