Shay Castle & Andrea Steffes Tuttle | The Boulder Valley Frequency
Colorado’s child care system is under enormous strain, which journalists Shay Castle and Andrea Steffes Tuttle explain on this episode of the Boulder Valley Frequency — and also report in the Denver Post.
Specifically, Shay and Andrea report:
- Families struggle to find care at all
- Licensed care in Boulder County costs about $19,000 per child annually, the highest in the state
- Child care workers remain underpaid
- Providers are financially fragile
- Federal funding that helps families afford care is under threat
As the first in a four-part series, Shay and Andrea follow Andrew Hyde and discover the ways in which child care impacts a day in his life — even as a child-free, 42-year-old man. As Andrew puts it: “I don’t notice it because it’s super awesome. I notice it because it’s a broken system.”
Bonus content Listen to the extended interview with Andrew Hyde