Editor’s note: This story is the second part in a two-part series examining the child-care landscape in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys. Part 1 looks at the uneven early-childhood landscape throughout the region and its limited licensed capacity. You can read the full story on Aspen Journalism’s website.
Rebecca Fuller was managing a hair salon in Glenwood Springs 14 years ago when she got pregnant. She thought she could call around when she was ready to get back to work and get a child-care spot for her newborn son, but that’s not what happened.
“I had no idea that it was so hard to find child care. And so I actually started staying home; I didn’t go back to my hair-stylist career,“ she said. “I stayed home and was watching just a couple of friends’ kids that had worked in the industry as well — and then it got to the point where I was like, well, I better get a license and get this legit.”
She got licensed through the state and went through several pre-licensing courses.
“It turned out after just a few months that I really enjoyed being home with the kids,” she said. “So it was really kind of a surprise career change. I didn’t plan it. It happened because of the lack of child-care options for myself.”
Fuller, an in-home child care provider based in New Castle, is one of the 30 family licensed providers between New Castle and Parachute reported in the Licensed Provider Survey Data Report, released last month by Confluence Early Childhood Education Coalition...
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