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County updates home‑based childcare grant allocations to support more startups in Warren
Summary
Warren County staff told the committee on June 24 they will update partner agreements to allow Southern Adirondack Child Care Network and Bright Side Up to use more remaining federal grant funds to start home‑based childcare providers, increasing each partner’s spending cap to $102,000.
Planning and workforce staff told the committee the county’s federally funded community project grant to start home‑based childcare businesses can be adjusted to let partner organizations spend more of the remaining funds on direct startup support.
Isaac explained the project partners are Southern Adirondack Child Care Network (serving Warren County) and Bright Side Up (serving Saratoga County). He said the program has already helped start 10 home‑based providers in Saratoga County, one currently operating in Warren County, and three additional Warren providers in training. With about a year left on the grant, staff reported they no longer need funds originally budgeted for online learning and want to allow both partners to spend up to $102,000 each in eligible categories to finalize startups.
The committee approved the planning department’s request to have the county attorney update agreements so each partner can access up to $102,000 in the contract categories shown in the packet. Committee members asked where the Warren trainees were located; staff said one is in Glens Falls and the others are “across the county” and offered to provide exact town names after the meeting.
Staff said Saratoga’s larger population has produced more completions to date and that expanded marketing and recruitment in Warren County will target stay‑at‑home parents, educators and unlicensed family providers to convert trainees into licensed providers.
