Providers operating on ‘razor-thin margins’ worry about possible deep cuts from the Trump administration.
GRANT FOCUS: Maternal Health, Pediatrics/Child Health, Early Care/Childhood, Healthcare Research | Amount: Up to $600,000 | Deadline: Apr. 23, 2025
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Maternal Health, Native/Tribal Children & Families, Healthcare Access | Amount: $250,000 - $1,000,000 | Deadline: Mar. 17, 2025
A new national campaign encourages Trump to keep and expand the child tax credit.
Few families with premature babies receive the early intervention services they are eligible for.
About 60% of rural Americans live in child care deserts.
GRANT FOCUS: Early Childhood, Early Learning/Care/Development, SEL, Parenting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Amount: Up to $800,000 | Deadline: Jan. 31, 2025
GRANT FOCUS: Native Children, Child Care, Early Education, Low-Income Families | Amount: $1,000,000 - $9,177,455 | Deadline: Jan. 21, 2025
GRANT FOCUS: Tribal Colleges/Universities, Head Start, Education, Career/Workforce Development | Amount: $500,000 - $6,000,000 | Deadline: Jan. 21, 2025
GRANT FOCUS: Early Childhood, Early Education, Early Care, Workforce/Professional Development | Amount: Up to $300,000 | Deadline: Jan. 21, 2025 (LOI)
Child care teachers nationally earn a median wage of $13.07 per hour.
The nation's early childhood workforce is underpaid, leading to high turnover and staffing shortages.
GRANT FOCUS: Early Childhood, Child Care, Child Welfare, Child Development, Early Education | Amount: $577,859 - $80,166,137 | Deadline: Jan. 6, 2025
America lacks any agreed-upon framework for talking about child care.
GRANT FOCUS: Early Care/Education Access, Child Development, Research | Amount: $75,000 - $400,000 | Deadline: July 8, 2024
GRANT FOCUS: Early Child Care, Early Education, Child Development, Research | Amount: Up to $225,000 | Deadline: June 3, 2024 (LOI) |...
Parents pushed for funding child-care, establishing paid family leave, and expanding child tax credits.
GRANT FOCUS: Child Care, Child Welfare, Early Care, Research, Low-Income Families, Child Care Access | Amount: $100,000 - $400,000 | Deadline: May...
The plan is that the $2.7 billion program will be fully implemented by 2025-26.
Early education and child care represent the most diverse and lowest-paid sector in education.