The Women’s Business Development Council is offering grants of up to $25,000 to qualified Connecticut child care businesses in need of emergency facilities funding.
Donor Name: Women’s Business Development Council
State: Connecticut
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): Ongoing
Size of the Grant: $25,000
Details:
This grant program is designed to help licensed child care providers suffering severe revenue shortages cover emergency facilities maintenance projects to keep their business open and operating safely.
Eligible programs include licensed centers, group, and family child care homes. The emergency facilities grant is designed to help cover urgent facilities maintenance for programs suffering severe revenue shortages and in need of financial support.
Eligibility Criteria
- Be in business as an OEC-licensed family home, group, or center with enrolled children for at least 6 months as of March 1, 2022
- Meet one of the following enrollment criteria:
- Have a minimum of 60% of licensed capacity enrolled as of March 1, 2022, including school-age children or
- Current enrollment is 40%-59% of licensed capacity AND enrollment in Jan 2020 was 60% or higher of licensed capacity or
- Current enrollment at 60% of adjusted licensed capacity based on the business model (For instance, a Family Home with a licensed capacity of 9 that never takes school-age children would calculate their enrollment based on 6 regular age – e.g., 4 currently enrolled / 6 adjusted capacity = 67% enrollment) or
- Current enrollment down to 40%-59% with classroom closing or staff layoff due to OEC, Health Department, or Fire Department finding
- Profitable in 2019, 2020, or 2021, or broke even as a non-profit in one of these years
- Be in good standing with the CT Department of Revenue Services (DRS) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), or on a payment plan for back-owed taxes
- Have an urgent financial need, and unable to cover emergency facilities expenses from income, savings, or remaining OEC Stabilization Funding (if awarded)
For more information, visit Facilities Grant Program.
