Colorado Can’t Keep Waiting — It’s Time to Invest in Child Care
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At the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition (CSPC), we know firsthand that Colorado families are doing everything they can to stay afloat — working multiple jobs, navigating rising costs, and struggling to access affordable, reliable child care. Meanwhile, the providers they rely on — often grandmothers, neighbors, and friends — are being pushed past the breaking point.
In a new guest commentary published by The Denver Post, our own Mirla Coronado de Low, Director of Early Childhood Programs at CSPC, outlines what’s really at stake: our over-reliance on federal funding has left our child care system fragile and vulnerable to political games. And because of TABOR and Colorado’s flat tax system, our state isn’t doing enough to invest in its own families.
But it doesn’t have to be this way.
A graduated income tax — like the one Colorado had before 1987 — could generate over $2 billion annually to fund the programs our families need: child care, education, and health care.
📖 Read the full op-ed here: Read Here
We’re proud to stand with the Protect Colorado’s Future Coalition to push for tax fairness and a stronger future for Colorado’s families.