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Board directs staff to study county employee childcare model; approves using ARPA contract to explore facility options
Summary
Humboldt County supervisors directed staff on June 9 to evaluate a county employee childcare program and to amend an existing North Edge contract to use roughly $500,000 in ARPA childcare funds to support feasibility and early planning.
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on June 9 directed staff to study the feasibility of a county employee childcare program and authorized staff to amend the existing North Edge contract to pursue options using roughly $500,000 in available ARPA childcare funds.
Miles Slattery, City Manager for the City of Eureka, described the city's employee childcare program that began in fiscal 2018-19. Slattery said the city repurposed an underused municipal building, secured State pre-kindergarten certification and grew capacity to 30 spots, with roughly 16 reserved for city employees. "We offer free pre k for all of our employees," Slattery said, and he told the board the program had been helpful for recruitment and retention and…
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