The North Dakota Department of Commerce is accepting grant applications from child care providers. These grants are intended to assist North Dakota child care providers with infrastructure and technical assistance/business plans.
Eligibility
Profit, non-profit and public child care facilities that are licensed are eligible for the program. Faith based organizations are eligible but must follow all appropriate federal guidelines.
Match Requirement
There is a twenty five percent (25%) match requirement for the grant. For example, if the total project cost is $1,000; Commerce can provide up to $750 for the project. Match must be cash and can come from other public and private sources or a combination of public and private sources.
Eligible Uses/Maximum and Minimum Amounts
Maximum of $5,000 for egress windows or documented expansion of the facility and equipment for special needs children. To receive the $5,000 grant, facilities must provide $1,667 in matching funds from other private/public sources. Fences can be funded. However, there is a maximum amount of $3,000 that Commerce will allocate to fences.
Non-eligible use of funds includes all other uses.
Maximum of $10,000 for technical assistance and/or business plans. To receive the $10,000 grant, facilities must provide $3,334 in matching funds from other private/public sources.
Applicants can access both options to a maximum program amount of $15,000 per biennium. Applications submitted for less than $750 will not be considered.
The next deadline is March 31, 2010.
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