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The Deschutes County Commission has unanimously approved their largest American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) investment to date, allocating an additional $6.6 million in relief funds to increase regional child care and early learning capacity. The County's investments will help create more than 500 new child care spots and train more than 275 new workers in the child care and early education fields. Funding allocated by the Board of Commissioners includes $3.12 million to support workforce development efforts and $3.55 million to support more child care spots for local families. The funding will help to address a critical shortage of child care in Deschutes County, where fewer than 4,600 child care spots are available for nearly 12,000 children under age five. "Increasing the availability of high-quality child care and early learning programs is one of our top priorities," said Deschutes County Commissioner Patti Adair. "These investments will help to support local famili

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