{"id":25,"date":"2024-03-20T17:50:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T00:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.creccnw.org\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2024-12-20T18:50:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T02:50:41","slug":"ourstory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.oppco.org\/crecc\/about\/ourstory\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The Center for Retention &amp; Expansion of Child Care (C-RECC) was created in 2020 through a partnership between the Opportunity Council and the Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce and focuses on retaining and expanding child care through our five-county region (Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, San Juan, and Island counties).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">For the past several years, C-RECC has supported the child care sector in a variety of ways, effectively stabilizing providers throughout the pandemic with grant funding and provider support. C-RECC continues to restore child care availability toward healthy levels while also encouraging startups and entrepreneurship among communities across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oppco.org\/crecc\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/12\/C-RECC-Team-at-Powerful-Partnerships-Event-1-1024x768.jpg.webp\" alt=\"C Recc Team At Powerful Partnerships Event (1)\" class=\"wp-image-1131\" style=\"width:592px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oppco.org\/crecc\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/12\/C-RECC-Team-at-Powerful-Partnerships-Event-1-1024x768.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.oppco.org\/crecc\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/12\/C-RECC-Team-at-Powerful-Partnerships-Event-1-600x450.jpg.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.oppco.org\/crecc\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/12\/C-RECC-Team-at-Powerful-Partnerships-Event-1-768x576.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.oppco.org\/crecc\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/12\/C-RECC-Team-at-Powerful-Partnerships-Event-1-1536x1152.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.oppco.org\/crecc\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/12\/C-RECC-Team-at-Powerful-Partnerships-Event-1-2048x1536.jpg.webp 2048w, https:\/\/www.oppco.org\/crecc\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/12\/C-RECC-Team-at-Powerful-Partnerships-Event-1-702x526.jpg.webp 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We&#8217;d love to hear from you! Click the button below to schedule a free consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oppco.org\/crecc\/get-in-touch-with-c-recc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get in Touch with C-RECC<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull bythenumbers has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3145217b6c102af22f125d796b2ec98e wp-duotone-unset-2\" style=\"color:#ffffff;margin-top:0;padding-top:5vw;padding-right:5vw;padding-bottom:5vw;padding-left:5vw\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-90 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#ae5c14\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" 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!important;\r\n\t\t\t}}\r\n\t\t<\/style>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpsm_counter_b_row\" id=\"wpsm_counter_b_row_461\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpsm_counter_b_row_overlay\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpsm_row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpsm_col-md-5 wpsm_col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpsm_counterbox\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- <div class=\"wpsm_count-icon\"><i <php echo $style_indvid_icon_clr ;?> class=\"fa <php echo $counter_icon;?>\"><\/i><\/div> -->\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpsm_count-icon\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t    \t<span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i  class=\"fa fa-question-circle-o \"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpsm_number\" style=\"\" >\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   <span class=\"counter\">323\t\t\t\t\t\t   <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t    <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wpsm_count-title\" > Child Care Provider Inquiries<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wpsm_description\" 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wpsm_col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpsm_counterbox\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- <div class=\"wpsm_count-icon\"><i <php echo $style_indvid_icon_clr ;?> class=\"fa <php echo $counter_icon;?>\"><\/i><\/div> -->\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpsm_count-icon\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t    \t<span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i  class=\"fa fa-life-bouy \"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpsm_number\" style=\"\" >\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   <span class=\"counter\">4396\t\t\t\t\t\t   <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t    <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wpsm_count-title\" > Capacity Retained<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wpsm_description\" style=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpsm_col-md-5 wpsm_col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpsm_counterbox\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- <div class=\"wpsm_count-icon\"><i <php echo $style_indvid_icon_clr ;?> class=\"fa <php echo $counter_icon;?>\"><\/i><\/div> -->\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpsm_count-icon\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t    \t<span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i  class=\"fa fa-plus-circle \"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpsm_number\" style=\"\" >\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   <span class=\"counter\">911\t\t\t\t\t\t   <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t    <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wpsm_count-title\" > Capacity Added<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wpsm_description\" style=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpsm_col-md-5 wpsm_col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpsm_counterbox\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- <div class=\"wpsm_count-icon\"><i <php echo $style_indvid_icon_clr ;?> class=\"fa <php echo $counter_icon;?>\"><\/i><\/div> -->\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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