US: Child Care Business Start-Up Grant Program

Deadline: 5-Dec-21

Are you almost a Connecticut licensed child care provider with the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC), or have you recently become licensed with OEC? Are you in need of funding to help cover some of your start-up operating costs? Then this Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) Start-Up Grant may be right for you!

The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) has announced Child Care Business Start-Up Grant Program to qualified child care start-up businesses in Connecticut.

Funding Information

They will be offering one-time cash grants of up to $5,000 to help individuals in financial need become licensed and operating child care providers with the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC).
This grant program is designed to support aspiring, unlicensed, and newly licensed child care providers in need of financial assistance to cover start-up operating expenses.
It is open to those in process of becoming a licensed and operating family home (DCFH), group home (DCGH), or child care center (DCCC), and those operating as a family home, group home, or center with enrolled children for less than 6 months.

Eligibility Criteria

Be one of the following:
- Close to becoming licensed by OEC as a family home, group home, or center with location approved by CT Department of Public Health
- Operating as an CT Office of Early Childhood (OEC) licensed family home, group, or center with enrolled children for less than 6 months
Be pursuing a license or recently licensed as a provider with OEC for the first time
Have your initial OEC site inspection scheduled or completed
Be in good standing with the CT Department of Revenue Services (DRS) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Have a financial need for support with start-up costs