The city of Luverne was named as a $250,000 Minnesota Department of Education and Economic Development (DEED) Child Care Economic Development Program grantee on Wednesday.
Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday announced $6.2 million in new grants to expand child care across the state. DEED awarded 21 organizations with Child Care Economic Development Grants – the state's largest-ever round of funding for this program. The funding is expected to increase child care program capacity by 2,241 slots.
DEED's Child Care Economic Development Grant program provides funding to communities to invest in new or expanding child care businesses, including facility improvements, worker training, attraction, retention and licensing, and other strategies to reduce the child care shortage. The program is administered by the Office of Child Care Community Partnerships, a new DEED office to coordinate the efforts of state government, communities, businesses, and non-profit organizations that are working to provide child care.
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