CPR News Series: Raising Colorado
In a multi-part series, CPR News examines how families and the state are Raising Colorado within a child care system many say is broken.
We’ve talked to parents who struggle daily and providers navigating an underfunded, overcrowded and oftentimes unaffordable system. Now, tightened budgets and frozen subsidies are making an already difficult situation worse. When child care falls through, the consequences can come at the cost of some parents’ jobs.
CPR set out to find out what happens when parents who are needed in Colorado’s workforce can’t find reliable care.
The series was supported in part by a grant from Gary Community Ventures, which had no editorial influence.
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