There is a crisis in mental health, beginning with preventative and diagnostic deficits, culminating in nonexistent treatment options. Let's do it. The schools are a natural vehicle for the services they need. Education cannot be isolated from mental well-being, and the health of the whole child. Child Care 6.
Child care is expensive.
In fact, an average year of child care costs more than a year of tuition at a Colorado public university. State should supplement earnings and providers. This is our most important job - it should not be at minimum wage. Let's treat our providers as the professionals they must be. Despite the fact that caregivers are the most important factor in quality child care, child care workers are among the lowest paid workers in the country, lack benefits, and have little access to affordable training to improve their skills.