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Cumberland County backs letter supporting childcare and preschool teachers for regional high‑priority occupations list
Summary
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners approved a letter of support for adding child care workers and preschool teachers to a regional high‑priority occupations list after a presentation from Community Connections for Children and a discussion about the formal application process with the regional workforce board.
Cumberland County commissioners approved a letter of support May 1 asking that child care workers and preschool teachers be included on the South Central Pennsylvania Investment Board high‑priority occupations list, after hearing that the county faces a shortfall in early childhood educators.
Christy Rangelian, executive director of Community Connections for Children, told the board the early‑childhood workforce is “the workforce that all others are dependent upon,” and presented local and state data she said show the scale of the shortage. Rangelian said a recent Pennsylvania study showed about $6.6 billion in economic impact tied to the state childcare workforce shortage and that in Cumberland County roughly 70 job vacancies in early childhood education could allow care…
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