$46 million in Colorado child care assistance goes unused

On May 1, 2007 the Denver Post reported that over $46 million of funds earmarked for low-income child care assistance has gone unused:

Day-care funds go begging

The state of Colorado and many counties, including Denver, tightened the qualifications for this low-income child care assistance back in 2001, anticipating deep cuts in federal funding that never came.

So, for the last six years, the number of families receiving assistance has declined by over 30%, while the programs have received the same amount of funding, which has resulted in the surplus.

Now, counties are scrambling to add families to the program, or risk losing their share of this money to other counties that do. In Denver, the income level to qualify for a family of 3 was $2,558 - now it's $3,200.

The counties are desperate to communicate the new income levels to parents who previously thought they wouldn't qualify. SO - DENVER PARENTS - CHECK INTO THE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM! It might be easier to qualify than you think.

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