Nearly $20 million to child care: County accepting proposals to increase child care access
EVERETT — Snohomish County is now accepting proposals — that can range from $500,000 to $2 million — to increase access to child care in the county.
The goal is to create more licensed slots, or available space, at child care facilities through construction and renovation projects. Ideally, those projects would be in child care access deserts.
Everett, Lynnwood, Edmonds, Mill Creek, Arlington, Darrington and the Tulalip Reservation are just some of the places in Snohomish County with zip codes that are considered deserts, according to data from the state Department of Children, Youth and Families.
“The effects of child care deserts across our county impact all of us, but they have an even more acute impact on women, who are pushed out of the job market at higher rates due to the extremely high cost of child care,” said Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers.
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