EXCERPT FROM: The Coloradoan
By Kevin Duggan
Local child care facilities and working families are starting to feel the pinch of tight county and state budgets.

EXCERPT FROM: Vail Daily
By Staff Reporter
VAIL VALLEY — Eagle County Health & Human Services' Early Head Start program in Colorado's Vail Valley will get $1.1 million in federal stimulus funds over the next two years.

EXCERPT FROM: 9News.com
By Jeffrey Wolf, Dave Delozier
GOLDEN - When the Colorado Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) was created it was intended to help families get back on their feet. CCAP provides financial assistance to low income families that are working, searching for work or are in training for work.

EXCERPT FROM: The Longmont Times-Call
By John Fryar
BOULDER — Budget limits are forcing Boulder County to freeze enrollment in a program that helps low-income families pay for child care, the county’s Housing and Human Services Department announced Wednesday.

Owners of child care centers in Portage County are worried cuts in state support may force some of them to close their doors.

VAIL VALLEY, Colorado — Enrollment in the Vail Valley's licensed child care centers is dropping, but the need for infant care just keeps growing.

Tammy Chapman had eight. Now she's down to six.

A Colorado Springs day care is offering 2 free hours of child care for parents currently looking for jobs.

Denver wants to reduce the number of children aided to 2,700 from the current level of 4,546, so for the most part, it is not accepting any new applicants. The county expects the freeze to last six months and for the waiting list to grow to about 1,500 during that time.