Your Stories

CPCD has been an invaluable resource for our family. As we recently relocated to Colorado Springs, the support provided through CPCD made it possible for us to balance the demands of work while adjusting to a new community. The subsidized childcare has offered an unexpected yet deeply appreciated sense of economic, emotional, and overall relief, support we now cannot imagine living without. ...

Childcare has made a huge difference in my life by taking a tremendous amount of stress off my shoulders. Before childcare, I worried every day about my mom watching my son. Because of her age, it was difficult for her to keep up with how energetic he is, yet she watched him five days a week for eight hours a day so I could work and provide for us. Having access to childcare has lifted a ...

Everything is so interconnected. If you don't have a safe place to make sure your child is going when you're not with them, then how are you supposed to sustain long-term work? It’s the cycle of poverty. Families have to have safe places for their kids to go. If it's a choice between spending $560 per month or leaving a kid home alone for three hours, parents think, “Well, it’s just three ...

My Family Advocate. Maria at Head Start has helped a lot when it comes to affording diapers and wipes, and ensuring my child care is top notch. I wouldn’t want to take my kids any other place that didn’t work with head start. I have a few different representatives that help me with different things like diapers or other resources. Ms. Audrey is the only sitter I have/ trust. We don’t have ...

I work remote and it took nearly a year to find a consistent childcare provider. We had several people ghost us or provide poor care despite them stating they had many years of childcare service.We cannot afford a lot, like many others, but provided slightly over CO minimum wage and would compensate above and beyond for additional hours needed last minute.We tried contacting some local ...

I grew up with a brother who was much younger than me. I taught him how to play sports. I was basically his coach. That’s when I realized I’d really like to go into teaching. I loved kids. I loved being the positive role model ... especially for kids who don’t have dads. It was huge to have a positive effect on kids. My mom was a preschool aide at a Catholic preschool. I went in there to see ...

We have to care about kids. They're the most vulnerable people in the population.If we aren't taking care of moms and children, then we are a failed society. If you have means and education and emotional support to raise your kid—highest of fives—but what about everybody else? The needs of children impact every one of us. We have to do it together. Those first six years are absolutely ...

I had my first son 2 years ago when looking for childcare I got onto waitlists when I was still pregnant as I heard they were months to years long. When it came time to deliver and I took my leave I still was waiting to hear back to get a spot and the ones that were open wanted $400/week which is absolutely something we couldn’t afford. We’ve even reached out to sitters and stay at home moms ...

I had a military family who withdrew their two children from my program because they could not afford to pay for daycare. The mother stopped working because she was giving almost all her paycheck to day care for two children. The mother was crying because she wanted to keep them in the family childcare program. Christine lost three spots in the last month, which will impact her finances.

Llegar a este maravilloso país y no contar con algun familiar que nos ayudara con el cuidado de Ana causó mucha preocupación en nosotros porque sino contabamos con un cuidado para nuestra hija era imposible que ambos encuentraramos un trabajo estable. Cuando finalmente tuvimos acceso a un cuidado confiable, nuestra vida cambió positivamente, ya que pudimos trabajar con tranquilidad y ...

My name is Brian Blasnick. I’m the owner of NIAX Colorado Springs, which is a revenue-sharing networking group here in town. The biggest reason I own my own company is because it allows me flexibility with my childcare situation. For about 20 years, I was a chef —an executive chef — in Colorado Springs. I worked at a ton of different places: Trinity, The Broadmoor, Blue Star. The last ...

My son Timothy was in foster care for the first year of his life. When he was able to come home to me the CCCAP freeze was already in place. I am a single Mom so having a job is the only way for me to provide for Timothy. I was able to receive a 90 day authorization for Child Welfare CCCAP and place him in daycare and obtain steady work. However once that 90 days was up I could no longer ...

Having my sons enrolled at CPCD has had a truly life-changing impact on our family. As a mother of young children, I would not have been able to continue my education and work toward my career goals without reliable, high-quality childcare. Knowing my boys were in a safe, nurturing, and structured environment allowed me to focus on building a better future for our family. Thanks to CPCD, ...

I'm Claree Ratliff and i moved to the Spring in February this year. I came with just me and my little one. As i prepared to work again childcare was a worry so i applied for CPCD. It honestly took no them no time to contact me and get Jace in a class. Knowing CCapp was on a freeze i didn't think id get contacted that fast. If i didn't get this opportunity with CPCD I would have had to cut my ...