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Childcare has made a profound difference in my life as a single parent raising a young daughter. When my daughter was an infant and toddler, finding reliable and safe childcare was extremely challenging. Cost was a major barrier, but just as difficult was finding someone I could truly trust with my child. At one point, my daughter was enrolled in an at-home daycare. Unfortunately, there ...

Childcare has helped me grow for myself as a person and as a teacher. Giving me insights on how children think and learn. Making myself having to adjust to every individual child I interact with. Always finding new ways of teaching or learning. Having a healthy environment in the center and knowing the teachers are supported plays a big factor.

This family has been part of CPCD since 2023. They are an immigrant family who came to this country with one goal in mind to give their children a better life. Since arriving, they have faced constant financial challenges. They have lived in shelters and in subsidized housing, only to be forced to leave when they fell behind on rent. Stability has been hard to find.Throughout these years, ...

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 ...

It was hard not having child care since I was not flexible with work and movement around with the crazy weather sometimes. As a new mom sometimes you need some space just to breathe and relax. Having child care did help the healing from mental breakdown. My childcare professional Mrs. Deborah and family advocate Maria has been my mentors.They feel like my own Family. I really thank God for them.

I grew up in a low income home, with a single parent in a neighborhood filled with violence. I remember going to Headstart like it was yesterday. I remember eating oatmeal with maple syrup. I felt safe. There was plenty of noursihing food. To this day when I am feeling emotional, I will make me a nice warm bowl of oatmeal. It takes me back to that safe place. The headstart teachers were ...

CPCD has specifically helped us enormously by allowing me to go back to school. I was able to get my certification so that I can get a job in the pharmacy tech. field.

I have been in the Early Childhood Education field for most of my adult life, and during that time I have seen both positive and negative impacts on my community. Recently, what has bothered me most is the lack of funding available to families who need help paying for childcare. A few weeks ago, a parent whose child attends our center came in almost in tears because their renewal for ...

Having our son in childcare has helped him and my family tremendously. Financially it was hard to find somewhere to place him. And with having a speech delay it felt like more bills would pile up trying to find a therapist that was affordable. But with this program it has not only provided the care he needed and deserves but also the speech therapy. He has grown so much into a sweet, caring ...

When I was looking for a daycare after I had a baby, I toured a few places. It was hard find one that felt right. I was living in Austin and having to decide between putting my daughter in daycare or no longer working. I noticed it lacked the feeling of home. The feeling that they are just another number. So ultimately I had to stop working. It affected my ability to work not having that ...

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. ...

Having affordable childcare for my daughter has changed our lives in so many ways. The biggest way being that since she's in school, I was able to find a job to support our family. It has helped tremendously with my daughter's social skills. We don't know what we would do without the quality, affordable childcare she's receiving!

Eventhough I have encountered many wonderful Early childhood professionals in my many years with Cpcd there is one who is particularly close to my heart .Her name is Lori, she was my Family Advocate at A time in my life where I didn't have much hope for my future and I could not see A clear path. She provided me with resources and educated me on various topics but more than that, she helped ...

So back in October my husband had a joking a seizure and was in the hospital for a week we've been loaded with bills from the hospital then he landed up back in the hospital and November for a couple of days for blood transplants and we've been really struggling with how to get Christmas so I asked my youngest daughter's teacher to see if they had any programs that might help me and they ...

My family and I were homeless from October 2021 to July 2023. At one point, we had been staying at several hotels. I had been given resources for cpcd, and I had contacted them they actually came to the hotel we were staying at and helped me with the paperwork. we got approved. both of my kids had been going to cpcd since 2022. It has been a blessing. Knowing that my kids are safe and warm, ...