Child Care News
Explore the newsfeed below to stay up to date on the child care conversation in Colorado.
It will feature content from reporters to podcasters to community advocates to filmmakers to everyday Coloradans.
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From $20K Child Care Bills to a Dance Party: Moms Turn Stories Into Action
Child care has long been expensive, but in Colorado, costs are rising faster than inflation. The Denver chapter of Chamber of Mothers is asking families to share their experiences. And it all kicked off at a sold-out Mom Dance Party for Child Care Change in partnership with Moms Feelin’ Themselves and Two Moons Music Hall.
A day in the life of a child-free Coloradan — and the child care that makes it possible
91,590 Colorado children can’t access child care — nearly one-quarter of all kids under 5 — and 40,000 parents report having made career changes to accommodate a lack of care. The Denver Post spent a day with a child-free 42-year-old man to find out if the issues facing this system are trickling down to impact those without kids.
“Out of Reach: Colorado’s crumbling child care system”
“Out of Reach”, a new series from The Colorado Sun, will unpack why child care costs have become so high for families and providers. It will also explore what it will take to make child care affordable and widely available across the state. The Sun is speaking to parents, child care providers, advocates, researchers and lawmakers to understand how this flailing system holds back not only individual families but also communities and the entire state.
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