GRANT FOCUS: Early Childhood/Learning/Education, Literacy, Reading, Disadvantaged Children, San Diego | Amount: Up to $60,000 | Deadline: Feb. 20, 2026
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Welfare, Early Childhood, Education, Early Care/Childcare, Minnesota | Amount: Up to $15,000 | Deadline: Jan. 30, 2026
GRANT FOCUS: Child Advocacy, Early Childhood/Care/Education, Child Dev., Public Policy, Pennsylvania | Amount: Up to $500,000 | Deadline: Jan. 29, 2026
GRANT FOCUS: Child Welfare, Early Childhood, Education, Parenting, Child Care, Research | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Jan. 31, 2026 (LOI)
GRANT FOCUS: Early Childhood, Child/Early Care, Early Education, Preschool, Child Development | Amount: $500,000 - $1,500,000 | Deadline: Dec. 1, 2025
GRANT FOCUS: Early Childhood, Early Education, Early Care, Workforce/Professional Development | Amount: Up to $500,000 | Deadline: Dec. 3, 2025 (LOI)
GRANT FOCUS: Early Childhood, Child Care, Native/Tribal Children, Native Family Support | Amount: $750,000 - $1,000,000 | Deadline: Dec. 1, 2025
Republican governors in 13 states rejected federal funding for summer lunches.
For tribal communities, Head Start provides more than just child care and school readiness.
GRANT FOCUS: Early Childhood Care/Education/Development, Child/Family Health, Organization/Nonprofit Support | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: June 13, 2025
GRANT FOCUS: Early Learning/Care/Childhood, Early Learning Access, Philadelphia | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Apr. 25, 2025
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
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: Tribal Colleges/Universities, Head Start, Education, Career/Workforce Development | Amount: $500,000 - $6,000,000 | Deadline: Jan. 21, 2025
Child care teachers nationally earn a median wage of $13.07 per hour.
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.