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Child Care Provider Grant in North Dakota

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:34:22 +0000

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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Child Care Licensing Grants

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:59:21 +0000

Child Care & Nutrition, Inc. (CCNI) has announced a grant for daycare providers who apply for licensing for the first time in most areas of Minnesota. The grant, up to $160, will help pay for background checks, licensing fees and equipment required to run a licensed family child care home.

Once licensed, a provider is eligible for other benefits, including participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The CACFP is funded through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Providers participating in the program meet USDA guidelines for serving nutritious snacks and meals and receive a monthly payment for the food served.

In order to qualify for the grant program through CCNI, a provider must be in the process of licensing for the first time, meet income eligibility requirements and join CCNI’s Child and Adult Care Food Program sponsorship.

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Free Child Care for Unemployed

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:40:53 +0000

Child Focus in Cincinnati, Ohio is providing free babysitting services for eligible families. Their program will watch children from the ages of 6-weeks-old to 5-years-old while the parent looks for a job or goes to a job interview.

The program provides support for families in the Workforce One Center. Parents must complete some registration forms and provide forms of identification.

The child care program will run until funds are depleted. Call (513) 528-7224 for more information.

Emergency Grants in Florida

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:05:33 +0000

Seminole County, Florida has several emergency grant programs to assist its residents. The hardship must have occurred a period of 90 days prior to the application. Availability of assistance depends on the amount of funds the county has available.

Types of assistance are:

Rent/Mortgage
Utilities
Child Care
Medical
Prescriptions
Burial/Cremation

Go to the website for applications