Irvine residents with young children may soon be able to participate in a city-sponsored child care grant program after city council members told staff to study the topic and return with a plan.

Council members unanimously supported the idea during their meeting on Sept. 9 and voted to direct staff to study the proposal for families with children ages 0 to 4 that live or work in Irvine.

Councilmembers William Go and Melinda Liu brought the item forward for discussion last week.

“The city of Irvine offers strong scholarship programs to the Irvine Children’s Fund to support school-aged children, but currently, children ages 0 to 4 are left out,” Go said during the meeting.

“Our office identified this gap in support for families and partnered with Councilmember Liu’s office to bring this

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