Description:
The 2021 CHAS found that nearly one in nine (11.8%) parents/guardians in Colorado with a child 5 or younger struggled to access child care, a challenge that has been exacerbated by the pandemic and rising costs. The average Colorado family spends more on child care than on necessities such as food, transportation, and housing. Access to child care is inequitable, with more low-income earning families and families of color going without child care when they need it. Unaffordable child care harms the health and well-being of parents/guardians and disproportionately affects low-income earning women and women of color, leading to greater inequities. (author abstract)
Resource Type:
Reports & Papers
Publisher(s):
Funder(s):
Colorado Health Foundation;
Colorado Springs Health Foundation;
Colorado Gives Foundation;
Delta Dental (Organization);
Rocky Mountain Health Foundation;
Colorado. Department of Health Care Policy and Financing;
Colorado. Department of Human Services. Office of Behavioral Health;
Latino Community Foundation of Colorado;
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Country:
United States
State(s)/Territories/Tribal Nation(s):
Colorado