Kansas Children's Cabinet Child Care Capacity Accelerator Grant Application
The Child Care Task Force of Ellis County will be applying for the Kansas Children's Cabinet & Trust Fund Child Care Capacity Accelerator Community Grant by the deadline of May 15th. As each community is encouraged to write a singular grant that is supported by its local task force, the Child Care Task Force of Ellis County is seeking applications from local child care providers in the form of letters of intention. Child care providers that are in-home based or center based may qualify for these funds.
Project proposals should be geared towards adding additional child care capicity for in-home or center based providers. Providers are requested to carefully read throught the request for proposals document to ensure their project can meet all of the qualifications for this program. Letters of intent should specify what physical projects will be included for their portion of the application and must provide an estimated budget. Any submitted project must be shovel-ready, which means that funds will need to be spent from July 2024 through December 2025. This is a reimbursement based grant to add capacity for birth to five years.
Project proposals should be geared towards adding additional child care capicity for in-home or center based providers. Providers are requested to carefully read through the request for proposals document to ensure their project can meet all of the qualifications for this program.
Letters of intent should include a project narrative that addresses the following:
- Project Description: Detailed project description to include proposed numbers served.
- Project Need: Describe the need for proposed project.
- Project Readiness: Describe the organization and their experience/expertise in childcare. Describe involvement in community childcare collaboration projects.
- Project Impact: Describe how your project will impact Ellis County childcare. Describe how you will evaluate your project for success.
- Project Sustainability: Describe how you will address the sustainability, operations, staffing, oversight and quality improvement of your project.
- Project Budget: A detailed project budget is required. Outline how your project will meet the 25% cash match requirement.
In addition to project narrative, organizations must supply the attachments outlined in pages 11-13 of the grant request for proposal.
Once all letters of intention have been received, they will be reviewed by the Child Care Task Force of Ellis County for consideration to be included in the overall grant submission. Confirmation will be shared with providers if their proposals are included in the grant submission. Projects approved by the task force will require additional narrative to be submitted to the task force for each project and a detailed budget for how all funds will be spent. All providers will be required to provide their own reporting on grant fund utilization during the post grant award process if Ellis County receives funds, including submitting receipts for services rendered and items purchased to fulfill the project.
The Request for Proposals document from the Kansas Children's Cabinet & Trust Fund is accessible via this page, as well as a list of questions that will need to be answered by any applicant seeking funds through this application. Informational webinars that have already occurred are also linked here, as well as future webinars to address questions. Letters of intention are due to the Child Care Task Force by noon on Monday, April 10th to sarah@hayschamber.com. Questions may be addressed to that email address, via phone at 785-628-8201, or in person by appointment at 2700 Vine Street.
Informational Webinar 2-9-2023
Introduction to RFP Webinar 3-21-2023
