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As a single mom with a young child, having consistent and reliable childcare has been a struggle. Working full-time isn’t an option, as I must be available to care for my son. The lack of affordable and accessible childcare has often burdened me with extra stress and anxiety about how I'm going to work when I have nowhere to take my child. There have been many days when, due to the lack of ...

Childcare has made a difference to me and my family by being very graceful of when we drop off and pick up, because of cpcd im able to have a job and not worry who's going to care for my children. My children's childcare facility is very understanding on personal situations.Childcare has help me for the past 8 years to keep a job and not have to worry about child care for my children. Cpcd ...

I was a family childcare provider licensed through the Department of Defense for the Air Force. We would have younger enlisted members come in — they’d have a baby, and they would need childcare. Infant care is more expensive than preschool or school-age students. If I charged market rate, it was more than what those young airmen made in a pay period. There was no way. So I would cut my rate ...

Being a part of the cpcd family has been very helpful and beneficial to me and my daughter. Without them I wouldn't have been able to finish school let alone do my clinicals and stuff that I need to do. With them having space for my daughter to be a part of their classroom allowing me the time to do what I need to do. Not having child care or daycare isn't helpful to a lot of people because ...

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 ...

As a single mom in the 90's - before the days of FAMLI leave and even the ability to call in sick when my kids were sick (just had to lie and say *I* was sick) I cobbled together a network of family, friends and neighbors to help watch my kids. Once my daughter was 8, I set a timer for 30 minutes between the time I had to leave for work and when she left for school. She was instructed to ...

Childcare has determined whether I could work at all, because I’ve spent long stretches without reliable care and had to miss work or adjust my hours. Not having consistent childcare made pursuing education harder too, since classes and homework had to be squeezed in at night or during naps. It also limited simple things like errands, appointments, and connecting with people in the ...

The lack of childcare has affected my ability to work BIG TIME. It was not until June 2024 that I found an overnight job that allowed me to receive a bit more income to help my partner (my son's dad) and I pay bills that we were drowning in. We made too much money to qualify for food stamps. The lack of child care has caused me to work nine different jobs from the time my son was six months ...

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 ...

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. ...

This program had help our family in many ways. The first big thing is helping Suttyn and her being able to learn and meet new people. She talks about school and teacher and loves going. She has learn so many new things. We had also help us by allowing me to work and help financially in our home.

CPCD has been a complete godsend for me and my family! And the time of my son’s acceptance into the program couldn’t have come at a more crucial time with the passing of my dad and the once again brand new start at figuring out life again and not really knowing where to begin. I couldn’t imagine the confusion around the loss my son had to be feeling as well!! Starting school not only gave my ...

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 ...

I decided to leave a career I loved to help care for my grandchildren. I did this primarily for the incredible opportunity to spend this precious time with my grandbabies, but also because my daughter's childcare experience was so disastrous and the cost so astronomical. My daughter is a psychologist and can afford private daycare, but after a different child's diaper was put on her baby and ...