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Hennepin County pilot proposed to expand childcare for law‑enforcement and first responders
Summary
Representative Katizia Wootun and Hennepin County Sheriff DeWanna Witt described a proposal to pilot law‑enforcement‑specific childcare in Hennepin County, modeled after a San Diego program, to address recruitment and retention challenges for shift workers.
A proposal presented informally to the House Workforce, Labor and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee would pilot childcare targeted to law‑enforcement and first‑responder families in Hennepin County.
Representative Katizia Wootun introduced the concept as a pilot to test program design and outcomes before wider rollout. Sheriff DeWanna Witt of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office said the county employs roughly 900 people…
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