child development Archives

Santa Barbara area child care program support grants: young children playing at child care center

Santa Barbara area child care facility support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child Care/Development, Early Care/Education, Santa Barbara, California | Amount: Up to $50,000 | Deadline: Apr. 30, 2026

childhood hunger and healthy food access grants; children eating food at table

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Healthy food access, food sovereignty, nutrition education and school food improvement grants

GRANT FOCUS: Healthy Food Access, Food Sovereignty, Nutrition, School Food/Meals, Indigenous Food Justice | Amount: Up to $100,000 | Deadline: Apr. 28,...

Georgia women and girls life improvement grants; young black woman sitting on park bench working

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Georgia women and girls life improvement program grant

GRANT FOCUS: Women/Girls Welfare, Women/Girls Development, Education, Health, Gender Equality | Amount: $100,000 | Deadline: Apr. 24, 2026

New Mexico child well-being and development grants: group of kids at a table working with plant leaves and drawing

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New Mexico child well-being and development grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child Welfare/Well-being, Child Health/Development, Education, SEL, New Mexico | Amount: Up to $10,000 | Deadline: Mar. 31, 2026

child development, early childhood grants: young girl looking at globe with yellow background

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Innovative early childhood education program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Early Childhood, Early Care, Early Education, Child Development, Child Care | Amount: $1,000 - $25,000 | Deadline: Apr. 1, 2026

family literacy program grants: happy family reading a book together

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Family literacy program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Education/Development, Reading/Literacy, Family, K-12, Schools, Libraries | Amount: Up to $10,000 | Deadline: Feb. 5, 2026

Including young learners in the push for reading reform: teacher reading with students

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San Diego early literacy program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Early Childhood/Learning/Education, Literacy, Reading, Disadvantaged Children, San Diego | Amount: Up to $60,000 | Deadline: Feb. 20, 2026

EPA proposes lower lead hazard exposure limit in daycares, homes: person in hazmat suit painting the exterior window sill of older home

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Lead hazards in homes with young children control and abatement program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child Health/Development, Environmental Health, Safe/Healthy Homes, Lead Hazard | Amount: $1,000,000 - $2,500,000 | Deadline: Feb. 28, 2026

MN early child care and youth development grants; young ethnic child on playground

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Minnesota early child care, education, development and advocacy grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Welfare, Early Childhood, Education, Early Care/Childcare, Minnesota | Amount: Up to $15,000 | Deadline: Jan. 30, 2026

child-serving systems, child advocacy: Woman with long blonde hair high fives a dark-haired toddler girl while they sit at a low red table full of toys in a daycare classroom

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Grants to support advocacy for child-serving systems in Pennsylvania

GRANT FOCUS: Child Advocacy, Early Childhood/Care/Education, Child Dev., Public Policy, Pennsylvania | Amount: Up to $500,000 | Deadline: Jan. 29, 2026

children and youth grants, family economic mobility, affordable housing: happy family laughing on couch

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Pueblo, Colorado area children, youth and family support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Development, Family Support, Basic Needs, Behavioral Health, Pueblo, Colorado | Amount: $15,000 - $100,000 | Deadline: Jan. 15, 2026

early childhood welfare and family support program grants; child and father playing on floor

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Early childhood welfare, education and parenting program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child Welfare, Early Childhood, Education, Parenting, Child Care, Research | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Jan. 31, 2026 (LOI)

early care. early learning, child care and early: young black boy in overalls playing with different colorful toys

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Strengthening early child care and education system grants

GRANT FOCUS: Early Childhood, Child/Early Care, Early Education, Preschool, Child Development | Amount: $500,000 - $1,500,000 | Deadline: Dec. 1, 2025

Tutoring, late-talking children: Young adult in clear-framed glasses and light blue shirt sits next to young child in gold/navy striped t-shirt as they review schoolwork on desk

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Late-talking children services support research grants

GRANT FOCUS: Late-talking Children, Language Learning/Delay, Child Development, Research | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Oct. 2, 2025

Expanding horizons, essential developmental relationships _evidence of afterschool impacts_feature: group of students and afterschool workers at a table outdoors doing work

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From the Field

Expanding horizons, essential relationships: The evidence of afterschool impacts

We learn and grow through relationships — and when these are paired with high quality learning and leadership opportunities, real transformation happens.

Biggie through Bronfenbrenner's eyes_feature: graphic illustration of older white man wearing chain and crown to emulate rapper

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Opinion

Biggie through Bronfenbrenner’s eyes

Biggie’s lyrics painted a vivid picture of life's complexity. Bronfenbrenner created a framework to understand youth development within this complexity.