Key Resources
Learn more about how you can help the children in our communities by leveraging the key information and resources below.
Available funding for construction, operations, and sustainability solutions
The Kansas Child Care Capacity Accelerator will support community-based teams—including early childhood providers and champions, employers, and economic development leaders—in their efforts to create affordable and accessible child care seats in their communities.
Child Care Capacity Accelerator Grant Resources
Applicant communities may ask questions and submit their Letter of Interest to ccaccelerator@ku.edu. To learn more about the Child Care Capacity Accelerator, watch the February Kansas Children’s Cabinet meeting. Additional guidance on this grant opportunity, including an FAQ document and information about the RFP/online application, will be shared here on this page as it becomes available.
Letter of Interest Informational Webinar Registration
February 9, 2023 from 1:00-2:00 PM CST
- Informational Webinar February 9th
- Letter of Interest Due February 20th
- Grant Application Posted March 10th
- Applications Due May 15th
Letters of interest for Kansas Child Care Capacity Accelerator funding are optional but encouraged; this is an opportunity to introduce your proposed project and to participate in the feedback process that will help to achieve alignment with the current fiscal and programmatic scope of available funding.
Community Development Tools
Get a closer look at our tools and resources that might help you strengthen your community connections and growth.
- Child Care Budget Planning Tool
- 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.
- Facility Budget Planning Tool
- Community Data Dashboard
- This tool provides ready-to-share, community-specific data on topics ranging from poverty and employment rates to birth rate trends for every community across Kansas. Here, any zip code or county in Kansas can find charts, graphs, and other visuals to help showcase the full picture of who lives in your area and what their needs might be.
- Point-in-Time data tool
- Child Care Aware of Kansas’ Point-in-Time data tool provides real-time information about the type, cost, and availability of child care in your county.
- 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.
The Community Engagement & Outreach Team is ready to provide technical expertise, walk you through resources and different funding opportunities available, facilitate community conversations and planning efforts, troubleshoot challenges, or just offer words of encouragement and support.
Reach out to the Community Engagement and Outreach Team to set up a call.
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