Early Childhood Focus

Colorado Child Care Information Could be Online in 1-2 Years

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:05:05 PST

Colorado parents shopping for good child care will find the task easier once detailed facility inspection and complaint records are posted on a proposed state Internet site. But that could take two years.

Pre-licensing Class Offered for Home Child Care Workers

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:43:51 PST

The pre-licensing class, �There�s No Place Like Home,� for individuals who want to become licensed child care providers will be held at the Morgan County Family Center in Fort Morgan July 21-23 from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m.

More Children Can Go To Preschool For Free

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:23:11 PST

More area 4-year-olds will have the opportunity to attend preschool for free this fall, thanks to funding from the state.

Fundraising Effort Started for Child Care

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:09:27 PST

Inside a sanctuary at the Unity of Faith Worship Center in Rocky Mount on Thursday, several Edgecombe County child care providers stood shoulder-to-shoulder in a circle with linked hands, closed their eyes and turned their heads to the floor.

County to Address Child Care Crunch: New Providers will be Trained to Work from their Homes

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:18:00 PST

Martha McClellan - whose job is to help parents find child care - said working moms and dads have become so anxious about finding a spot, they're calling before they even have kids.

Child Care Task Force Eyes Regional Tax Initiative

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:21:10 PST

"What are we, rabbits?" was the question asked during Wednesday's meeting of the San Miguel County Child Care Task Force, which is trying to come to some conclusion to that question. And, considering the number of children born, or on the way, who need childcare very soon, as in immediately if not sooner, the answer is, in a way, yes.

Social Services Expands Child Care Program

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:24:05 PST

There are people to help, and if Moffat County Social Services can help more of them, then it will work to help more of them, Director Marie Peer said.

Change impacts child care program

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:53:50 PST

Hundreds of low-income Larimer County families could be eligible for assistance with their child-care costs next year through a change in county policy.

County Commissioners discuss raising child care assistance

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:04:38 PST

Stephanie Howle, director of First Impressions of Routt County, said Tuesday that the biggest problem for local families seeking early childhood education is not long waiting lists at overcrowded preschools - the biggest problem is cost.

Child-care crisis hits San Miguel

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:10:30 PST

No one has a solution for the serious shortage of preschools in San Miguel County.

Child Care Task Force: 'More Kids Than Programs'

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:15:12 PST

There they were: a parade of tiny horribles in Halloween costumes. Lining one end of main street to the other, a children's crusade about the size of an army, a shocking number of parents with their children, a throng of little precious pirates and ghouls and fairy queens, all, despite the fun-filled fanfare, rolling by as evidence of just another heartbreaking social problem in a "maxed out" mountain resort community.

Eagle County seeks Basalt funds for child care

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:17:06 PST

Child-care maze cheats recipients

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:36:08 PST