![Do you know the cost of child care in King County? In King County, the 2019 median cost of preschool was $1290 a month per child. That's 15% of the median monthly household income. [Img: black donut graph with a white segment labeled 15%, black and white AGH4SEA logo]](https://kelseyhamlin.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/pre-k-stat.png?w=614)
The excerpts of what I wrote for mayoral candidate Andrew Grant Houston’s free preschool policy: Childcare is personal…[AGH’s] family pinching pennies to make sure we were all taken care of while my mom worked as a public school teacher. Childcare was expensive then, and today it’s more so. In King County, the 2019 median costContinue reading “Universal Pre-K Policy”
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Young Homeless Advocates Shine at Speech Competition
Nearly a dozen South End youth spoke up, literally, about the city’s homelessness crisis Thursday as part of the 206 Forward/ Youth Advocates of Seattle speech competition. Via South Seattle Emerald
King County to ‘reorg’ a public health approach to juvenile justice
King County Executive Dow Constantine signed an order Thursday directing the health department to make a plan and timeline for juvenile justice reform. Seattle Police Department Chief Kathleen O’Toole supports the order. Via CHS, Capitol Hill Seattle Blog
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