Oregon Daycare and Child Care Grants
With the mission of promoting the welfare of children, providing them with shelter and education, there can never be a doubt of a nonexistence of where to get financial aid from, for day care center operators. The benefits that centers have for children, give them a great advantage for approval of grants by organizations or the state, en exceedingly greater chance, if they are non-profit. Nonetheless, efforts for appraisal should be well-designed and sent to appropriate parties. With this in mind, enumerated here are sources of where to obtain grants.
Seeing things at large, effort in singling out the resources of where you are residing comes first. One’s own state government might have information regarding child care within its boundaries. All one has to do is to explore its main website for potential contacts who give child care grants. Now is the time when patience with searching gets so handy, thanks to technology. Through the main site, there can also be available special loan programs. In this area, however, obtaining funds may have interest rates that are yet considered affordable.
From the state, then goes a trimming down of options to the local licensing office, or possible departments which support small businesses. One target at the federal level could be the Small Business Administration. These are choices of where to gather information on sustaining a child care center financially, whether, it is a for-profit small business, or non-profit.
Gear up and seek out federal grant programs suitable for your child care center at the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA). Information can be obtained regarding the following: state or local government, public, private, profit or non-profit. Moreover, make use of the CFDA database to look for federal grants, steps for grant application and eligibility, as well as the necessary grant information and requirements, or other sources.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is also known to manage the Child and Adult Food Program (CAFP). It can bridge an access for nutrition programs that are aided financially by the federal department. With this program, meals and snacks are specifically entitled to children in both public and private day care centers. Grants are endowed in most states by an assigned educational group. It can either be under the administration of the human services or the state’s department of health. Also, as long as foods served to children are able to surpass the federal nutrition guidelines, the eligible care center can receive cash money back or may even be able to benefit from grants.
Another application which can be applied with the USDA, is through the rural development state office wherein a Community Facility Grant Program is made available. It serves as a venue for the accomplishment of the necessary facilities in rural areas with a certain population through grant funds.
If competition is too tight in the government, private corporations can also provide educational support or entitle certain care centers grants. There can be no obstacle hard enough for a day care owner who aspires to be in public service.
Different Sources of Grants
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Federal
Federal grants are funded by the different agencies of the federal government. Typically, grants from a federal agency are funneled down to the communities through state agencies.
U.S. Department of Agriculture – It has two agencies with start-up/expansion funding programs:
The Rural Housing Service (RHS) has facility funding available for non-profits or local governments that support child care facilities. (http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/index.html)
The Rural Business Cooperative Service has guaranteed loan programs for small business development available for profit child care programs. For eligibility or to apply for any of their programs, contact the state or local Rural Development Office, http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/recd.map.html
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) – The agency has funding programs that support child care services. The Child Care Bureau has several funding programs for child care facilities. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) – It supports child care facilities near or within public housing, EZ/EC’s, or low-income areas through facility construction using block grants, programs, and networks. To determine eligibility or to apply for any of their programs, contact the state HUD office at http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/states
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) – It provides small businesses financing options, technical assistance, and child care resource information. Check with your local SBA offices at http://www.sba.gov/localresources/index.html
U.S. General Services Administration – It has programs that allow the donation of surplus federal personal property to state and local public agencies and qualifying nonprofits, which include child care centers. Please contact http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?contentType=GSA_OVERVIEW&contentId=10092&noc=T
There are other federal programs that support child care such as:
The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) provides child care vouchers to subsidize the cost of care for low-income families as well as funds for state child care quality improvement initiatives. Nearly half of all children receiving CCDF subsidies are between the ages of five and 12. States are required to utilize at least 4 percent of their CCDF funds on quality activities and may also use discretionary funds earmarked by Congress for school-age care quality improvements and/or resource and referral activities. States may choose to use these funds to support initiatives to improve the quality and availability of school-age care, such as training programs or capacity-building grants for afterschool providers.
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) funds, which provide financial support for low-income families, may also be used to support afterschool programs in ways consistent with one or more of the four purposes of the TANF program. States may either directly spend TANF funds on afterschool programs and initiatives, or states can transfer up to 30 percent of their federal TANF allocation to the CCDF. TANF funds transferred to CCDF are subject to all of the CCDF rules and requirements, and can be used to expand out-of-school time capacity-building and quality-enhancement efforts. Direct TANF spending can provide states with additional flexibility when it comes to afterschool care. For example, funds can support services for older youth and can support programs as well as individual subsidies for children.
