Home Childcare Grants

Thursday, July 29, 2010

The Kansas State-Provider Cooperation Committee (SPCC), composed of Child Care Providers Together (CCPT), SRS, and KDHE have established a Healthy and Safety Fund to assit home based child care providers improve the quality of care they are providing to Kansas' kids. They are offering two grants at this time: Equipment and Materials Upgrade and Facility Upgrade.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS

Overview: This grant will be awarded to home based child care providers for a wide range of projects that achieve educational, licensing, and health and safety improvements to home based child care facilities. Some projects for this grant could include:

Child safe car seats
Audio/visual equipment and learning materials
Books
Toys

Eligibilty:
*Full and Complete Grant application
*Kansas business address
*Proof of current registration or license
*Proof of twelve (12) months of current or continuing registered or licensed child care in Kansas.
*Proof of Completion/Certification of Infant/Child First Aid, CPR, and Safe Sleep/SIDS

Application information: This application asks question such as if you have provided care for an SRS subsidized family, if you attended the Professional Development Day provided by the Health and Safety Fund, and about any additional professional development activites. *These are just some of the questions on the application.

Purpose of Grant Money:

*Meet required health, safety, or licensing standards
*Create or enhance the development and early learning of children in your care
*Replace damaged or worn out equipment or materials
*Increase the sustainability of your child care business

Maximum Grant Allowance: $600
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FACILITY UPGRADE GRANT

Overview: This grant will be awarded to home based child care providers for a wide range of projects that achieve structural improvements to home based child care facilities. Some ideas include:

Fencing and gates
Playground surface
Outdoor play equipment that meets KDHE safety and licensure standards
Indoor child safe furniture
Guardrails for stairs

Eligibilty:

*Full and Complete Grant application
*Kansas business address
*Proof of current registration or license
*Proof of twelve (12) months of current or continuing registered or licensed child care in Kansas.
*Proof of Completion/Certification of Infant/Child First Aid, CPR, and Safe Sleep/SIDS

Purpose of Grant Money:

*Meet required health, safety, or licensing standards
*Improve accessibility for children with special needs
*Replace damaged or worn out facilities
*Increase the sustainability of your child care business

Maximum Grant Allowance: $2000

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To obtain a copy of the grant applications if you did not attend one of the Professional Development Days or just didn't get/lost a copy, contact Alexandra Townsend.  E-mail: townsend@afscmecouncil72.org
I believe this is the correct email, but I don't know. *If anyone got her phone number, please comment with it for others. Thanks!

Applications must be complete and postmarked on or before October 31, 2010.

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  2. Anonymous says:

    Why do I have to care for a SRS child to be eligible for these grants? I thought the ARRA funds were for all daycare providers?

  3. Anonymous,

    You do not have to care for an SRS child to be eligible. I found out this past weekend that SRS just wanted that question for their own use. Alex Townsend made sure that we knew that you do not have to have SRS children to get these grants.

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