Applications to be part of the new team — tasked with developing a plan on how to spend marijuana tax revenue to improve access to child care and early childhood education — are due by Nov. 6.
Children work on crafts and writing at the Sitka Child Development Center on June 20, 2023 on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage.
The new team, which will meet at least once a month beginning in November through July, will include Anchorage Assembly members Anna Brawley, Kameron Perez-Verdia and Kevin Cross; Anchorage Health Department and Anchorage School District representatives; and nonprofits, including the Alaska Children’s Trust and thread Alaska, among others.
Interested parents and child care providers are encouraged to apply to be part of the implementation team by Nov. 6 at
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