The 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21CCLC) is the only federal funding source that exclusively supports afterschool programs. The purpose of 21CCLC is to support community learning centers that provide students with a broad array of academic enrichment services, including tutoring, homework help, and community service, as well as music, arts, sports, and cultural activities. When the program first began in 1998, the U.S. Department of Education made competitive awards directly to school districts. However, following the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002, 21CCLC was converted into a state formula grant program. As a result, the Department of Education awards grants to State Education Agencies (SEAs), which then manage statewide competitions to grant funds to eligible organizations.
Federal Food and Nutrition Programs may support snacks or meals for afterschool program participants. After school programs may be able to receive reimbursements from one of four different food and nutrition programs administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture: the National School Lunch Program: Afternoon Snacks, the Child and Adults Care Food Program, the Summer Food Service Program and the School Breakfast Program. Reimbursement from these programs can be used to free up funds already spent on meals and snacks to support other program components.
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State
There are several state agencies in Oregon that fund child care assistance programs. Many grants can be obtained through the Family Child Care and Development Grants. Applications can be made through http://www.governmentgrants.us. In addition, funding sources can be accessed through the following programs of the Oregon Department of Human Services:
Commission on Children and Families
The Oregon Commission on Children and Families is an entrepreneurial catalyst that brings critical community partners together to get better outcomes for children and families. It is the Commission’s vision that all Oregon’s children and youth will be safe, healthy, well-educated, employable, and valued contributors to their communities.
Our mission is to provide public and private leadership working collaboratively to support and strengthen communities to improve the lives of children, youth and families. We are committed to locally-driven, results-oriented change through:
- informed and effective public policy;
- passionate voice and strong advocacy on behalf of children, youth and families;
- engagement of diverse communities to plan and develop shared action on children’s issues and;
- wise investment of resources with a preventative focus on healthy families
Contact Information:
The Equitable Building
530 Center St. NE, Suite 405
Salem 97301-3754Phone: 503-373-1283
Fax: 503-378-8395Community School
A community school is a public school that combines the best quality educational practices with a wide range of important health and social services to ensure that children are physically, emotionally and socially prepared to learn.
Based on the principle that learning occurs in many places – in school, after school, at home, in neighborhoods and communities – community schools are open early in the morning and late into the evenings, on weekends and during summers and school breaks. They offer services for children and adults, like:
- Youth development programs, including academic enrichment, sports, arts and community service
- Summer camps
- Medical, dental and mental health services and child health insurance enrollment
- Social services
- Adult education
- Immigration assistance
- Early childhood programs
- Community development, including employment of neighborhood residents and sponsorship of community events
This comprehensive approach to education and related supports has been shown to prevent crime, increase community safety, develop youth leadership and provide improved access to social service resources.
By working together, community members can create local community schools that serve as safe and welcoming community centers, where people can learn, teach, volunteer and contribute to students’ educational excellence and overall development.
For further information visit:
Contact person:
Shital C. Shah, Research Associate
shahs@iel.orgFor information on Oregon’s participation on the National Coalition for Community Schools Steering Committee, please contact Mickey Lansing, Executive Director at 503-373-1283
For OCCF’s Community Schools Initiative information contact:
Marilyn Miller
(503) 378-2107
Marilyn.K.Miller@state.or.usOregon Healthy Kids Program
Every child in Oregon should be a healthy kid and the state of Oregon is trying to ensure that. Depending on family income, children may be eligible for free or low-cost health coverage for doctor visits, dental care, vision, medicines and more through the Healthy Kids program.
The Oregon Healthy Kids web site has information about the Healthy Kids Program, including eligibility, services covered, and how to apply. There’s also a place to find out how to help us spread the word and/or to partner with us to help families apply.
Contact Information:
Healthy Kids
1-877-314-5678Healthy KidsConnect Program
Healthy KidsConnect (HKC) is the private market insurance component of Healthy Kids, Oregon’s new health care program for children. Administered by the Office of Private Health Partnerships, HKC is for families that earn too much to qualify for the Oregon Health Plan, but can’t afford private health insurance. The office also administers the Employer Sponsored Insurance (ESI)/group component. Those with access to ESI up to 300 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) can receive premium assistance in the form of a reimbursement, as long as the employer plan meets federal guidelines.Contact Information:
Oregon Healthy KidsConnect Program
P.O. Box 14650
Salem, Oregon 97309-5020Local: 503-378-8631
1-888-260-4555 Toll-Free in Oregon
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Private
Private foundations that are based or operating in the State of Oregon, as well as those operating nationwide, can also be tapped as source of funding for the establishment and operation of child care business, support for parents and families to avail of child care services, and the training of professionals in the field of child care. Some of these foundations are the following:
The Anna May Family Foundation strives to make grants that will generate a real impact on the people the project serves. Our foundation generally makes grants in the range of $1,000 to $10,000. Presently, the Anna May Family Foundation will make grants benefiting residents of Jackson County, Oregon and targeting: – those who are subjects of abuse; children who are at risk, emphasizing preschool education and recreational and cultural enrichment for youth; those needing emergency services, emphasizing shelter, food and medications; those who are economically disadvantaged and who are seeking employment and training.
