Your Stories

Childcare has helped me by providing me time to get things done while the kids are at school or childcare. For example, I run errands and do what is needed while they are being taken care of.

I would like to begin this letter by thanking each and every one of the CPCD staff members. Thanks to them, we can have a reliable and high-quality education for our children between the ages of 0 and 5, helping them prepare for kindergarten. In our family's case, it has been a great help for my daughter. She had a language delay; despite being 4 years old, her verbal communication was very ...

When both of my grandchildren were placed into my care unexpectedly, I found myself trying to balance the needs of young children with the responsibilities of my job. I had never heard of the CPCD program before my oldest granddaughter was enrolled, but it quickly became one of the greatest supports in our lives. Because of CPCD, I was able to continue working with very little disruption to ...

Robin, a grandparent and caregiver, shared how access to Head Start made a meaningful difference for her family. Through early childhood education, her grandchildren gained confidence, built friendships, and reached important developmental milestones, helping them feel prepared and proud as they grew into “big kids.” Reliable childcare also allowed Robin to attend her own medical ...

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 ...

I never really knew how I would do with kids. I didn’t think I would do very well with them. But now I almost feel like it was my calling. I’ve never been able to say I look forward to coming to work, but I do now. I love it. Even when it’s hard, it feels different than any other job I’ve had. Like today, some of the toddlers were climbing on tables and climbing on each other. But I still ...

During my initial home visit, Mom shared that she was currently unemployed and living in Colorado Springs with her children, while Dad worked fulltime in Breckenridge. The family had made the difficult decision to live separately because the high altitude in Breckenridge caused significant health issues for Mom. To protect her well‑being, she relocated with the children to Colorado ...

My story started in September of 2019, when our son Jax was born. Due to a lack of affordable childcare options, I found myself leaving the workforce to become a stay-at-home mom, which unfortunately is a position many families are put in. Being a new mom had its own challenges, but my biggest was finding creative ways to stay home with our baby and still financially contribute to my ...

Due to childcare expenses, my family has had to rely on one parent staying home. Even when options for head start became available, the hours or days did not align with regular schedule hours of work. Therefore, I have been unable to pursue my own career goals until all of my children were in school. Even then, because after school is expensive, I have only been able to attend school myself. ...

Not having childcare really impacts the quality of life I want to give to my kids. Without childcare I can’t help support the family, nor can I try to achieve long standing goals like going back to school to pursue a higher education. And by not being able to achieve the goals I can’t better my life or my kids life. 

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 ...

When our kids were little we used a nanny we found through Care.com. Honestly, it was scary. You’re dropping your kids off at someone’s house with very little ability to verify anything. Other kids, big dogs — you just hope your kids are safe when you pick them up. But you have to go to work. You’ve got to put food on the table. You’re choosing between two bad options. We didn't have family ...

Cpcd has been nothing less than a blessing. Before my children started at Cpcd I wasn’t able to finish classes or even consider working. I also had no time to myself to get laundry done or clean things up around my house. This was the first deployment Andrew had where the kids and I didn’t go with him. So I had the responsibility of both kids constantly by myself with all our family either ...

Both of my girls been in early head start since they was baby’s, and I thank it made a difference in my life cuz they got to hang out with kids there own age and I get time to my self.It’s hard to work now because I can’t find a job that we’ll go with my daughter schedule I don’t really have anyone else to pick my daughter up from school I’m doing it on my ownSince my daughter been in early ...

I was a single parent for many years. At the time, I was an entry-level automotive technician, not making a lot of money. I was fortunate enough to find a woman who was doing childcare out of her house. She was able to work with my schedule, and the cost was something I could manage. That worked out nicely, but then she ended up moving out of state. When that happened, I had to go back to ...