The San Mateo County 2022 Childcare Grant Program is designed to provide financial assistance to childcare facilities so that the most vulnerable communities have care available for their children.
Donor Name: County of San Mateo
State: California
County: San Mateo County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 09/09/2022
Grant Size: $55,000
Details
Priority will be given to applicants who:
- Serve low-income or socio-economically disadvantaged families
- Socio-economically disadvantaged (SED) is defined as 80% of the Area Median Income (i.e., $149,100 annual income for a family of four)
- Serve children with special needs
- Serve children who are learning English as a second language
- Serve children enrolled in foster care
- Offer subsidies, vouchers, or sliding-scale tuition
- Participate in other County programs such as The Big Lift and Quality Counts
- Have not received a grant from the Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County (4Cs) in 2022
Funding Information
Grants totaling $4,000,000 will be distributed throughout the county via geographic region and size, based on the number of children served by the provider, and according to the below categories.
- $10,000 for facilities with up to 10 children
- $25,000 for facilities with 11 to 30 children
- $40,000 for facilities with 31 to 60 children
- $55,000 for facilities with over 60 children
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible grant applicants must:
- Be located in San Mateo County
- Operate a licensed childcare center, licensed family childcare home, or be license-exempt (e.g., public recreation center, school district-operated program, etc.)
- Public recreation center means a program operated by the state, city, county, special district, school district, community college district, chartered city, or chartered city and county
- Serve non-school age children from 0 to 5 years old
- Provide a W-9 form
- Provide self-attestation on negative fiscal impact from COVID-19
For more information, visit County of San Mateo.
