While some pandemic-related problems have eased or improved, the price and availability of child care continue to create strains for families in Colorado and across the country as they strive to gain back ground.
While 5-year-old Bruce has his baseball cleats tied by his father Bridger, his 18-month-old sister Brixyn, held by their mother Ali Singer, shares her snack ahead of a little league baseball game in Grand Junction on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. In the spring of 2021, child care problems loomed large for Loryn Duke, the communications director at the Steamboat Ski Resort, and two of her colleagues. Duke had returned to work from maternity leave.
or EPIC. The business organization teamed up with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood to offer employers a “design lab” to provide technical assistance and guidance on business plans and funding sources. EPIC is offering a second round of the design lab this year. Nicole Riehl, EPIC president and CEO, said 10 out of 26 applicants were chosen for the first round. The projects completed or underway represent about 500 new child care slots, the majority of which will be for infants and toddlers.Riehl said the design lab advances the work started 13 years ago when business leaders joined forces to champion early childhood and education.
The 7,500-square-foot facility “just steps from the hospital” will cost about $5 million. Community Hospital is using a state child care contribution tax credit, congressional funds, donations and a $800,000 state grant to help finance the project.
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