Homeless Woman Starts Her Own Daycare Business With The Help Of A Grant!

One woman is living her dream of having her own daycare business!

"I love kids, I don't know what else to say other than that, I've always loved kids," she said.

Just a few years ago she was homeless herself just after getting a divorce and with her having 3 kids to take care of. Now she provides a "home away from home" for other kids!

The woman participated in a program that helps working families to save money to secure a better financial future. She just happened to be the first graduate of the program, which is funded with grants from an organization that builds partnerships to tackle community issues.

Program participants attend financial planning classes and are required to save a certain amount of money over two years. When participants reach their savings goal, the program will match their money. They can earn up to $6,000 to buy a home, pay for school or open a small business just like the woman mentioned in this article.

The woman used her grant money to buy toys and equipment for her daycare which she opened last year.

She is licensed for eight kids and hopes to grow her business.

Ten low income working families are currently in enrolled in this grant program, but the program leaders said they are ready to enroll more.

To find out if you qualify for this program you can attend the orientation meeting. To find out more about this program just click here.

Did You Know

Did you know that some senior care centers operate primarily with private grants?

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Nineteen child care centers were provided financial aid under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.

These grants were intended to improve the centers' indoor and outdoor health and safety conditions and to procure educational materials.

It has been reported that eight child care centers received a maximum of $2,000 each to eliminate unsanitary carpeting and replace them with easy-to-clean surfaces. It said any leftover funding went toward educational materials to support the curricula for children.

Seven centers were also provided a maximum of $3,000 each for new playground surfacing and additional shading. Additional funding was used to purchase outdoor toys such as sandboxes and equipment for active play.

Four infant, toddler, and preschool programs also received mini-grants of $1,000 each for the purchase of toys.

For more information about this grant program, just click here.

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Daycare Receives A $10,000 Grant!

The grant will be used to help to improve the daycare's playground. Says the daycare owner, “Our playground will open a whole new door for exploring and learning for our children. Other playground improvements will help children explore their imagination, creativity and learning opportunies. They will plant a small orchard with fruit trees which the children will help grow and harvest. Raised garden beds will be added so that the children can plant, care for and harvest their own plants. The site will include a creek, lots of wildflowers, shade trees and bird feeders to attract different species of birds.

The grant will also be used to have a music center and outdoor art center built.

The grant was applied for and received within the month!

The mission of this grant program is to increase the quality of early care and education programs for children of the state.

The organization assists parents by offering childcare referrals and about quality child care setting information.

The daycare owner also received a $1,500 grant from the same organization to improve materials at her previous location. This organization will also help pay for the education of her employees as well. She must contribute by providing a wage increase and pay employees to study a couple hours a day while they study at home.

The organization that awards the grant also offers more incentives to daycare facilities that take advantage of furthering their education. The are working with the daycare's quality rating and improvement system. This system will improve all aspects of the daycare with education for staff members and funding for materials.

The daycare also wants to get parents involved and will ask them to contribute to the planning and even to the assembling of the playground. The daycare center hopes to have construction on the project begin in a couple weeks.

The daycare is also enlisting the help of a landscaping company for trees and from another company to help with construction.

To learn more about this grant program you can visit the organization's website.

"Are There Any Grants To Start A Daycare Business?"

"Are there any grant programs to help start a daycare business?"

The answer to this question is Yes!

For instance if you are a minority who has a dream of starting your own business then there is a grant program available that you can apply for. The grant award is $35,000 which is surely enough to be able to at least start your own daycare business.

I have also noted on this blog and my Grant Basics 101 blog about many different grant programs that are out there to help start a daycare business. A lot of these grant programs even allow for those that want to start a daycare business in their own home! There are government, state and even non-governmental grant programs that are available for this.

Anytime you read something that says that there are no grant programs for for-profit daycare businesses that this is wrong. Like I have mentioned many times before I have sent one client over 10 pages worth of grant program information about grant programs that her for-profit daycare business is eligible to apply for so there are definitely grant programs out there for for-profit daycare businesses!

"Where Can I Get Grants To Start My Own Daycare At Home?"

I’m 25 with 3 kids, where can i get grants to start my own daycare at home? I want to start small, then i guess i’ll grow bigger.I live in New Jersey and I wanted to start to work for myself. Please serious answers only to people who has knowledge about this.

