With 600+ preschoolers on a waitlist, Pima County looks for ways to save PEEPs

Getting a child into a free or low-cost preschool seat in Pima County is becoming harder, even as more families need help. Pima Early Education Program Scholarships, or PEEPs, saw a drop in the number of children it served in its fourth year, along with a decline in participating preschool providers, as funding tightened, according […] The post Wit

By: Becky Pallack and Shannon Conner

Outlets: Arizona Luminaria

Published: July 29, 2026

Words: 1,120

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Getting a child into a free or low-cost preschool seat in Pima County is becoming harder, even as more families need help.

Pima Early Education Program Scholarships, or PEEPs, saw a drop in the number of children it served in its fourth year, along with a decline in participating preschool providers, as funding tightened, according to the program’s 2025 annual report.

PEEPs is a scholarship program for preschoolers used at over 100 …

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