Funding Program For New And Existing Daycare Providers!

In one state there is a scholarship and compensation opportunity for center-based and family child care home providers. The program links education, compensation and commitment to improving the quality of early childhood care and education programs for young children.

This funding program works with new providers who are just starting out as well as existing providers who need information, training, or other assistance. This program also provides inclusion services for providers who wish to learn more about caring for children with special needs and you can find out more information about this by visiting their website. You can also request to receive a copy of their brochure for child care providers by contacting them via email. For information on the state's licensing and regulations you can contact their offices or visit the Department of Health and Senior Service's website also.

Keeping Warm! There is a national program for the elderly, blind and/or disabled to help assist eligible, payment-troubled customers who are at least 62 years of age, blind or disabled. Program features include a lower monthly gas rate, debt forgiveness, emergency heating equipment repair or replacement, and conservation measures depending upon individual circumstances. For more information about this program you can visit their website

Grants Don't Always Come In The Form Of Actual Cash!

For instance in one state, homeowners are eligible for a $300 property tax rebate. However they won't get that tax rebate in the form of actual cash! Instead they will receive it as a tax credit on their property tax bill. Now while $300 may not seem like much as far as reducing one's property tax bill it may make all the difference to those who need that much needed financial help to help them be able to better be able to afford to pay their property tax bills.

As you know in some areas, failure to pay one's property tax bill will result in the property being foreclosed on. So any thing that can financially help one to lower their property tax bill - I'm sure - will be highly welcomed!

Here is a note:

An interesting side note about this particular property tax "grant" program is that according to the wording of this program, this grant doesn't have to be funded if the jurisdiction is not prosperous! In other words if the locality is suffering financially then they don't have to fund this particular grant program! Of corse it is at the jurisdiction's discretion as to whether or not they are considered prosperous in any given year!

How's THAT for irony!

$10,000 Grant Program For Education! There is a state grant program by the Verizon Foundation inviting state public schools to apply for financial grants! Only online applications will be accepted and applications are provided from their website in .pdf format! Accepted proposals include: programs to improve English, math or science skills programs to improve student literacy programs to help decrease school dropout rate programs to help improve graduation rates Application Deadline is April 6, 2009! The grant award can be used for the following: stipends for teachers who work out of school time fees for substitute teachers supplies and support materials hardware or software (*some restrictions apply) training travel and lodging Grant recipients are scheduled to be announced in May 2009

Do You Still Think That Individual Artists Can't Get Grants?

Here is a current listing of individual artists who have recently received grant money from a grant program in Ohio!

• A state university motion pictures graduate has received a $5,000 grant award. The graduate heads a group that produces and films original sketch comedy shows.
  

• A local sculptor who has also received grant money from this program says that his grant award "relieves financial worry, but it really makes me feel good about this place. When I tell artists who live elsewhere that my county gives tax money to individual artists, the envy is palpable."
  

• A Watercolor artist was given a $10,000 lifetime achievement award
  

• A Fiber artist was recognized for special achievement.
  

• Nine other visual artists were presented with a $5,000 fellowship following a competitive review of applicants
  

• Most of the money — $600,000 — went to 16 major arts and cultural groups for general operating support. Among them:
  
  • Farm
    

  • local museum
    

  • A Ballet Company
    

  • A Contemporary Dance Company
    

  • An Opera Company
    

  • A Philharmonic Orchestra
    

  • A Public Television Station
    

  • A Theatre Company
    

  • A Rhythm Group
    

  • A local radio station

A total of $137,415 in grants supporting special projects were awarded to 28 small and mid-sized groups following a competitive review process which included:

• A Youth Leadership Group
  

• An Asian American Council
  

• A Holocaust Center received $5,500
  

• An International Festival received $4,000
  

• A Jazz Orchestra received $5,000
  

• A Ballet Company received $6,000
  

• A Chorus Group received $5,282
  

• A K-12 program received a $10,000 grant award!
  

  *Please see my Grant Basics 101 - Daycare-Related Page for more information about grant programs for daycare!
  

• A Children's Choir received $9,000
  

• A Firefighters/EMS Association received $2,500
  

• A Dance Collective received $7,000
  

• A Church received $5,000
  

More information about this annual grant program is available by phone and website!

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".....Armed with government grants, libraries began to digitize photo collections and other critical print material....."

$1 Millon Grant To Research And STUDY Daycare!

The most interesting thing about this government grant program is that it is open for for-profit businesses to apply for! For instance if you already operate a daycare and are a for-profit business you may be eligible to apply for this grant!

Here is more information about the grant program itself!



Eligible Applicants

• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
  

• Private institutions of higher education
  

• Small businesses
  

• For profit organizations other than small businesses
  

• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Additional eligibility types:

• Hispanic-Serving Institutions
  

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
  

• Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
  

• Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
  

• Faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply.
  

• Foreign entities are not eligible under this announcement.

The purpose of this grant program announcement is to award a cooperative agreement to operate Child Care and Early Education Research Connections for five years. This cooperative will work to support family economic self-sufficiency and child care quality for families with children ages 0-12 or with special needs by fostering a child care and early education knowledge management and support system.


Basically what this means is that this grant program fund supports projects that add to the knowledge about the efficacy of child care policies and programs toward achieving two targeted long-term outcomes which are enhancing the economic security of low-income families with young children and improving quality in all child care and early education settings.

This is basically a research and/or study grant to help find ways to better help low-income families who have young children and to find better ways to enhance child care and other educational settings that are targeted towards young children.

Other goals include:

• Operating a state-of-the-art, web-based child care and early education project with a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of research articles and reports, selected datasets, policy data, ready access to datasets for secondary analysis, technical assistance for contributors and users, strong linkages with other archives and information systems, and ongoing synthesis of data into useful information and knowledge for child care and early education research and policy.
  

• Making sound child care and early education research findings available to researchers and policymakers in accessible language and formats.

Deadline for Applications: May 2008!

Applicants are highly encouraged to send a letter of intent

Applications can be submitted via the government's website

Acceptable electronic formats for the application attachments (narratives, charts, etc.) must use the following standard technologies, i.e., Microsoft (Word and Excel), Word Perfect, Adobe PDF, Jpeg, and Gif.

It is strongly recommended that applicants do not wait until the application deadline date to begin the application process. Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications well before the closing date and time so that if difficulties are encountered there will still be sufficient time to submit a hard copy via express mail. It is to an applicant's advantage to submit 24 hours ahead of the closing date and time in order to address any difficulties that may be encountered.

Applications can be submitted in person, by mail and via website.

There are 2 official government agencies that can be contacted for more information. They can be reached by mail, phone and email.


Grant Award: $1.5 Million (over a period of 5 years)

Address to Request Application Package

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