By Carly Moore | Fox 31 News
Finding available and affordable child care is a pressing concern for many Colorado families.
Anecdotally, for a lot of new parents of kids younger than six, before they go to school, paying for childcare is like taking out a second mortgage. Many believe it’s the cost of childcare that causes the biggest problems, but the Common Sense Institute ran the numbers and found many counties in Colorado are in a childcare desert.
The Common Sense Institute found that there are not enough spots for all the kids who need care. About 51% of the state is in a “childcare desert.”
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