Contact Information:
http://annamay.org/
1314 – B Center Drive, Box 264, Medford, OR, 97501
abelkin@jeffnet.orgThe mission of the Bank’s Charitable Contributions Program is to help meet the needs of the communities we serve by supporting nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving quality of life, particularly for low- and moderate-income individuals and communities.
The Bank will consider requests for contributions from nonprofit organizations that qualify under the following charitable giving categories: Community and Economic Development, Education and Job Training, Health and Human Care, Civic and Cultural. The Bank actively grants charitable contributions in the communities we serve, which includes several counties in the following 19 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Contact Information:
https://www.bankofthewest.com/about-us/community-support/charitable-investments.html
1-800-488-BANK (2265)Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Our Pacific Northwest program assists vulnerable children and families in Washington state and the greater Portland, Oregon area by supporting housing, early learning, and other community service programs.
Contact Information:
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Pages/home.aspx
Main Office
PO Box 23350
Seattle, WA 98102
(206) 709-3100
info@gatesfoundation.orgRockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF)
RBF is dedicated to promoting the well-being of all people in the transition to global interdependence. One of the goals of the fund’s Education Program is to promote universal, quality education and care for pre-K children by using a comprehensive approach to their development, including concerns for health, safety, and readiness to learn. Strategies include supporting development of public policies that promote universal access to early childhood programs, and advancing the professional development of early educators.
Contact Information:
Our grants primarily support projects in the states of Oregon and Hawaii. We focus on Environmental Conservation and/or The Well Being of Children.
Contact Information:
http://www.billhealyfoundation.org/
e-mail: info@billhealyfoundation.org
phone: 503.222.1899
fax: 503.222.1861 mail: Post Office Box 4525Portland, Oregon 97208 office: 721 NW Ninth Avenue
Suite 229
Portland, Oregon 97209The Ford Family Foundation make grants to public charities that predominantly benefit small communities in rural Oregon and Siskiyou County, California. Areas of funding interest include Positive Youth Development, Access to Health and Dental Services for Children, Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention, Public Convening Spaces. The Foundation only accepts requests for funding through their on-line application process.
Contact Information:
Home Office | 1600 NW Stewart Parkway | Roseburg, OR 97471-1957
Local: (541) 957-5574 | Fax: (541) 957-5720For general questions: info@tfff.org
Scholarship Office | 440 E. Broadway, Suite 200 | Eugene, OR 97401
Toll Free: (877) 864-2872 | Local: (541) 485-6211 | Fax: (541) 485-6223For general questions: fordscholarships@tfff.org
The Gordon Elwood Foundation is a private foundation that distributes grants for educational, human service, and other charitable purposes, with a principal geographic focus in Oregon’s Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and Curry counties. Grants from the Foundation may be made to qualified nonprofit, tax-exempt, charitable organizations and public entities in the aforementioned four counties. Areas of funding interest include Children and Individuals, Individuals and Families.
Contact Information:
http://www.gordonelwoodfoundation.org/
Kathy Bryon
Executive Director
Ph: 541.282.0643
Fax: 541.282.0644
Email KathyRobert Casserly
Office Manager & Webmaster
Ph: 541.282.0643
Fax: 541.282.0644
Email RobertGrants will ONLY be considered for projects in Oregon that fall within the Foundation’s “Areas of Interest”. Requests for capital expenses or contributions to capital campaigns will not be considered. Areas of funding interest – Early childhood development and education, with an emphasis on children at-risk. Environmental stewardship, with an emphasis on rivers and their watershed ecosystems. Peacemaking activities, with an emphasis on teaching peace and conflict resolution.
