It is no more difficult to find out a childcare center nearby you . Parents in Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties might soon have an app to make finding childcare easier. Childcare Resource & Referral, a local nonprofit, will contract with a sister agency in Kentucky to bring the app to the Mid-Valley by as soon as November. It's so difficult to find childcare, Parents can punch in their location, child's age and other details to find local providers with openings, along with their ratings — all from their smartphone for free.
They are trying to focus on access for families who are always on the go.They may not have computers, but they have phones. Shannon Vandehey, CCR's program director.has had her eye on the Childcare Finder app for a few years, but the nonprofit could not pick up the $1,500 price tag. She submitted her idea to the 2014 Maps Community Foundation Community Challenge Award, and earned $1,000 seed money this month. CRR will kick in the remaining $500. Maps also gave $1,000 to the nonprofit of Vandehey's choice, which was Catholic Community Services.
CRR will be the first organization in Oregon to use the tool, which was developed in part by the Childcare Council of Kentucky., that society might as well use all of the tools available, and smartphones are great technology to improve access.
They are trying to focus on access for families who are always on the go.They may not have computers, but they have phones. Shannon Vandehey, CCR's program director.has had her eye on the Childcare Finder app for a few years, but the nonprofit could not pick up the $1,500 price tag. She submitted her idea to the 2014 Maps Community Foundation Community Challenge Award, and earned $1,000 seed money this month. CRR will kick in the remaining $500. Maps also gave $1,000 to the nonprofit of Vandehey's choice, which was Catholic Community Services.
CRR will be the first organization in Oregon to use the tool, which was developed in part by the Childcare Council of Kentucky., that society might as well use all of the tools available, and smartphones are great technology to improve access.
Childcare Resource & Referral is part of the Community Action Agency, a private nonprofit. This is the second Maps Community Foundation Community Challenge Award for the agency in the last two years. Two years ago, HOME Youth & Resource Center earned a grant to expand its internship program for homeless and at-risk youth.
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