Childcare and Development
Childcare is an important need in the community, particularly for military families with one or both parents deployed. The Fort Carson Regional Growth Plan will assess the adequacy of existing childcare and development services and will quantify the social and economic impact of the childcare industry to Fort Carson families. Projected increases in families and children will be used to estimate the future impact.
From an economic perspective, childcare is important because it enhances and expands the available labor force and makes it more productive. The Growth Plan will also determine how the availability of childcare/child development services influences the ability of military spouses to work outside of the home. It will help to determine the value that the industry provides to parents who work outside of the home and the revenues contributed to the economy directly by the childcare industry.
The Phase Two analysis will include:
- Data collection from licensed childcare providers that serve Fort Carson families, including child development centers located on Fort Carson.
- A bi-lingual survey of Fort Carson parents with children in paid childcare.
A Child Development Partnership Group comprised of representatives from the childcare and child development sector meets regularly to help inform this analysis.
Phase One Overview
The complete Phase One Growth Plan reports which includes the following chapters on Childcare and Development are available for download here:
- Childcare and Development Chapter
- Childcare and Development Technical Report
- Childcare and Development Recommendations
Please note that this information represents the best available data from the time the Phase One report was published in July 2008. This information will be updated with the latest data collected during Phase Two.