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Head Start directors warn Okanogan may lose licensed childcare slots as lease nears expiration
Summary
Head Start leaders told commissioners their lease expires in August and they have found no suitable relocation site in Okanogan; county staff said bond restrictions and the presence of public defenders complicate continued use of a county building but county HR and commissioners said they will investigate options and regulatory solutions.
Jody DeChesri, executive director of the Okanogan County Child Development Association, and Julie Colbert, the association’s director of administration, told commissioners the Head Start lease in Okanogan expires in August and the program has been unable to find a replacement building.
"We do not have a building to relocate into the Okanagan community at this point," DeChesri said, noting staff had reviewed more than two dozen properties and narrowed candidates to two that did not work out. The program asked commissioners to reconsider whether…
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