Grants For Child Care StartUps!

The Department of Social Services provides grants for the start-up of new or expansion of existing child care facilities. These funds, awarded through a competitive application process, primarily focus on programs serving children age birth to three. A new Request for Application for these competitive funds was released to the public for application on March 30, 2007, and the deadline has already passed for submitting an application for these funds. We anticipate a release date of late March 2008 for the new Request for Application. Our website is accessible online. Once you have accessed this website, you may review the requirements for this year's child care grants that were recently awarded by clicking on the link to the 2007-2008 application in the yellow box. If you have any questions, you can contact us via email or by phone.

Grant Program For Daycare Startups!

The Department of Social Services provides grants for the start-up of new or expansion of existing child care facilities. These funds, awarded through a competitive application process, primarily focus on programs serving children age birth to three. A new Request for Application for these competitive funds was released to the public for application on in 2007, and the deadline has already passed for submitting an application for these funds. The department will anticipate a release date of late March 2008 for the new Request for Application. Their website may be accessed for more information.

Once you have accessed their website, you may review the requirements for this year's child care grants that were recently awarded by clicking on the link to the 2007-2008 application in the yellow box. If you have any questions, please contact them via phone or by email.

How Does A $500 Grant To Start Your Business Sound?

I'll let you decide! Do you consider the program mentioned below a legitimate grant program? Would you be interested in applying for this program? I only ask because when I see that a funding program requires an applicant to pay a fee - I really do not consider it a grant program!

A woman's non-profit, private organization has a funding program which gives business grants to women who have been dreaming of starting their own business! This funding program is also open to those women who have already started their own business but are seeking more funding to grow their business!

One of the past grant recipients won a $500 grant to start their own crafint business!

In order to apply you must:

• be a woman a U.S. resident over the age of 18
  
  
• have made at least a $15 donation/application fee to this organization

Each business grant is awarded on the quality of the business plan and application materials. Because the grants do not have to be repaid, your credit history is not taken into consideration.

The grants are awarded on the quality of your business plan, not your credit rating.