Child Care Grants & Funding

The Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development has grants available to help increase high-quality child care services and programs for our most vulnerable young children as well as strengthening our economy and our workforce.

The Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development has grants available, with various application time-frames, to strengthening our economy and our workforce. These grants opportunities can be found by CLICKING HERE.

The Thriving by Three Infant and Toddler Child Care Grant is currently accepting applications from Family Child Care Providers. CLICK HERE for more information.

An overview of the Thrive by Three Infant and Toddler Child Care Grant can also be found here in ENGLISH and SPANISH.

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COVID RESOURCES & NOTIFICATIONS

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To support the sustainability of child care providers through the COVID-19 health emergency, the Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development (DFD) will temporarily provide Differential Payments to providers on behalf of families participating in the Subsidy Program.
The Differential Payments will provide up to $300 for full-time care, or $150 for part-time care, per eligible child, per month above the baseline reimbursement rate from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023.
In contrast to the existing supplemental payments, the Differential Payments are designed to help pay the tuition difference and reduce any other costs or fees paid by families, e.g. co-payments, which are not covered by reimbursement payments.
This means that if a provider’s rate is greater than the reimbursement rate, the provider must reduce the family’s cost of care, any difference owed, or credit issued (if monies are owed), by the additional amount received through the Differential Payment. Families will only pay the tuition difference, and any co-payment, if the total subsidy payment (reimbursement rate plus Differential Payment) does not cover the provider rate. Click links below to view documents.