News
September 16, 2022
DHS Child Care Desert Startup Grants available
More than half of Oklahoma’s population lives in areas where there are not enough licensed child care providers, but Senate Appropriations Chair Roger Thompson is hopeful a new grant program offered by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) will help fill that need and create jobs. Thompson said DHS is now offering Child Care Desert Startup Grants for individuals who are considering becoming licensed child care providers in identified desert counties, which are those counties that don’t have enough licensed child care providers to meet the needs of working families.