Contact Information:
http://www.gosw.org/sites/jubitzff/The June & Julian Foss Foundation supports programs and projects directed to children and youth, that promote values and that encourage an entrepreneurial spirit and a sense of curiosity and wonder. Their major goal is to change the life situations of young people in order to help them grow into healthy, responsible adults. They prefer to fund programs that provide preventive options, rather than enrichment experiences (as important as those are). The Foundation’s priority interests are: Children and Youth, Children and Young Adults with Major Mental Illness. Grant applications are accepted from organizations located in Tacoma, Washington; Portland, Oregon; the San Francisco Bay Area; and in Miami and Minneapolis.
Contact Information:
http://www.fossfoundation.org/
Contact:
Administrator
FossFoundation.orgThe mission of the Lamb Foundation is to support a range of creative programs to improve the quality of human experience. Throughout our grantmaking, we particularly encourage those projects that recognize the positive impact of direct action, exploration, and intellectual curiosity. Overall, they prefer to support small projects that can clearly articulate their potential impact.
Their emphasis is in the following areas of interest: Social Services for Youth and Children; Arts – Projects to improve access to the arts and provide cultural opportunities, particularly in smaller or rural communities; Environment – Projects that help develop innovative solutions or direct preventative or restorative actions that help the environment. We favor projects that focus on the Columbia River watershed.
Contact Information:
http://www.thelambfoundation.org/The Moyer Foundation funds organizations that help children in severe distress–children with life threatening illnesses or physical limitations, children who are coping with the loss of loved one, children who are victims of abuse or neglect. Support from The Moyer Foundation provides organizations with much needed resources to expand programs, purchase supplies, and enable children and their families to receive services and support. To be considered for funding, an organization must be located in the Pacific Northwest, designated as a not-for-profit and tax exempt as defined under IRS 501 (c) 3 codes.
Contact Information:
http://www.moyerfoundation.org/
Address:
2426 32nd Ave W
Seattle WA, 98199Phone:
206-298-1217
FAX:
206-298-1207Robert and Frances Chaney Family Foundation
The mission of the Robert and Frances Chaney Family Foundation is to reach out to organizations in specified communities to build a better future by granting funds for educational purposes, human services, charitable and faith-based groups, and other purposes focusing on benefiting children, families and public safety personnel who reside in Jackson & Josephine Counties, Oregon; Barry County, Missouri and Cabell County, West Virginia.
Contact Information:
http://www.familyfoundationchaney.org/
Carrie Hanson, Executive Director
P.O. Box 840 | Jacksonville, OR 97530
Phone: 541-899-9199 | Fax: 541-899-9679
chanson.familyfoundation@gmail.comEstablished in 2006, the Safeco Insurance Foundation supports the communities in which we live and work. Their grants attempt to educate low-income children, strengthen cultural treasures, protect our most fragile, and uplift those most often left out or behind.
Grant making priorities are education and broad based health and human services. We also invest in access to health care for low-income individuals, and cultural organizations. The Safeco Insurance Foundation funds organizations and programs that serve Washington and Oregon.
Contact information:
http://www.safeco.com/about-us/community-relations/safeco-insurance-foundation
Customer Service line at 1-800-332-3226For more than 75 years, the Salem Foundation has provided funding for a large variety of community based programs that serve the greater Salem area. In partnership with donors, the Salem Foundation supports nonprofit and other community organizations with funds for health and human services, affordable housing, early childhood development, community arts, culture and other important areas of need.
Contact Information:
https://www.pioneertrustbank.com/salemfoundation/index.html
Email:
info@pioneertrustbank.comCall:
503-363-3136The mission of the Silver Family Foundation is to help youth reach their greatest potential by providing financial support to non-profits that utilize experiential educational opportunities for children. The foundation supports organizations in Pacific Northwest; Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The Silver Family Foundation does not accept unsolicited grant proposals and all organizations must first complete the LOI process. Letters are reviewed on a continuous basis, and may be submitted at any time during the year.
Contact Information:
http://www.silverfoundation.org/
http://silverfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_contact&Itemid=3The Mission of the West Family Foundation is to give back to the community to provide a better opportunity in life for children and families who reside in Southern Oregon by providing grants for educational purposes, human services and other charitable causes.
The Foundation’s primary areas of interest include: Schools; Youth programs; Human Services and other Charitable Causes. The Foundation will only make grants to organizations whose projects or programs exclusively benefit the residents of Jackson, Josephine, Curry and Klamath County.
Contact Information:
http://www.familyfoundationwest.org/
West Family Foundation
680 G Street, Suite B • Jacksonville, OR 97530
Phone: 541-899-9976 | Fax: 541-899-9679
