The City of San Carlos invites local childcare centers, family childcare homes, and non-profit centers providing childcare services to submit a request for funding as part of the Childcare Grant Program.
Donor Name: City of San Carlos
State: California
City: San Carlos
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/18/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Priorities
An application may be prioritized if a childcare provider meets one or more of the criteria below in addition to the qualification criteria above:
- Serves the infant children group (birth-2 years old)
- Creates a higher number of childcare spaces as a result of the grant funds
- Accepts vouchers
- Serves children with special needs
Funding Information
The approved budget for grant expenditures from this fund for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 is $250,000. Each applicant may apply for a maximum of $100,000 in grant funding for the capital improvement project. The funding request should be appropriate for the proposed project size. Qualified applicants will receive full funding for the first $50,000 of the capital improvement project cost. For any cost amount over $50,000, the grant will cover 50% of the excess. at grant pre-approval stage.
Eligible Projects
Types of eligible projects may include but are not limited to:
- Land acquisition
- Center acquisition
- New construction of center
- Tenant improvements to prepare existing structure for childcare uses
- Tenant improvements to modify existing childcare center to accommodate a different age group (i.e. toddlers to infants or infants to toddlers or between any age groups that the childcare provider deems fit)
- Expansion of currently operating center
- Improvement to establish new small or large family childcare homes
- Center within corporate campus
- Center within new or existing commercial development
- Childcare within new housing developments
- Other pursuits associated with increasing childcare spaces
Qualification Criteria
To be considered for a grant, the childcare provider must meet the following criteria:
- Must be a commercial childcare center, family childcare home, faith-based childcare center, or non-profit childcare center located within the City of San Carlos; Public school district is ineligible
- Must be a childcare center that serves children aged 5 and under
- Existing childcare providers must provide copy of State of California license; new childcare providers must provide planned schedule for licensing upon start up and provide State license once obtained
- Must provide a copy of current business registration with the City of San Carlos (unless exempt from business registration requirements).
- Must demonstrate how funds will be used for capital improvement costs (not maintenance or operations)
- Must provide proper documentation for reimbursement which will be determined at the grant pre-approval stage
- Must agree to the terms in the “Agreement for Receipt of Grant Funds”
Eligibility Criteria
- For-profit or commercial providers
- Nonprofit providers
- Faith-based organizations
- Family childcare homes
For more information, visit City of San Carlos.
