Over the last year plus, the state of Kansas and it's partners have offered amazing grant opportunities! They created a common app form that is easy to use and offered technical assistance staff you can call on to help navigate the system if you desire/need. They've offered quality improvement, kindergarten readiness, health & safety, connecting families to services, and rural childcare grants. I applied for most of them! I've been very successful in using grant opportunities to set up a kindergarten transition team in our area and an Anti-Bias Education program for my school and many others in our county. Last year, when schools were closed, we received funds from a Remote Learning grant that allowed us to set up a distance learning room for school agers. Our staff made sure they were on-time and on task for school, so parents could work. They also had friends to play with during down time, outdoor play and meals/snacks. I've also received funds through health/safety & ADA to improve our center. We added an automatic door opener to the entry to make our school more inclusive and purchased an AED, which we hadn't been able to afford before. We also were able to purchase air purification units for all of our HVACs to improve mechanical ventilation and installed new windows to increase natural ventilation all to stave off COVID and other air borne diseases. We even bought amazing new outdoor toys to encourage children and staff to spend more time outside in fresh air. :-) Our latest grant will allow us to replace worn carpet/tile in several of our classrooms (health/safety). And most recently, I was able to use part of a grant to give my staff substantial bonuses, which we all know was richly deserved! With everything else going on in the world right now, Kansas grants have been a bright spot!
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Amy Gottschamer
Executive Director
Googols of Learning Child Development Center
Lawrence KS
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-26-2021 11:29 PM
From: Edna Brown
Subject: Apply For A Grant
Applying For A Grant
Hello,
I wonder how many of you have applied for a grant or have written a Grant Proposal to help fund your childcare center. If your answer is yes. Were you successful in receiving the grant. Perhaps their are others who may like to utilized getting a grant. Please share your thoughts.
Thanks,
Edna Brown, MA
Lancaster, CA
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Edna Brown
Lancaster CA
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