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Childcare committee fundraising and grant work advances; EDA to serve as pass-through for provider grants
Summary
The EDA’s childcare committee reported progress on local provider support, recorded a $2,000 donation to a childcare regrant fund and said the EDA will help administer small grants to providers and participate on the grants review board.
The EDA’s childcare committee gave an update Jan. 22 on work to expand local child-care capacity and to seed a small regrant fund for providers.
The committee said it has consolidated notes and resources on a SharePoint site, shifted some meetings to daytime hours to increase provider participation and begun recording meetings for providers who cannot attend in person. The group reported a $2,000 donation from Mendenhall Presbyterian Church toward a regrant pool that will fund training, certifications, licensure costs, educational materials and other items for local child-care providers. The committee’s immediate fundraising goal for the regrant fund is $5,000.
EDA staff said the EDA will act as a pass-through agent for the Minnesota Foundation funds and that EDA representatives will sit on the local grants review board to evaluate applications from providers seeking small grants. The committee also plans an annual provider appreciation event during National Child’s Week in April and will continue fundraising for door prizes and an appreciation meal.
Committee members said the move to daytime meetings and recordings has already improved participation and that additional small grants for training and equipment could support retention and expansion of local child-care capacity.
