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Southeast Childhood Collective outlines plan for childcare center, apprenticeship and statewide supports
Summary
Southeast Childhood Collective told the Finance Committee about programs that stabilize child care — a Parents as Teachers home-visiting program, diaper bank distributing 66,000 diapers annually, apprenticeship training — and presented plans for a family and childcare center (Phase 1 capacity ~100 children) with a capital campaign underway.
Lou Scheibler, executive director of the Southeast Childhood Collective, and Nikki Love, creative director, briefed the committee on the nonprofit’s programs that support families and the child-care workforce across Southeast Alaska.
Scheibler said the organization runs a Parents as Teachers home-visiting program (serving roughly 100 families directly with about 70 on a waitlist), an annual early-childhood conference, a diaper bank (distributing over 66,000 diapers per year), and a federally…
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