Pre-Planning & Support
Initial coalition-forming, a preliminary needs assessment, or other key activities to build initial readiness.
- Provide tactical, early-stage support to communities to determine level of readiness.
- Customize support to community needs but could include:
- Support for general coalition-building,
- Guidance on economic impact
- Support for completion of community-level needs assessments.
- Learn how the child care business model works when building child care capacity in your community by using Child Care Aware of Kansas’ Child Care Budget Tool.
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Communities in Action Workshop
Tailored workshop experience designed to meet the unique needs of individual communities. Community teams learn from child care content experts, hear directly from child care providers, receive customized child care supply/demand data, and delve into development of short- and long-term goals during structured planning time with an expert community coach.
Workshops are attended by community “teams”, determined by each community.
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Funding
Funding opportunities for communities interested in increasing efforts to expand child care capacity:
Child Care Community Partnership Grants
Child Care Aware of Kansas, in partnership with the Kansas Department for Children and Families, provides technical assistance and funding opportunities for Kansas communities working to address access to affordable, high-quality child care.
Initial Child Care Coalition Building Grant
- Communities may request up to $2,000 to support initial child care coalition-building activities.
Implementing Child Care Capacity-Building Plans
- Child care coalitions may request up to $45,000 to implement plans to address access to affordable, high-quality child care.
NetWork Kansas Capital Loan Programs
NetWork Kansas matching loan programs are designed to support private capital by providing matching funds to assist startups and existing businesses that are expanding. A variety of loan programs are offered based on geography, matching loan amounts, and project need.
Community Development Block Grant
All cities and counties in the state of Kansas may be eligible to apply for CDBG funds except for Johnson County, all towns within Johnson County, Kansas City, Manhattan, Lawrence, Topeka, Wichita and Leavenworth. The Department of Commerce distributes federal CDBG funds to Kansas cities and counties looking to improve their community.
Ongoing support is tailored to the readiness, pace, and scale of each community to support successful execution of the goals/action plan developed during the Communities in Action workshop.
While the experience is customized for each community, our follow-up support for communities will focus on ongoing support for coalition-building and strategic implementation of community goals/plans.
The Child Care Go Team (CCGT) will complement the existing – but parallel – community outreach and engagement work, through its shared mission to expand access to affordable, high-quality early childhood care and education across Kansas.
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