This annual competitive grant from Rochester’s Child will focus on improving and maintaining high-quality standards of care and early learning for children birth to age 8, with special emphasis on high-needs children and their families.
Donor Name: Rochester Area Community Foundation
State: New York
City: Rochester
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/19/2023
Size of the Grant:$10,000
Details:
Categories
Funding will prioritize innovative projects that enhance the knowledge and skills of caregivers and teachers, improve the quality of their teaching and interactions with children, and produce measurable, positive outcomes for children. Examples of strategic projects that will be considered are:
- Improve the interaction of families, care providers, and teachers to create learning-rich environments that stimulate children’s curiosity, exploration, and independence;
- Create specialized early childhood and child development training for teachers and child care providers, as well as other professionals and education leaders that fill a needed gap;
- Design and test new approaches, practices, and interventions that support children’s social/emotional, physical, or language skills; or
- Create and evaluate new professional development opportunities that utilize nontraditional approaches (i.e. modules, online learning, and collaborative learning).
Funding Information
One $10,000 grant.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations — or be sponsored by charitable, nonprofit organizations — and serve City of Rochester children.
For more information, visit RACF.