Pima County Supervisors Matt Heinz, Jennifer Allen, and Rex Scott pose with new Supervisor Andrés Cano [second from left] after he was sworn in for the District 5 seat on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
The PEEPs program lost significant funding from the City of Tucson due to city budget cuts.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors passed a new policy to fund the county’s early education program after it lost significant financial support from other local governments.
District 5 Supervisor Andrés Cano introduced the new policy that will fund the Pima Early Education Program Scholarships, known as PEEPs, entirely through the library tax district and attract outside investment.
PEEPs provides low-income families in Pima County with financial assistance to pay for preschool. Just under 2,000 children were in the program last year.