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Marin Child Care Council reports ARPA-funded LIFT pilot boosted child-care worker stability
Summary
County-funded ARPA pilot provided no-strings cash assistance and case management to early childhood educators. The Marin Child Care Council reported most participants remained in the field and many received raises or promotions; supervisors accepted the report.
The Marin Child Care Council reported to the Marin County Board of Supervisors on April 22 that a $1 million ARPA allocation (distributed in two phases) helped build teacher retention supports in early childhood education through a pilot called LIFT.
Kelsey Lombardi and Adene Guidemore of the Marin Child Care Council described LIFT as a guaranteed-income-style program that paired monthly cash assistance with individualized case management and education supports for early childhood educators. "What made us unique is that we had more…
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