Chaffee Childcare Initiative (CCI) is the recipient of this quarter’s Chaffee County Women Who Care grant award. This week they accepted a $12,000 check toward their work from Chaffee County Women Who Care (CCWWC).
This quarter’s recipient for Chaffee County Women Who Care donation is CCWWC.. Pictured left to right; CCWWC’s new Leader Marilyn Bouldin, Amy Lovato with Chaffee Childcare Initiative and Pam Groebner with CCWWC.
Established in 2019, CCWWC is dedicated to creating childcare solutions in and around Chaffee County. Their purpose is to establish childcare options in the community. They strive to help find solutions to the childcare crisis experienced by so many parents and guardians in the Arkansas River Valley.
CCI’s first project, The Schoolhouse, began through collaboration with Chaffee County Early Childhood Council, Alpine Achievers Initiative, and the Town of Poncha Springs. With grant funding, including support from Chaffee County Women Who Care in 2019, CCI was able to renovate the Historic Schoolhouse in Poncha Springs to become a licensed and operating child care center.
The Schoolhouse opened in September of 2020 and has served the childcare needs of more than 20 families in the community. CCI is looking forward to expanding care at the Schoolhouse in the near future, and is always working to identify ways to create more child care opportunities to help meet the needs of Chaffee families.
The funds donated from Chaffee County Women Who Care will go directly into the classrooms to help provide high-quality learning materials, and to the staff, to establish better wages and benefits for their professional qualifications.
“We are always looking for community support, so if you are interested in joining the Board or have any questions, please get in touch through our website at ChaffeeChildcare.com,” noted Chaffee Childcare Initiative leader Amy Lovato.
Chaffee County Women Who Care has been awarding grants to local charities since October of 2018. Nonprofits that may be interested in presenting at future meetings or any Chaffee County women who are interested in joining can send an email to marilynbouldin@gmail.com to request more information.
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