The Colorado Child Care Association will provide technical assistance to the recipients. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, each year approximately 100,000 children end up in emergency rooms as a result of playground injuries. The Colorado program seeks to improve the surface material in the fall zones of such equipment by taking out old surface material and replacing it with crumb rubber made from scrap tires. In some circumstances, wood fiber chips will be used. The deadline for grant applications is May 30, 2001.
Eligibility requires that the recipient have attended a workshop.
These workshops will be held around the state.