Fundraiser for The Family Center/La Familia

What you should know:

Most people don't realize the severity of our childcare challenges in Colorado. You may be surprised to learn that:

• Colorado Is a 'Child Care Desert' meaning that there is an undersupply of care for young children. *source: AmericanProgress.org
• 2019 statistics show that 51% of all families In Colorado live in a child care desert. Larimer County is one of the counties MOST AFFECTED. *source: ChildCareDeserts.org
• Low availability and high costs of child care keep families from the middle class in Northern Colorado *source: Coloradoan article
• Colorado is one of the states with the HIGHEST COST of child care. *source: CNBC
• Colorado preschool teachers in district-run schools made $30,500 on average -- nearly $22,000 less than public elementary school teachers (and significantly under the national average)  *source: The Colorado Sun
• Nearly 9 out of 10 single mothers of color with a young child have income that is inadequate to cover basic needs *source: The Women's Foundation of Colorado

 
 
The Family Center /La Familia is making an incredible impact regarding these challenges: *source: 2018 statistics

• Annually, our sliding fee program helps children distributing nearly $100,000 in scholarships.
• Our childhood program serves nearly 70 children per day during the school year and over 50 per day over the summer.
• We are expanding – adding a new preschool classroom expected to open in the Fall of 2019.
• We are the only non-profit childcare provider in our region that offers full wrap around services from infant to adult that benefit the whole family.
• We have helped 230 families with utility assistance totaling $70,000.
• Our advocacy closet assists over 150 families each year with diapers and basic hygiene products.
• We are the only non-profit In Northern Colorado the specifically serves the Latinx community.
• Our community garden provides families with fresh vegetables. We also use this produce in our kitchen to create meals for the children in our early childhood program.
• Our family development program has over 40 families that our advocates see on a regular monthly basis and many more for periodic resource and referral or crisis intervention.

 
With your support, we can grow our non-profit program, allowing parents to work/attend school, afford childcare, receive resources and assistance, and pay fair wages to our valuable staff. All we do for our Northern Colorado families is done through the focus of our core values:
Trust - Compassion - Diversity - Equity - Inclusion - Love
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My Big Day was so thrilled to be asked to put on the big annual fundraiser for this non-profit!
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​The Family Center/La Familia serves Northern Colorado in  a number of capacities.

​Surprising statistics are listed below, along with photos by Derek Kaufman Photography.

You can support The Family Center/La Familia in a number of ways. Visit their website to learn more:

The Family Center/ La Familia
(970) 221-1615 
309 Hickory Street #5  Fort Collins, CO 80524
www.thefamilycenterfc.org

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