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Multiple early‑learning and Head Start providers ask the committee for capital support to expand childcare and toddler services

3281139 · May 12, 2025
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Several nonprofit and district leaders testified that Oregon faces childcare deserts and unmet need for infants, toddlers and children with disabilities; they asked SB 5531 funding to finish construction and purchase modular facilities.

Speakers representing early‑learning providers, Head Start programs and an education service district asked the committee for capital dollars to expand childcare capacity and meet high demand for specialized services.

Stacy Reager, executive director of early learning for the Northwest Regional ESD, said families in her area face a childcare…

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