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Local Birth-to-5 coalition meets in Rio Rico; countywide childcare shortages highlighted
Summary
Board member Francisco “Pancho” Padilla reported on a Birth-to-5 Partners Coalition meeting attended by about 40 providers and community leaders who discussed a shortage of licensed childcare and workforce impacts for families.
A countywide coalition of early childhood agencies and providers met at the Rio Rico Library to discuss shortages in licensed childcare and related workforce impacts, board member Francisco Padilla reported to the Nogales Public Library Board.
Padilla, who said he helps organize the Santa Cruz Birth to 5 Partners Coalition and serves as regional director for First Things First, said roughly 40 childcare providers,…
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