Central Coast child care centers plan to use $10 billion federal relief for sanitation costs, employee wages
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and last updated 2021-01-24 23:07:07-05
Many child care centers and services are seeing fewer clients as parents either can t afford it or juggle work with their children s online learning schedules.
Central Coast caretakers and industry professionals say they are enthusiastic for $10 billion dollars in federal financial relief, but the industry as a whole is suffering.
Raechelle Bowlay, the childcare planning council manager at the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo (CAPSLO), says the child care sector was greatly impacted during the pandemic.
EVC of San Luis Obispo County starts drive to bring needed supplies to childcare programs
and last updated 2020-12-31 01:09:47-05
The Economic Vitality Corporation (EVC) of San Luis Obispo County is partnering with First 5 SLO County, the SLO County Child Care Planning Council, and the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County (CAPSLO) to start a COVID-19 relief supply drive.
The supply drive will benefit nearly 300 local child care programs by collecting items including:
Disinfectant
CAPSLO CCRC Office (805-A Fiero Lane, San Luis Obispo)
SLO Chamber of Commerce (895 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo)
Four SESLOC Federal Credit Union locations:
This supply drive is intended to and will benefit more than 290 local child care programs that are experiencing losses and mounting costs due to the pandemic. Photo from Pixabay.
–The Economic Vitality Corporation (EVC) of San Luis Obispo County, in collaboration with First 5 SLO County, the Child Care Planning Council SLO County, and the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County (CAPSLO), is establishing a COVID-19 relief supply drive that will commence with immediate effect and run through Jan. 27, 2021. This supply drive is intended to and will benefit more than 290 local child care programs, licensed to serve over 6000 children, that are experiencing losses and mounting costs due to the pandemic.