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ChildServe says $178,000 Story County ARPA kitchen project is complete; expands day-habilitation, infant-toddler care
Summary
ChildServe told the Story County Board the $178,000 ARPA-funded kitchen is finished, the agency expanded day-habilitation at its Liberty Building and added two infant/toddler classrooms after a nearby provider closed.
Lisa Pagel, director of grants for ChildServe, told the Story County Board of Supervisors that a Story County American Rescue Plan Act grant of $178,000 funded a kitchen renovation and that the project is complete and a reimbursement request was submitted to the county about two weeks earlier.
The update matters because the kitchen supports expanded child-care operations and a new year-round day-habilitation program for young adults. ChildServe said the kitchen and other additions help the agency meet increased local demand after a nearby provider closed.
Pagel said the ARPA funds were combined with state Department of Human Services childcare stabilization funds and a United Way grant to finish the project. "We received the hundred and $78,000 grant, via the ARPA funds through Story County, and just happy to report the project is now complete," Pagel said.
Rochelle Flory, community services manager for ChildServe, described program expansions housed at the agency's 2010 Liberty Building. "In September, we opened year round day hab for Story County," Flory said, adding the program began with four participants and had grown to nine, with a goal of 12 by summer. Flory also said the agency opened two additional infant and toddler classrooms at the Liberty Building to replace capacity lost when "Eagles Lehi" closed on Dayton Road.
Flory said the new commercial-grade kitchen allows ChildServe to serve more than 30 meals a day and helps support the larger childcare enrollment. She also told the board the agency expects to fully spend its asset award before the end of the fiscal year because of increased family need for childcare assistance.
Supervisors thanked ChildServe for quickly expanding services to fill local child-care gaps; no board action was required or taken on the report.
Ending: The board will receive the information as part of agency reports; ChildServe representatives invited supervisors to visit the renovated kitchen and expanded classrooms.
