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Army combat veterans transforming historic church on Colorado Springs’ west side into child care center
7+ hour, 22+ min ago (1059+ words) For the first time since being built in 1904, a historic church in Old Colorado City will be used for something other than praise and worship and all things God. The building at 2927 W. Pikes Peak Ave., which most recently functioned as…...
Colorado Springs has a serious lack of childcare problem
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (530+ words) Colorado Springs is a childcare desert. Almost 47,000 children under the age of five live in our county, but only 18,400 licensed childcare spots are available. As a result, according to a UCCS study, 26% of parents who say they would otherwise work,…...
GUEST COLUMN: Colorado Springs has a serious lack of childcare problem
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (530+ words) Colorado Springs is a childcare desert. Almost 47,000 children under the age of five live in our county, but only 18,400 licensed childcare spots are available. As a result, according to a UCCS study, 26% of parents who say they would otherwise work,…...
City planners, child support groups, older downtown neighborhoods work toward child care facilities
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (859+ words) The Colorado Springs Planning Department, interest groups working for the well-being of small children, and the older established downtown neighborhoods are all talking to each other and trying to work out a plan for increasing the number of child care…...
Child care groups kick off media campaign about shortage in Colorado Springs
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (675+ words) Local child care advocates will be running a months-long social media push to share stories about the difficulties in finding and affording care in Colorado Springs The Joint Initiatives for Youth & Families and the Family Friendly Initiative announced the launch…...
EDITORIAL: It's time to solve the childcare problem
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (411+ words) Child care provider Heidi Mather cleans up Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, at Heidi's Child Care Center in Colorado Springs. Mather has been a day care provider for decades. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) America's childcare system is in shambles, and nowhere is the…...
EDITORIAL: Colorado must solve its child care crisis
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (578+ words) Reputable sociologists and economists agree on one problem. The decline of the traditional two-parent family with children threatens our country's economic and cultural future. Policymakers can address substance abuse, crime, illiteracy, poverty and economic struggles for the middle class as…...
New Colorado laws boost home-care wages, establishes $60 million safety net provider fund
10+ mon, 27+ min ago (379+ words) Gov. Jared Polis signed two bills on Wednesday aimed at increasing wage requirements for Colorado's home care workers and a $60 million stabilization fund for "safety net" providers. The first bill,House Bill 1328, implements a number of recommendations made by the…...