The Maryland State Department of Education Division of Early Childhood is accepting applications for 2nd round of its Child Care Stabilization Grant 2022.
Donor Name: Maryland State Department of Education
State: Maryland
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/23/2022
Grant Size: $10,000
Details:
This funding opportunity constitutes the second round of Maryland’s Child Care Stabilization Grant Program. The Division of Early Childhood within the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) is providing this funding opportunity to address the hardships faced by child care providers and to address the instability of the child care market as a whole. These funds are a critical step to pave the way for a strong economic recovery and a more equitable future.
This grant program is funded through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) of 2021. Child care providers are eligible to receive money to help keep their doors open.
This funding opportunity is designed to stabilize existing child care programs, not fund the start-up of new child care programs that are not yet operating.
Grant Awards
Amounts: Awards will be distributed in the following ways:
- $10,000 base award; and
- Additional supplemental funding per licensed child care slot based on the following criteria:
- Infants (6 weeks to 12 months): an additional $126.00 per licensed child care slot for providers that serve infants
- Toddlers (13 months – 23 months): an additional $126.00 per licensed child care slot for providers that serve toddlers
- Child Care Scholarship: an additional $126.00 per licensed child care slot for providers who enroll children that participate in the Child Care Scholarship program (MSDE determines eligibility based on whether or not center has invoiced the MSDE for payment between June 2021 and December 15, 2021)
- Maryland EXCELS: an additional $126.00 per licensed child care slot for all eligible providers who are participating in the Maryland EXCELS program with a rating of 1-5
- Social vulnerability: an additional $126.00 per licensed child care slot for all eligible providers located in a census tract with a Social Vulnerability Index of greater than .6
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants may be a family child care home provider, a large family child care home provider, a child care center, or an education program under a Letter of Compliance.
To be eligible for a grant, child care providers must be:
- available to provide child care services on the date the application is submitted or temporarily closed due to financial hardship or COVID-related reasons, and either
- licensed or regulated as of March 11, 2021 (the date of enactment of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021); or
- licensed or regulated by the date of application
For more information, visit Child Care Stabilization Grant.
