Welcome to the first episode of Inside Pima County with Supervisor Rex Scott. Supervisor Rex Scott is joined by Nicole Scott (no relation!), Director of the Pima Early Education Program Scholarships, better known as PEEPs, for a conversation about why early childhood education matters, how this scholarship program began, and what it’s doing for families across Pima County.

Nicole shares the origins of PEEPS, tracing it back to the failed Strong Start Tucson ballot initiative and the community coalition that formed afterward, Preschool Promise, made up of early childhood advocates and business leaders committed to reducing barriers to high-quality preschool access.

Pima County committed to $10 million to fund scholarships for low-income children, noting the average preschool cost was about $800/month per child ...