Important Dates and Information

About The Workforce Development for ECE Grant:

Who can apply, funding, and more!

Amount of Award

Based upon the proposed project/activity and the availability of funding.

Eligible Applicants

There are two paths to qualify for funding, depending upon your type of business.

Track 1: Early Care and Education Providers (including center-based, group-home, family child care programs) that are:

• Located in the City of New Haven OR if not located in New Haven, your program can document that at least 50% of the children currently served are residents of the City;

• Have an active early childhood license in good standing from the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC) OR is a license-exempt program;

• Currently open and serving children;

• Non-profit or for-profit organization; and

• Not currently receiving services from OEC’s AQIS (Accreditation Quality Improvement Support)

Track 2: Workforce Developers and Trainers that:

• Have a history of providing professional and workforce development training to early childhood education businesses; and

• Are non-profit or for-profit organizations

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What We Fund

Grants will be awarded to meet the varied professional development needs of the early care and education (ECE) workforce, such as:
 

• Securing funding to recruit, hire and train new ECE staff

• Assist in the annual cost of program consultants

• Supporting executive, administrative and teaching staff attendance at ECE conferences

• Providing and or delivering ECE for-credit courses, designed to help staff achieve the Office of Early Childhood’s qualified staff member (QSM) requirements

• Providing and or delivering professional development designed to meet the Office of Early Childhood, NAEYC and or NAFCC training requirement

• Providing and or delivering technical assistance to ECE programs to create an Elevate or Organization Professional Development Implementation plan

• Developing and or implementing ECE teacher apprentice programs

How to Apply

The application period begins on Monday, October 30, 2023 and closes on Sunday, December 10, 2023. Only completed applications that are submitted by the deadline will be considered for funding. Requests for funding shall include:
 

• Online application (available in English or Spanish)

• Budget and narrative justification

• Certificate of Liability Insurance

• Certificate of Good Standing (CT Secretary of State)

• Status Letter/Letter of Good Standing (CT Department of Revenue Services)

Contact Information

Questions? Contact us at triciag@ctcercle.org.