The first place that you should start looking at is your own state's website! They may have some grant programs listed that you may be eligible to apply for.

If you are a minority then there are grant programs that are specifically geared to minorities that want to start their own business! I know of even one such grant that awards over $25,000 to minorities that want to start their own business!

You should also not over look grant programs that are not just daycare-related! I have made previous blog posts about grant programs that are geared to helping improve the community by providing jobs to help better the economy!

There are even grant programs being offered by some individuals for great ideas - so you should look into those kinds of grants as well if your business is going to help improve your area.

You can also find more information about grant programs on my Grant Basics 101 - Daycare page and read about others who have started their own daycare business with grant money.

The basic thing to do is to just get started looking! Over 90% of all grant-related programs I have been able to find online!

Grant Program For Non-Profit Daycares In The Philadelphia Area!

Non-profit child care centers without a religious affiliation and located in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties are eligible to apply for a grant from a more localized Foundation.

Each year, this foundation awards grants as part of its spring meeting.

Grant funds have been used to honor and award excellent child care instructors, provide art and cultural programs to low-income areas and to improve access to affordable, high-quality child care options, according to the foundation's website.

Two Women Submit Their Daycare Business Proposal To Receive A Grant!

Do you have an idea that will have a positive impact in your community? Then you might just want to read the excerpt below:

Two area women were seeking votes to open a special needs daycare in their community. In addition to being able to provide childcare this business will also improve the community by employing people in the area.

The 2 women have submitted their plans for their daycare business to an organization which awards grants to people with ideas that will have a positive impact in their community.

The proposed daycare will be a daycare for developmentally delayed children, including staff equipped to handle children with autism and other special needs.

Since one of the women had a son who is autistic she wanted to start the daycare because her own son had been kicked out of five daycares because "the staff didn't know how to handle the disability", she said. She also has said that she was unable to work full-time because of the lack of childcare and the lack of help.

She said that her daycare will offer services that typical child care centers don’t so families with developmentally delayed children can go out to weddings or other events without worrying about what to do with the children.

In order to win the grant the daycare needs to have the most votes out of the dozens of other ideas which are vying for the $250,000 grant by the end of the month. The top two ideas will receive the grant funding.

In order to increase their visibility (and also to increase their number of votes), the women have gone to Facebook and posted fliers informing people to vote for their cause.

Among the list of items that the proposed daycare business plan to spend the grant money on are $40,000 for the building and renovations, $35,000 for tuition and daycare-related scholarships for scholarship assistance to the school and $30,000 for specialized therapist wages.

If you would like to vote for this worthy cause you can go to the organization's website by clicking here.

If you would like to submit your own idea to be considered for the grant you can also click the link above to go to that organization's website.

State Announces 2nd Round Of Daycare Grants!

One state has announced that 65 of their daycare providers have been selected for grants to support expansion, infrastructure improvements and business planning in their daycare operations!

These awards represent the second round of that state's daycare grant program.

Approximately $40,000 of the $500,000 allocated by the Legislature for this program remains and will be available for grants supporting business and technical plans only on a first-come-first-served basis. An application will be available on the website until funds are gone.

According to a spokesperson, "This program is intended to increase the availability of high-quality childcare programs in the state and, in addition, to help daycares improve their business planning and stability.

“Finding quality daycare is a top concern for working parents. Interest in this program has been strong and we’re pleased that we were able to assist facilities working to meet the demand throughout our state, in both small and large communities.”

The grant winners were chosen from a total of 147 applicants based on the following priorities:

• Funding for technical assistance and business plans.
  
  
• Daycare startup or expansion safety equipment such as egress windows and fencing.
  
  
• Special needs equipment suitable for daycares that serve children with disabilities.

A total of $209,000 is being distributed in awards ranging in size from $750 to $5,000 for infrastructure (egress windows, fences and expansion) and $10,000 for business planning. The second round of grants support the creation of 833 new day care openings for children statewide. One dollar in matching funds is required for every $3 in grant funds. All applicants will be notified by letter regarding the status of their application. A list of the award winners is also posted at www.communityservices.nd.gov/community/child-care-grant-program/. Approximately $250,000 was distributed in the first grant round this winter to 92 different facilities. All total, the childcare grant program has provided $460,000 in grants to 157 day cares in 61 communities statewide, supporting 1,075 new day care openings.

