The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the child care industry, resulting in permanent closures of many of the child care centers in Colorado. The Buell Foundation responded quickly during the first days of the shutdown by providing unsolicited grants to all of our child care partners, and then again when centers needed to reopen under new rules and guidelines. We are proud that so many of our partners came out of the pandemic as strong as they were before, and we are grateful for their contribution to all Colorado communities.Â
Support During COVID-19 (closed)
Published on Oct 9, 2020
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Local Financing for Early Childhood Education
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Early Childhood Councils
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Transforming the Early Childhood Workforce (closed)
This multiyear initiative was a partnership between the Buell Foundation and the Piton Foundation at Gary Community Investment that explored potential solutions for the early childhood workforce challenges that exist in Colorado. Through funding innovative projects, this initiative provided the capital needed to develop and test ideas with the potential to improve recruitment, retention, and/or compensation […]
