American Rescue Plan Support Grants
Funding Amount
Average $77,400 awarded to child care centers; Average $8,400 awarded to family child care programs
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Other requirements
- Licensed child care centers
- Licensed family child care programs
Overview
Geographic Scope: Minnesota (100% of counties received funds)
Purpose: Monthly stabilization grants to child care programs during COVID-19 pandemic response
Program Statistics (through December 2022):
- 8,230 child care programs received support
- 212,500 children potentially impacted
- $324.2 million federal dollars spent
- 100% of Minnesota counties received funds
- $77,400 average awarded to child care centers
- $8,400 average awarded to family child care programs
Eligible Recipients:
- Licensed child care centers
- Licensed family child care programs
Common Uses:
- Child care centers: Personnel costs
- Family child care programs: Mortgage or rent payments
What Minnesota Child Care Resource and Referral Network actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2021 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
- Grants in 2021
- 40
- Total given
- $638K
- Median grant
- $16K
- Range
- $13K–$21K
- By dollars: Minnesota 100%. Top recipient cities: St. Paul, MN; St Cloud, MN; Plymouth, MN.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Unlimited Potential in Education Inc Operating as Jack & Jill · Minneapolis, MN
Peacetime emergency grant
$21K
Bright Start Child Care Center Inc · St Paul, MN
Peacetime emergency grant
$21K
St Paul Midway YMCA Early Childhood Learning Center · St Paul, MN
Peacetime emergency grant
$18K
Aurora Child Care Inc · St Paul, MN
Peacetime emergency grant
$18K
Lovely Child Care Center LLC · St Cloud, MN
Peacetime emergency grant
$18K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Child care
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