"Where can i get grants for a home daycare business in california?"

"Where can i get grants for a home daycare business in california?"

There are many things that you have not mentioned here. Will your daycare business be a for-profit, non-profit or a combination of both?

One of the things that you can do is to go to the official government grant site where you will be able to see a list of their grant programs and you will not have to pay a fee to do so!

You can also take a look at some examples of grants for daycare businesses by going to my Grant Basics 101 - Daycare Website.

Besides government grants you should also look for grant programs being offered by other entities as well! For example if you are a minority looking for grant programs to help start your own business then you should be made aware that there is at least one grant program that is open to minorities that want to start their own business. One of the requirements (besides being a minority) is that you will also have to submit a business plan.

This grant program awards about $30,000 in grant money for those that want to start their own business!

You should also check your own state website to see if they have any grant programs available for daycares.



Also be sure to remember that grant money is free money - which means that it does not have to be paid back!

(Another) State Grant Program For Daycares!

There is a grant program that is being funded through one state's Department of Human Services. The grant was created to help improve the quality and expand the services of home-based, center-based and school age child care programs throughout the state.

One of the requirements is to attend a training session on how to get it.

Unfortunately it has been found that most daycare providers have had little to no experience writing for a grant. Grant writing can be overwhelming for people.

According to a spokesperson for the grant program, “Once we realized what we were going to do, it worked out perfect. We listened to what (the daycare provider) needed. One lady had a leaking roof or maybe another needed play equipment for children.”

A total of $30,000 in grant funding became available through the program's efforts in training the providers to write for the grant. So far 17 daycare / childcare providers have benefitted from this grant program.

For one daycare provider not only will she get a fence for her property, but a contracter contacted her and called about installing the fencing, donating his time and some material to help the woman and the children in her home. The concrete pad was finished last week, and a new back deck has been recently completed. The daycare's new fencing will be arriving soon.

You can find out more about this grant program by visiting the organization's website.

You can also download a .pdf file of their application by visiting their website as well.

Additional Grant Funding In Canada For Daycares!

In a certain area in Canada $5 Million Dollars has been invested to make child care more affordable for hundreds of low-income families.

For one single mother the funding means that the monthly bill for her three-year-old son will decrease.

The $5 million translates into 400 new child-care subsidies, a new grant for child-care providers for staff salaries and benefits, professional growth, general operating expenses and the elimination of a fee for families, saving those with subsidies up to $1 a day.

The 400 subsidies are available to qualifying families. That brings the total number of subsidies created to 1,100.

The newly announced 400 new subsidized spaces can be used for for-profit as well as not-for-profit centers. The grant process for the child-care providers has also been simplified.

$50,000 Grant Program To Start A Non-Profit Child Care Business!

In one county child care centers can apply for 2 grants!

The first grant program is only available to certain program participants. The maximum grant award can be as much as $10,000. The money can be used to purchase equipment and child development materials, facility improvements and repairs!

The second grant program awards up to $50,000 and can be used to cover the construction, expansion and equipment costs of a nonprofit start up or existing child care centers. These centers must focus on providing services for infants with special needs or low-income residents.

You can find out more about these grant programs by visiting their website.

Government Grants For Daycare - Here is yet ANOTHER excerpt!

If you still believe that there are no grant programs to help you start your own daycare business, please be sure to read the excerpt below:



If you Wanna! Start your own childcare center but financial hurdles are blocking your path then there is no need to be upset about it as US government gives mind boggling free money every year in form of free government grants
to ambitious people like you who wanted to start their new business or expand or upgrade their existing ones.

The purpose behind their endeavoring propositions for starting of new businesses is notwithstanding giving the economy smooth run in the way there would be more taxes and less social security benefits.

Obtaining a grant is quite tedious as lot of research is involved, writing grant applications and submitting proposals. Your initial step involves contacting your local governmental agency of your local county. They can advise you best which particular local or state grants are available for your childcare center.

Actually there are two categories of grants for daycare centers: Grants for non-profit daycares and free grant programs for for-profit daycare businesses.