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Released on February 21, 2007
CHILD CARE COLLABORATIVE ACCEPTING GRANT APPLICATIONS
Funds available to restore child care centers in Greater New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS—The Greater New Orleans Rebuild Child Care
Collaborative is now accepting applications to award grants to previously or
currently licensed Class A child care centers in the six parish Greater New
Orleans area for assistance with repairing, rebuilding, and refurbishing child
care centers that were damaged during Hurricane Katrina.
Child care providers from Orleans, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, Tangipahoa,
and St. Tammany parishes are eligible to apply for the grants.
Centers will be awarded grants based on the need for child care in the location
of the center, the quality of the program, the center’s commitment to
best practices in child care, and the cost to repair/rebuild.
In exchange for assistance with rebuilding, the child care center must be willing to participate in the state’s new Quality Rating System (QRS) and agree to work towards providing high quality child care. Grant recipients will receive financial assistance that will be paid directly to contractors and vendors. Each center will receive individualized training and technical assistance.
Interested child care providers may pick up grant applications at the United Way for the Greater New Orleans area (first floor lobby) at 2515 Canal Street and at the headquarters for Agenda for Children at 1720 St. Charles Avenue. Applications can also be downloaded from the Rebuild Child Care Louisiana Website at www.rebuildchildcare.org. Grant applications must be submitted to the United Way no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 16th.
Potential applicants are invited to participate in one of two informational workshops on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The hour long workshops will take place at Non-Profit Central located at 1824 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard. For more information contact Agenda for Children at 1-800-486-1712.
About the Greater New Orleans Rebuild Child Care Collaborative
The Greater New Orleans Rebuild Child Care Collaborative includes Agenda for Children, the Children’s Defense Fund, the Greater New Orleans After School Partnership, LA Department of Social Services, Office of Family Support, the Institute of Mental Hygiene, the Louisiana Association for the Education of Young Children, the Louisiana Family Recovery Corps, Louisiana State University Ag Center, Save the Children, Tulane University Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, the United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area – Success By 6, and the United Way’s Women’s Leadership Initiative.
To learn more about the Greater New Orleans Rebuild Care Collaborative, visit
the Website at www.rebuildchildcare.org or call 1-800-486-1712.
