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Stanislaus 2030 and ARPA-funded Nurtured Child Care expand licensed child care and business opportunities
Summary
Chair Vito Chiesa said ARPA funds and the Stanislaus 2030 partnership helped launch Nurtured Child Care, which created 105 new home-based childcare businesses and 840 licensed child-care spaces, roughly half operated by Spanish-speaking providers.
Vito Chiesa said the county used American Rescue Plan Act funds as part of Stanislaus 2030 to treat childcare as an economic development issue. The county partnered with First 5 of Stanislaus to bring a nurture-based model to the community and to support aspiring entrepreneurs to open licensed home-based childcare businesses.
Chiesa reported that the ARPA-backed Nurtured Child Care program has generated 105 new childcare businesses and opened about 840 permanent licensed childcare spaces for local families. He said approximately half of the new operators are Spanish-speaking, a change he described as expanding workforce participation and access to culturally relevant care.
Chiesa asked community members and businesses to support the program by donating or volunteering for local events such as the kids-connect community celebration and backpack giveaway scheduled for Aug. 1 at Modesto Junior College's East Campus.
The chair framed the childcare investments as part of a broader Stanislaus 2030 goal to make the county the best place in California to start and grow a new business by strengthening training systems and addressing workforce needs that tie to accessible childcare.
