Current and aspiring child care providers are invited to apply for a grant through the new program to help stabilize funding.

The program has been developed in response to the scarcity of child care options throughout Clatsop County. Grant money has come from the county, Providence Seaside Hospital and Columbia Memorial Hospital.

The grants are available to center-based or in-home providers looking after children from 6 weeks to 12 years old.

For more information about the program online, visit nworegon.org/childcare-grants-program-in-clatsop-county

For questions about completing the application, email the program manager at ClatsopChildCareGrants@gmail.com or Northwest Regional Child Care Resource and Referral at nwregionalccrr@nwresd.k12.or.us.

The deadline to submit an application is 5 p.m. on Aug. 26.