Brief Description:

UWYV 2025 Pre-School and/or Ages 0-5 Childcare Tuition Assistance or Fee Discount Program Grant Application

Description:

This application is for preschool and/or ages 0-5 years childcare providers applying for a grant to fund a tuition assistance or fee discount program. Note that grants are only considered for preschools and ages 0-5 childcare providers able to work towards a Colorado Shines rating greater than 1. In addition, UWYV funds only 1 year grant requests for these programs.

Our objective is to provide tuition assistance and fee discounts to children of low-income families and households, as well as children of households in difficult situations where they lack the resources to send their children to childcare or pre-school. UWYV funding is intended to supplement Universal Pre-K, First Impressions, and other sources of funding where feasible, but there may be instances where a family does not qualify for these programs. Executive Directors of UWYV sponsored agencies do not need to contact Jennifer Bruen for approval if household incomes fall below 400% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), or if they deem the household’s circumstances sufficiently dire that they are worthy of support. For example, UWYV will support instances where a family appears to have income in excess of the threshold for tuition assistance, but one of the parents is not providing legally obligated child support or has recently lost their job. Briefly document these circumstances in your annual report submitted at the completion of the grant.

Please note that word count limits noted in the different sections shown below are provided for guidance only. You may use more or less text at your discretion.

Please email the UWYV Executive Director with any questions at Director@UnitedWayYV.org

Eligibility Criteria:

Any health and human service nonprofit that serves people in Moffat, Rio Blanco or United Way of the Yampa Valley is eligible to apply pending the pre-qualification meeting outcome.

Begin Accepting Applications Date:

1/20/2025

Deadline Date (MST Time Zone):

6/01/2025 6:00 PM