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Clatsop County grants credited with expanding licensed childcare slots, presenter says
Summary
A regional child care coordinator told the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners that the county moved out of a child care "desert" for 3- to 5-year-olds after local grants and Preschool Promise expansion, while awards and scholarships continue to address infant/toddler capacity and affordability.
Eva Manderson, program coordinator for the Child Care Resource & Referral program at the Northwest Regional ESD, told the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners that local grant programs and the state Preschool Promise helped lift the county out of a child care "desert" for 3- to 5-year-olds.
Manderson said the child care desert metric—"when a county has 3 or more children for every licensed childcare slot"—comes from Oregon State University's analysis and is updated every two years. She told the board that 2022 data show a significant recovery from COVID-era declines: access for 3- to 5-year-olds rose to roughly 41 percent in 2022, and infant–toddler access recovered from the steep dip seen during the pandemic.
The county now has 35…
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