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On July 30, 2021, New York State announced an historic nearly $1.1 billion in grants to support child care providers to help stabilize the industry and enable more families to return to the workforce. Eligible providers include OCFS-licensed or registered programs and enrolled legally exempt group programs. Please be advised that legally exempt non group providers are NOT eligible for these grants. See below for information on legally exempt group and legal exempt non group providers.
The Child Care Stabilization Grant represents an unprecedented opportunity and investment to effectively stabilize the child care sector.
To facilitate ease of distribution of these grants OCFS is offering a single online application.
Technical assistance will be available statewide through CSEA/VOICE (Civil Service Employees Association) the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), and Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDco) and the Child Care Resource and Referral agencies to all child care providers who need help to complete the online application.
Apply Today:
https://ocfs.ny.gov/main/contracts/funding/COVID-relief/childcare-stabilization/
Stabilization Help Line: 844-863-9319
FAQ’s can be found here:
https://ocfs.ny.gov/main/contracts/funding/COVID-relief/childcare-stabilization/#faq
Resources on the OCFS website to help with the application:
https://ocfs.ny.gov/main/contracts/funding/COVID-relief/childcare-stabilization/#help
Tom Copeland is the leading expert on the business of family/group childcare. He will be posting information and updates on a regular basis.
http://tomcopelandblog.com/update-on-the-child-care-stabilization-grants
For questions or more information on the Childcare Stabilization Grants call the CSEA/VOICE Resource Center at 877-483-2732 or send an email to voicestabilization@cseainc.org.
Legally exempt group child care means a program in a facility, other than a residence, in which child care is provided on a regular basis and is not required to be licensed by or registered with the Office or licensed by the City of New York but which meets all applicable State or local requirements for such child care programs. More information can be found here: https://ocfs.ny.gov/programs/childcare/regulations/415-Child-Care-Services.pdf