Real Parents. Real Numbers.
Colorado parents are paying more for child care than they pay for housing. Some are leaving jobs; others are leaving the state. Hear their stories.
Andrew is a father of 2 kids. He has to pay 3 times his monthly mortgage just to send his kids to daycare every month.
Emily is a mother of 1 kid. She had to leave teaching and stay home to care for her child.
Maria Ignacia is a mother to a 5 month old son. She’s selling her house because she can no longer afford it with the cost of child care.
Colorado mother of a 1 year old and 4 year old. She has to pay $960 a week for her two children and it is more than her housing costs.
Ann Marie is a mother of 1 kid. She has to pay $4800 a month for child care and is considering moving from Colorado because they cannot afford to stay.