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NEW! Bayer Advanced "Grow Together with Roses" School Garden Award ~ Deadline: January 23, 2009
Believing in the power of roses, the Bayer
Advanced "Grow Together with Roses" School Garden Award, will help 25 schools establish rose gardens designed to nurture peaceful relations and instill a strong sense of community. Garden programs will be selected based on plans to integrate these goals and involve members of their community. Learn more here

Teaching Tolerance Grants ~ Deadline: Rolling
Teaching Tolerance offers grants of $500 to $2,500 to preK–12 classroom teachers for projects designed to reduce prejudice among youth, improve intergroup relations in schools, and/or support educator professional development in these areas. Proposals from other community organizations and houses of worship will be considered on the basis of direct student impact. Learn more here

Seaworld/Busch Gardens Environmental Excellence Awards ~ Deadline: November 28
Since 1993, the Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks have recognized the outstanding efforts of K–12 students and teachers across the country who are working at the grassroots level to protect and preserve the environment. The "SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Environmental Excellence Awards" provides school and community groups with a monetary award, national recognition, and a trip to one of the sponsor's parks. Learn more here

Butterfly Garden Grants ~ December 1
Project Learning Tree, an award-winning national environmental education program for educators and their students in grades pre-K–12, is offering grants to teachers who have registered for MonarchLIVE! through its GreenWorks! Program. The grants are for schools and youth groups to engage in environmental neighborhood improvement projects by creating butterfly gardens. Learn more and apply

Captain Planet Foundation ~ Deadline: December 31
Committed to supporting hands-on environmental projects for young people, the foundation provides grants from $250 to $2,500 to school and community groups. There are four quarterly proposal deadlines per year. Visit the foundation's Web site for guidelines and a proposal form.

Project Orange Thumb ~ Deadeline:February 17, 2009
The Project Orange Thumb grant provides school and community gardening groups with tools and materials to help them achieve their goals for neighborhood beautification and horticultural education. Projects geared towards community involvement, neighborhood beautification, sustainable agriculture, and horticultural education are encouraged to apply. 20 grants are available providing up to  $1,500 in Fiskars garden tools and $800.00 in gardening-related materials. Visit www.projectorangethumb.com for application details.

Mantis Awards ~ Deadline: March 1, 2009
Mantis sponsors this award program in support of charitable and educational garden programs that enhance the quality of life in their host communities. NGA will select 25 gardens to receive a Mantis Tiller/Cultivator. We welcome applications from all nonprofits; past winners include community gardens, schools, ministries, colleges, master gardening groups, and hospices. Learn more here.

Outdoor Classroom Grant Program ~ Deadline: Rolling
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation, International Paper, and National Geographic Explorer! classroom magazine have partnered to create an outdoor classroom grant. The goal is to provide schools with additional resources to improve their science curriculum by engaging students in hands-on experiences outside the traditional classroom. All K–12 public schools in the United States are welcome to apply. Visit the Lowe's Web site for more information.

Each year, NYS Association for the Education of Young Children awards 5 or 6 $500 mini grants to applicants who have submitted the most effective proposals for mini projects that utilize developmentally appropriate practice. For more information, visit NYSAEYC. Grant deadline is July 15, 2009.

 

 

Grant Opportunities
The Child Care Council offers grants to qualifying family/group family child care professionals, and legally exempt child care providers to assist in meeting NYS regulatory guidelines and providing a safe and healthy environment for the children in their care. Our grants include:

High Need Start-Up Grants
High Need grants are available to those family and group child care programs who are starting-up a child care program. The grants help offset the cost of opening and operating a quality child care program, and assists child care professionals in receiving health and safety equipment, materials, supplies, and/or training necessary to meet New York State Office of Children and Family Services child care regulations.

Child Care Council staff will assist child care professionals in best utilizing the funds they are awarded through the Child Care Council's grant programs. For information on the Child Care Council's grant programs contact:

Legally-Exempt Provider Grants
Effective July 31, 2006, New York State Office of Children and Family Services placed in effect new regulatory standards monitoring legally exempt child care providers. Legally exempt child care providers are individuals who care for no more than two children, not related to them, outside of the child's home. In addition, the legally exempt child care provider must be receiving child care subsidy payment for at least one child from their county's Department of Social Services.

Through grant funding, the Child Care Council is able to offer legally exempt child care providers health and safety supplies, including first aid kits, outlet covers, and escape ladders, to legally exempt child care providers so that they may comply with state regulations.

Child Care Council staff are also available to provide legally exempt providers with on-site technical assistance to aid them in caring for children.

For information on the Child Care Council's grant programs, contact:

•  Tammy Ablang (Herkimer & Oneida counties) 223-7850 x 222 taa@mycccc.org

•  Jodie Southwick ( Madison County ) 361-1890 , jes@mycccc.org

For information on legally exempt regulations, contact program coordinators Lori North (Oneida & Madison counties) 798-5811, or Ellen Perrone (Herkimer County) at 867-1555.

Quality Enhancement Grants
Quality Enhancement grants are targeted to assist existing family or group family child care professionals with the cost of updating their existing child care program. The grant enables child care professionals to receive health and safety equipment necessary to remain in compliance with NYS Office of Children and Family Services child care regulatory standards and conduct their program in a manner that ensures the health and safety of the children in their care.

Child Care Council staff will assist child care professionals in best utilizing the funds they are awarded through The Child Care Council's grant programs. For information on The Child Care councils grant programs contact:

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