The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) prioritizes increasing access and quality to early childhood services to meet the needs of children, families and communities. In an effort to expand, ECECD has committed 10 million dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) (Sec. 2202, Public Law 117-2) Child Care Stabilization Administration Funds to support the New Mexico Child Care Supply Building Grant.
Donor Name: New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD)
State: New Mexico
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/30/2022
Details:
Eligibility Criteria
The Child Care Supply Building Grant is open only to (1) existing licensed or registered child care providers doing business in the State of New Mexico, including eligible head start and tribal early child care providers, who seek to expand child care programs; and (2) employers that intend to create or expand child care for their employees. To qualify, applicants must:
- propose to increase the supply of licensed, high quality, child care for infants, toddlers and young children;
- demonstrate the commitment and capacity to build that proposed child care supply;
- demonstrate the ability to open the proposed licensed child care within six months of award;
- commit to operating the proposed child care for at least ten years; and
- commit to operating the proposed child care at ECECD’s 5 Star group size and ratio requirements.
For more information, visit ECECD.