Home Based Child Care Providers Emergency Fund Application

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Home Based Child Care Grant Application Hawaii Community Foundation has established the Home Based Child Care Providers Emergency Fund and the Hawaii Resilience Fund, to provide child care programs with one-time, flexible funding to ensure the continuity of program operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fund will award emergency funds to licensed child care programs that are open, currently serving families, and meet the additional criteria identified below. The goal is to recognize the essential role child care plays in helping communities weather this crisis, get back to business, and ease the burden so that programs can focus on caring for children and families. Emergency Fund Eligibility & Criteria: Applicant must be located in Hawaii Applicant is a licensed family child care program that is in good standing with DHS. Licensed center-based providers will be considered through Hawaii Resilience Fund and will use the same criteria. Applicant's program is open and currently serving families and agrees to stay open for a minimum of one month after receipt of the funding. OR applicant’s program is currently closed, but plans to re-open as soon as the stay-at-home order is lifted and previously served families with subsidies. Applicant agrees to prioritize children of essential and emergency workers as spots become available. Applicant will serve, continue to serve, or agree to serve, children on child care subsidy. Applicant will update PATCH (via survey) of operating status and available space information Applicant will use health and safety practices that prevent the spread of COVID-19 by following Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Hawaii Department of Health guidelines as much as possible. Applicant will reply to HCF's request for a completed W9 form within 48 hours. Applicant agrees to complete a survey report on how funds were used. Center-based providers agree to provide bi-weekly updates on # of children of essential workers receiving tuition assistance enrolled. Funds will be awarded in the amount of $1,000-$3,000 (with average award size of ~$2,500) per applicant based on availability. Applicants will be notified of the grant award via email with instructions on submitting information to complete the release of the grant award.

1. Contact Information * Name (as it appears on your child care license)

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* First Name

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