Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Child care

Iowa Rural Child Care Market Study Grant Inactive
Funding for Iowa communities to contract with a third party for market data collection, analysis, and development of strategic goals to address childcare needs in rural areas.

Economic Impact Initiative Grants Inactive
Funding to assist in the development of essential community facilities in rural communities that have extreme unemployment and severe economic depression.

California Drinking Water for Schools Program Inactive
Grants and technical assistance for projects that improve drinking water quality and access on public school campuses and school-sponsored childcare facilities in small and disadvantaged communities in California with a current water quality or access impairment.

AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program Replacement Opportunity Inactive
Program that engages adults age 55 and over to provide mentorship for children and youth with special or exceptional needs, or who would benefit from the one-one-one attention. AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve an average of 20 hours per week in schools, hospitals, drug treatment centers, correctional institutions, and childcare centers. Rural communities are a priority. The current funding cycle is for replacement programs in specific geographic areas.

Head Start and/or Early Head Start (EHS) - The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Inactive
Funding to provide high-quality, comprehensive birth-to-five early learning services for eligible low-income children and families residing in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

California Child and Adult Care Food Program – Day Care Home Expansion Funds Inactive
Payments to California day care home (DCH) sponsors for administrative costs associated with increasing the number of DCH providers participating in USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program in low-income and rural areas.

American Indian/Alaska Native Early Head Start Expansion and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grants Inactive
Funding to operate Early Head Start programming in American Indian and Alaska Native communities, leveraging existing local resources to provide a comprehensive array of health, mental health, nutrition, and social services for infants, toddlers, and their families.

Early Head Start Expansion and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grants Inactive
Funding to operate Early Head Start programming within a community, leveraging existing local resources to provide a comprehensive array of health, mental health, nutrition, and social services for infants, toddlers, and their families.

Migrant and Seasonal Early Head Start Expansion and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grants Inactive
Funding to operate Early Head Start programming for migrant and seasonal families, leveraging existing local resources to provide a comprehensive array of health, mental health, nutrition, and social services for infants, toddlers, and their families.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation Healthy Start Grants Inactive
Grants for projects focused on the social determinants of health, specifically access to quality early childhood care and education in rural and underserved areas of Minnesota.