The legislature approved the child care expansion program in November 2020 during a special session to help the state recover from the COVID pandemic
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Posted inOutdoors
Colorado ski areas open day cares to attract high country workers in child care desert
Steamboat Resort and Breckenridge Resort opened child care centers for the kids of their employees this season. In Aspen, the resort is helping pay for new child care center slots in the community.
Posted inEquity
Colorado’s child care crisis shows no sign of waning
Timing was everything for Jaiya Jermulowske and her husband, Kory. They knew they couldn’t afford to have two kids in day care at the same time, so the couple— who live about 35 minutes south of Steamboat Springs — planned their second pregnancy around child care. When her son, Kayson, was born, Jermulowske left her […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News
Colorado Springs day care owner sentenced to 6 years in prison for hiding 26 kids in basement
COLORADO SPRINGS — A Colorado day care owner convicted of misdemeanor child abuse and other crimes for keeping 26 children hidden in a basement was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison. Carla Faith was only licensed to care for up to six children and only two of them were allowed to be under the […]
Posted inNews
Desperate for teachers and staff, some rural Colorado schools are offering their workers child care
KREMMLING — Becca Pearson thought it would be impossible to find child care for her 1-year-old daughter in her rural community of 2,000. Instead, the speech pathologist found a provider that fits with her work schedule — where she gets a discount and could breastfeed her daughter during the day. She’s among a handful of […]
Posted inCOVID, Education, News
Colorado child care centers see rise in coronavirus outbreaks as disease spreads across Denver area
The rate of COVID-19 outbreaks in Colorado child care centers more than tripled in October, prompting reminders from the state about key health and safety precautions. State officials tallied around three dozen outbreaks in child care programs in October, compared with 10 in September. There were a dozen outbreaks Denver, with smaller numbers in Adams, […]
Posted inColoradans, COVID, Health, News, Politics and Government
Lack of child care prevents moms from getting drug treatment in Colorado. Here comes “RV Honey.”
Rewa Bailey’s office inside a substance abuse treatment center has an infant swing in the corner. Baby gates strategically placed throughout the building corral toddlers while their mothers try to focus on group therapy sessions. And as often as possible, the staff at Aspen Center in Westminster switches out the toys in an attempt to […]
Posted inColoradans, COVID, Education, News
Even as Colorado child care centers reopen, their long-term survivability is at risk
As Becky Crowe plots the reopening of Clayton Early Learning’s 20-acre campus that shut down in March to help slow the spread of the new coronavirus, she said it’s almost like playing “a grand game of whack-a-mole.” “The second you address one problem, there’s like three others that pop up,” said Crowe, president and CEO […]