Child Care Aware of Kansas, in partnership with Kansas Department for Children and Families, is awarding Sustainability Grants – Round 3!
Donor Name: Child Care Aware of Kansas
State: Kansas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 11/30/2022
Grant Size: $18,000
Grant Duration: 9 months
Details:
Child Care Resource and Referral agencies support families by referring them to child care programs that meet their needs as well as offering family valuable information on topics for children of all ages.
The Child Care Sustainability Grants program, awarded through the Kansas Department for Children and Families and distributed by Child Care Aware of Kansas, provides sustainability grants to cover costs of operations and potential revenue losses of child care providers.
Funding Information
Child care programs that meet the eligibility requirements may apply for funding in the following amounts/categories:
- Family/Group child care homes: $1,800 per month (up to 9 months)
- Other child care programs (centers, preschools, head start, school age programs, and drop-in care):
- Licensed capacity 24 or less children: $3,600 per month (up to 9 months)
- Licensed capacity between 25-99 children: $9,000 per month (up to 9 months)
- Licensed capacity 100+ children: $18,000 per month (up to 9 months)
Eligibility Criteria
To be considered “eligible”, child care facilities must maintain an active permanent KDHE license, whether remaining open or temporarily closed.
- Drop-in Care programs are eligible if they were licensed in Kansas on or before March 11, 2021 and continue to be licensed. Drop-in Care programs that received a license after March 11, 2021 are not eligible.
- Programs with a temporary license are eligible if they were issued a temporary license in Kansas on or before March 11, 2021 and continue to maintain a temporary or permanent license. Programs with a temporary license after March 11, 2021 are not eligible until they have received a permanent license.
- In addition to having a permanent license, child care facilities must be in substantial compliance with KDHE Licensing. Substantial compliance means the program does not have a pending/open complaint survey or enforcement action, the program is not operating under a Consent Agreement, the most recent annual survey was closed as in compliance (Complete), and there have not been any substantiated complaints for the program within the last 6 months.
- If programs are ineligible the first time they apply, they may reapply once they reach compliance.
For more information, visit Child Care Aware of Kansas.