The West Marin Fund has launched a new initiative aimed at increasing the affordability, quality and accessibility of care for children under age 6.

Since May, around 25 donors and organizations have contributed $200,000—start-up monies for the first phase of the project, which includes providing informational workshops and processing grant applications from local childcare providers and advocacy groups by the year’s end. The fund plans to support an estimated five grantees for around five years, for a total…