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Funding by Topic: Child care

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

Head Start Expansion, Early Head Start Expansion, and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grants Inactive
Funding to operate Head Start and Early Head Start programming within a community, leveraging existing local resources to provide a comprehensive array of health, mental health, nutrition, and social services for children and their families.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: May 14, 2024
Sponsors: Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Expansion, Early Head Start Expansion, and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grants Inactive
Funding to operate Head Start and Early Head Start programming for migrant and seasonal families, leveraging existing local resources to provide a comprehensive array of health, mental health, nutrition, and social services for children and their families.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: May 14, 2024
Sponsors: Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program Inactive
Grants to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives that provide supportive services for very low-income veterans and their families residing in or transitioning to permanent housing. Supportive services grants will be equitably distributed across geographic regions, including rural communities and tribal lands.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 23, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program Replacement and Expansion Opportunity Inactive
Program that engages adults age 55 and over to provide mentorship for children and youth with special or exceptional needs, or who would benefit from the one-one-one attention. AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve in schools, Head Starts, drug treatment centers, correctional institutions, and childcare centers. Priority states and territories are listed in Appendix A of the application instructions.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Feb 1, 2024
Sponsor: AmeriCorps
Family Self-Sufficiency Program Inactive
Funding for public housing agencies and housing choice voucher programs to hire family self-sufficiency coordinators that will work with low-income people to increase their earned income and financial literacy, reduce or eliminate the need for welfare assistance, and make progress toward economic independence and self-sufficiency. Applications from rural communities are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 30, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences through Data to Action Inactive
Funding for non-research activities that leverage multi-sector partnerships and resources to improve adverse childhood experiences and positive childhood experiences. Target populations include tribal populations, rural communities, and other geographically underserved areas, among others.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): May 9, 2023
Application Deadline: Jun 12, 2023
Sponsors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Iowa Rural Child Care Market Study Grant Inactive
Funding for Iowa communities to contract with a third party for market data collection, analysis, and development of strategic goals to address childcare needs in rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Iowa
Application Deadline: Jan 31, 2023
Sponsor: Iowa Economic Development Authority
California Drinking Water for Schools Program Inactive
Grants and technical assistance for projects that improve drinking water quality and access on public school campuses and school-sponsored childcare facilities in small and disadvantaged communities in California with a current water quality or access impairment.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Apr 30, 2022
Sponsor: California Water Boards
Head Start and/or Early Head Start (EHS) - The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Inactive
Funding to provide high-quality, comprehensive birth-to-five early learning services for eligible low-income children and families residing in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Geographic coverage: Puerto Rico
Application Deadline: Feb 2, 2022
Sponsors: Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services