Board says childcare grant application advanced after Human Services meeting; county funds not required
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Board members reported meeting with Human Services on a childcare-center licensing and grant application; the agency requested changes, the application was resubmitted, and the board hopes to open the center in the fall if awarded funds. Construction timelines were described as tight.
Speaker 1 told the board the district met with Human Services (the licensing body and grant administrator) in early December about a childcare-center grant that would not require Sullivan County funds to build out the center. "We met with them in early December... We had submitted our applications for the grant, and they didn't just say no... They said, meet with us. And they said, we need to fix this, change this. And so we did those things and resubmitted," Speaker 1 said.
If approved, the board noted timing will be a challenge: remodeling, bidding and construction must be completed in time to open in the fall, and the schedule was described as "tight". Speaker 1 said the board felt positive about the resubmission and is waiting for the agency’s decision.
The board scheduled a break and said it would meet with counsel in a closed attorney–client session at 05:15, then reconvene for the regular 06:30 meeting; no formal board action on the childcare grant was recorded in the transcript.