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Child‑care providers and local officials warn JBC that CCAP freezes and pilot cuts threaten providers and families
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Nonprofits, child‑care operators and county human‑services directors told the Joint Budget Committee that freezes in CCAP enrollment, provider rate issues and proposed cuts to child‑care pilots endanger existing centers and could force some providers to close or reduce hours.
Denver — Child‑care operators, program intermediaries and county human‑services directors told the Joint Budget Committee that pauses and funding uncertainty in Colorado’s Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) and proposed cuts to childcare pilots could force providers to cut services or close.
Speakers included Jillian Fabricus of Illuminate Colorado, which runs the childcare services and substance use disorder treatment pilot; Honey Niehaus of Family Star Montessori…
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