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Healthy Children's Fund updates: $1.8M in awards, contracts to council and a report-card drafting team

Whatcom County Healthy Children's Fund Task Force · March 2, 2026
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Summary

Task force members heard an implementation update that an RFP round awarded $1.8 million, learned that CREC and a drop-in care contract will go to county council, and formed a small drafting team to prepare the Healthy Children’s Fund report card due in May.

County implementation staff and task force members reviewed recent procurement and timeline developments for the Healthy Children's Fund and took administrative actions to keep the work on schedule.

Sarah, a member of the implementation team, told task force members that the Innovative Services Fund RFP process closed and resulted in $1,800,000 in awards to local early-learning and care projects. "We ended up awarding $1,800,000," she said, and noted that contract coordinators are finalizing agreements. Sarah said two items — a CREC (Center for Retention and Expansion…

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