Public School Districts and Tribal Compact Schools Funding Round Grant

Washington State Department of Commerce
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Early Learning Facilities (ELF) Public School District & Tribal Compact Schools Program
Program Purpose
The Early Learning Facilities (ELF) program supports Washington’s commitment of developing additional high quality early learning opportunities for children from low-income households. The Early Learning Facilities (ELF) Program goal is to expand Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) and Working Connections Child Care (WCCC) availability for children from income-qualified.
This competitive grant process is to assist public school district and tribal compact school child care providers to remodel, purchase, or construct early learning facilities and classrooms to create more early learning opportunities for children from income-qualified households.
This funding round is specifically for the following:

• Public School Districts
• Tribal Compact Schools

All entities identified in RCW 43.31.575 including Private Schools and Schools not affiliated with a Public School District, are invited to apply for the Eligible Organizations competitive grant funding round.