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Colorado Ranks #1 in Resources Available to Families with Young Children

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The Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center’s 2025 State Policy Roadmap shows Colorado leading the country in early-childhood resource availability for working parents. The Center’s interactive “Policy Impact Calculator” shows that a working parent with two young children has $56,224 in available resources in Colorado, surpassing the state ranked second by $5,155 in total available resources. The new roadmap also highlights Colorado as one of only ten states nationwide to have implemented all four of the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center’s “Effective Roadmap Policies,” demonstrating how the state’s policies collaboratively achieve significant and unparalleled outcomes for families and young children.

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