(Portland, OR) -- Multnomah County has received a record number of applications for the Preschool for All program. The surge in demand comes as the program nearly doubled the number of available seats. There will be more than six-thousand returning and new applicants this year. A secondary application period will open June 16th to fill remaining seats. The program offers free pre-school for three and four year old children saving families an average of 18-thousand dollars a year in childcare costs.