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Back-to-Work Child Care Grant

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The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) has partnered with the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) to administer the Back-to-Work Child Care Grant. This $32 million program provides financial assistance to preserve the supply of child development facilities in neighborhoods most impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) through the District’s recovery.

The Back-to-Work Child Care Grant will provide funding to facilities in COVID-19-impacted neighborhoods that have sustained financial losses during the pandemic to allow them to remain in operation, return to full capacity/enrollment, make open spaces available for families returning to work and limit tuition increases for families. LIIF will also provide business support and technical assistance to participating child care providers to help them increase enrollment, develop business and sustainability plans to ensure their facility’s ability to continue serving families following the end of the grant period and make needed changes to their program or operations to improve financial sustainability or program quality.

The Back-to-Work Child Care Grant will provide funding to facilities in COVID-19-impacted neighborhoods that have sustained financial losses during the pandemic to allow them to remain in operation, return to full capacity/enrollment, make open spaces available for families returning to work and limit tuition increases for families. LIIF will also provide business support and technical assistance to participating child care providers to help them increase enrollment, develop business and sustainability plans to ensure their facility’s ability to continue serving families following the end of the grant period and make needed changes to their program or operations to improve financial sustainability or program quality.

Eligibility

To be eligible to participate in the Back-to-Work Child Care Grant, a child development facility must:

  • participate in the Child Care Subsidy Program;
  • serve infants and toddlers;
  • be experiencing financial instability due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
  • have been licensed by OSSE as of April 17, 2022.

(Note: LIIF is currently administering three multi-year grant programs on behalf of OSSE: the Access to Quality Child Care Grant, the DC Child Care Stabilization Targeted Grant and the Back-to-Work Child Care Grant. Facilities may only participate in one of these grant programs. To determine which grant program is most appropriate for a facility to participate in, contact LIIF at [email protected].)

More information about grant requirements can be found in the Back-to-Work Child Care Grant Guidelines.

Application

Interested facilities must complete and submit an application, including all required attachments, through LIIF’s online grant application by Feb. 16, 2023. The application can be found here. For assistance completing the application, contact [email protected].

All prospective applicants will receive technical assistance as needed to complete the grant application. LIIF may request additional information as needed. An incomplete application will not be considered for funding.

Questions

For questions about the Back-to-Work Child Care Grant, please contact [email protected].


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