New pilot program launching in southern Colorado aims to bridge military childcare gap with trained ‘helpers'

New pilot program launching in southern Colorado aims to bridge military childcare gap with trained ‘helpers'

As an Army spouse and mother herself, Kayla Corbitt knows firsthand the challenges military families face when it comes to childcare.Corbitt, who now lives in Colorado Springs, launched her nationwide nonprofit, Operation Child Care Project, which focuses on childcare access and equity for military and veteran families.Oftentimes, military families consist of active-duty parents or situations where one parent is a servicemember and the other wor…