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You have a lot of parents looking into the unlicensed child care market because of it.
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Szymanski founded MyVillage in 2017 after moving to Colorado the year before. She was looking for a child care center to send her six-month-old girl. The first center told me there was a two-year waitlist and I thought that was an anomaly. I went to every center in town and it was the same story, Syzmanski said.
Hearing about the waitlists from child care centers made her frustrated and at the same time terrified due to the high costs and not having any other solution. It made her feel like a failure of a parent.
The two shared strategies and courses of action they are allowed to take to help expecting individuals begin their recovery journey. To begin, they encouraged anyone expecting a child to reach out to a clinic or health care professional that offers medically assisted treatment for those seeking to stop taking opioids. Pregnancy is a really good time to get help, said Lujan. It can drive us to do better for our babies.
She noted a clear link between those who use opioids especially non-regulated forms such as heroin and pre-term births and low birthweights which can lead to further health issues in life, breathing problems, feeding issues and maternal mortality.
The future of Pueblo lies in the tiny-but-rapidly-growing hands of its children.
And although the vital importance of quality child care and early learning is well documented and widely accepted, many children particularly those in impoverished and middle-class families still fall through the cracks.
To shine a light on the importance of quality child care and local efforts to create safe and healthy environments for Pueblo kids, the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment hosted a screening Wednesday of the early care and education documentary “No Small Matter,” which was followed by a web-based panel discussion of local experts.