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Commissioner warns of potential child‑care shortfall as ARPA funding winds down
Summary
Commissioner Celestia told the commission that ARPA and other grant sources are ending and the community is on its sixth grant round; she urged a strategic plan to avoid the county becoming a child‑care desert and to support families and the workforce.
Commissioner Celestia reported from the county childcare advisory group that federal ARPA funds and other grant sources are ending and that the jurisdiction is on grant round number six. “After this grant round, there are no more funds to continue to try to support [the county] from being a child care desert,” she said, urging commissioners and the community to consider a strategic approach to supporting families and the workforce.
Celestia thanked staff and partners for coordination and highlighted upcoming community events tied to family services. The commission took the update for the record; no formal action was taken at this meeting on childcare funding.
