Several organizations to receive child care assistance grants
7/21/2022, 6 p.m.
City Hall plans to award grants to six organizations to help them shore up and expand day care operations for pre-school children to provide families with more options.
A total of $609,500 is set to be awarded, according to ordinances that a supportive City Council is to approve at its next meeting, Monday, July 25.
The funds are from the city’s allocation from the federal American Rescue Plan.
According to Eva Colen, manager of the mayor’s Office of Children and Families, the grants are aimed at helping the organizations rebuild their programs and increase the number of children served. Expanding affordable childcare options would allow more women to return to the workforce, Ms. Colen said.
YWCA Richmond is to get the lion’s share, $300,000, to support and enhance its offerings at its Sprout School.
The Friends Association for Children is to receive $100,000 to support its two child care centers, one in Gilpin Court and the other in Church Hill.
The city also plans to award $75,000 to the YMCA of Greater Richmond to support its efforts to launch two new care programs for children under 5 years of age; $64,500 to the Fulton Montessori School to support its work with younger children; $50,000 to the St. James’s Child Care Center in The Fan; and $20,000 to support a preschool Greater Richmond SCAN — Stop Child Abuse Now operates.
