“When care is too expensive, parents also can’t go to work. When parents can’t work, business declines across key industries employing thousands of Coloradans in aerospace, tech, defense and homeland security, manufacturing, food and agriculture, and more.”
“Without long-term public investment to stabilize the child care system and increase affordability for working families, Colorado’s economic growth could slow to a crawl at a time when it has already dropped from fifth in the nation to 41st.”
In a new op-ed piece, Laura Carlson and co-authors Steffanie Clothier from Gary Community Ventures and Sue Renner the David + Laura Merage Foundation have partnered to bring important and needed attention to an issue that ultimately affects all Coloradoans. We are grateful to The Colorado Sun for working with us and providing a platform to share this collective recommitment and reimagining.
Read the piece in The Colorado Sun: Opinion: Funding freeze in Colorado child care assistance program is opportunity for state to recommit, reimagine system
