The headlines started appearing in July and August: A child care catastrophe was looming. Nearly 1,100 Colorado child care programs would shutter and 83,000 young children in the state would lose care after federal COVID aid expired in September, according to projections from a national think tank. The numbers were part of a state-by-state forecast put out by the left-leaning Century Foundation in June, intended to sound the alarm about the impact of lapsing funds the so-called child care cliff. But Colorado officials say the nightmare scenario described in the report won’t come to pass. “This is not at all what […]
A think tank predicted more than 1,000 Colorado child care programs would shutter after COVID aid expired, but state leaders say that’s not true.