The Washington State Department of Commerce seeks to award grants to several organizations and entities to leverage collaborative community partnerships to assess and plan for expanding child care slots.
Donor Name: Washington State Department of Commerce
State: Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,180,000
Grant Duration: 20 months
Details:
CCPG supports community-driven child care solutions by funding collaborative partnerships, increasing organizational capacity development, conducting planning and completing activities that help the community address the shortage of child care.
Objectives
Child Care Partnership Grants (CCPG) will support community-driven planning and action plan implementation to address unique and highest priority child care needs and expand child care capacity.
Projects must be responsive to local community needs related to the lack of access to affordable and quality child care in a defined community. Projects must involve an assortment of dedicated community partners to plan for, and carry out, sustainable and effective efforts that reduce barriers and increase capacity to implement solutions. Successful proposers will propose project activities that demonstrate understanding of current community conditions and culture and identify activities to increase child care access and the number of available slots. Proposers must define the geographic and demographic community(ies) that the project intends to serve.
Projects shall engage multiple community partners including, but not limited to, representatives from the following sectors – as appropriate and available in the community:
- Businesses (employers)
- Child care providers
- Community-based organizations
- Economic development
- Education / Educational Service Districts (ESD)
- Health care / behavioral health
- Higher education
- Local government
- Non-profits
- Parents and caregivers
- Social service agencies
- State agencies
- Statewide child care organizations
- Tribes
- Youth serving organizations
- Other
Funding Information
- COMMERCE has budgeted an amount not to exceed $2,180,000 for this program. There is no minimum award amount
- For a contract period of October 16, 2023 – June 30, 2024 awards will typically range from $40,000 up to a maximum of $80,000, depending on the proposed activities and budget
- For a contract period of October 16, 2023 – June 30, 2025 awards will typically range from $80,000 up to a maximum of $140,000, depending on the proposed activities and budget
- Proposals in excess of $140,000 will be considered non-responsive and will not be evaluated.
- Proposals may be submitted with appropriate activities, project plan and budget for 8 months or 20 months (October 16, 2023-June 30, 2024 or October 16, 2023 – June 30, 2025).
Eligible Activities
CCPG capacity development activities may include:
- community coalition coordination
- community engagement
- needs assessments
- data analysis
- fundraising plans
- home-based provider recruitment
- new child care provider mentoring/ navigation support
- marketing
- strategic action plan development
- pre-design studies (such as feasibility studies, schematics, and appraisals)
- other related activities
Eligibility Criteria
- This NOFO is open to Proposers that meet all of the following minimum qualifications:
- Licensed to do business in the state of Washington;
- Populations served must be located in the state of Washington;
- Must be headquartered in the state of Washington; AND
- Meets one of the following entity designations
- Federally recognized Washington tribe;
- Local government entity;
- Nonprofit organization registered with the Washington Secretary of State as a nonprofit corporation and having a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); or
- Public agency.
For more information, visit WSDC.
