Colorado program that helps “the most vulnerable families” with child care faces freezes amid rising costs

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Colorado program that helps “the most vulnerable families” with child care faces freezes amid rising costs

Low-income child care assistance in every Colorado county could soon face a near-complete freeze in new enrollment or, at best, a waitlist as state and local funding fails to keep up with new mandates, state budget documents show. The Colorado Child Care Assistance Program, or CCCAP, helps low-income families afford child care so that parents can work or go to school. But recent state and federal changes, coupled with stimulus money drying up an…