by CHARRIS | Apr 21, 2026 | Films, Journalism
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS | Our journalism team recently took a deep dive into the rising cost of childcare in Colorado in “Careless,” an original documentary airing next week on RMPBS. The documentary examines the biggest challenges facing early childhood today, and what...
by CHARRIS | Apr 1, 2026 | Journalism
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...
by CHARRIS | Mar 19, 2026 | Community Stories
Lauren Hug | Side Dish with Schniper, Substack “Everyone loves them,” says Choice Restaurant Concepts co-owner Crystal Byrd Thompson about children of team members. “Children are part of our world.” We’re chatting about the challenges parents in the hospitality...
by CHARRIS | Feb 15, 2026 | Journalism
Erica Breunlin | The Colorado Sun Ten empty cribs fill a canary yellow classroom at Mero Kaya’s Jump Start Early Learning Academy of Englewood. Toys are stowed neatly in brightly colored buckets. A mobile of bees and honeycombs hangs still. Kaya and his wife, Ranada,...
by CHARRIS | Feb 12, 2026 | Policy Updates
Rebecca Powell | Fort Collins Coloradoan During their Feb. 10 meeting, Larimer County commissioners approved a one-year contract that spells out how money from a new quarter-cent sales tax to fund child care can be spent. The contract is with Northern Colorado Kids...
