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Current Funding Opportunities
Current Funding Opportunities
Missouri Innovation Grant
Missouri Innovation Grant
House Bill 2 (2025) allocated funds from Missouri’s Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) to be used towards innovation grants to increase access to high quality child care across Missouri during Fiscal Year 2026. These grants are available to child care providers in two forms:
Innovation Grant to Start-Up a New Child Care Program for prospective child care providers wanting to start a new licensed child care program. (Available Now!)
Innovation Grant to Expand a Child Care Program for currently licensed child care providers. (Coming Soon!)
Innovation Grant funds must be used to implement solutions to reduce the child care shortage in the state, including but not limited to the following:
Funding for child care business start-ups or expansion
Staff training and professional development
Minor modifications or improvements to the facility that are required for licensing
Incentives to retain employees
Assistance with licensing and other regulatory requirements
USDA Farm-to-School
USDA Farm-to-School
On an annual basis, USDA awards competitive Farm to School grants that support planning, developing, and implementing farm-to-school programs. USDA's Farm to School grants are an important way to help state, regional, and local organizations as they initiate, expand, and institutionalize farm-to-school efforts.
Women Owned Education & Childcare
WomensNet is inspired by female business owners who are driven to use their skills to nurture kids. They provide a good or service to benefit their community and pour their time and passions into a purpose-driven business model. We want to see more of these women doing what they love — and making money at the same time.
Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities
KCCTO offers scholarships to help early childhood providers continue to grow their careers and expertise.
All Scholarships will be closed as of June 30th at 11:59 PM. New opportunities will reopen approximately August 4th, 2025.
Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention
Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention
The Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund announces the release of the Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) funding opportunity for federal fiscal year 2026 (Oct. 1, 2025 – Sept. 30, 2026).
CBCAP funds are intended to support primary and secondary prevention efforts. Primary prevention includes efforts targeted to the broader community to strengthen families and prevent the likelihood of abuse or neglect. Secondary prevention efforts are targeted to special populations, as a means of providing preventative family-strengthening support.
KC Source Link
KC Source Link
KCSourceLink was built to help you.
Starting or growing a business in Kansas City can be tough, but we got you. No matter if you’re starting a side hustle or scaling your established business, KCSourceLink knows which of Kansas City’s 230+ business resources will suit you best to help you start, scale and accelerate.
ECE Resources / Art Supply Promotion
ECE Resources offers a treasure trove of sample forms, templates, sample policies, and great discounts on commonly used products and services to support child care providers operating more efficiently. You can register for a free account to get immediate access to all that is available.
Resources at The Family Conservancy
Resources at The Family Conservancy
Early Care & Education Team
The ECE Team strives to ensure that every young child has access to high-quality early education, regardless of social standing.
One highly effective way to improve the quality of early education programs is by supporting educators with professional development opportunities
Programs Offered
Directors Leadership Academy
Classroom Enhancement Project
Family Child Care Network
FCC Business Series
Training Opportunities
Early Childhood Fall Symposium
Food Program
CACFP helps family child care homes provide nutritious foods that contribute to the wellness, healthy growth, and development of young children.
To participate, family child care providers must be licensed and care for at least one child other than their own.
Program Benefits
Reimburses family child care providers for the cost of nutritious meals and snacks
Educates providers and keeps them current on nutrition information
Delivers creative, nutritious, time-saving menu ideas
Teaches children good eating habits that lead to strong bodies and alert minds
Provides free Access to KidKare Child Care Management Tools
Mental Health Team
We provide a variety of counseling services in Kansas City — support and education for children, families, couples, individuals, and groups in Spanish and English
Supports Available
Maternal Mental Health
Depression and Anxiety
Trauma and Grief
Early Childhood Mental Health
Family/Marriage/Couples
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Play Therapy
Please complete the contact form below or call (913) 742-4357 to schedule an appointment or learn about our mental health services.
Start Young
Start Young project is a public-private collaborative designed to improve child care in Wyandotte County, increasing access to high-quality, full-day, full-year child care for working families.
This innovative program provides a wide range of supports to child care providers and families in Wyandotte County.
Benefits
Tuition Support to provide stability
Partnering with programs to improve access and quality of care
Improving affordable care to provide opportunities for families
Professional Resources
Professional Resources
National Association for Family Child Care
Since 1982, NAFCC has been supporting family child care throughout the country as educators make the intentional choice to offer high-quality early care and education in their homes.
NAFCC collaborates with local, state, and national organizations to increase the awareness of and improve the quality of family child care.
ChildCare Aware of Missouri
On this website...
parents can find affordable childcare
providers can find resources to improve your program and support your business.
ChildCare Aware of Kansas
On this website...
parents can find affordable childcare
providers can find resources to improve your program and support your business.
Child Care Providers Coalition of Kansas
The Child Care Provider Coalition of Kansas is a not-for-profit organization founded for and by professional family child care providers in Kansas. We are a support group for strength and unity in representing our view point on child care issues.
Affordable Health Insurance is Just a Click Away!
Early care and education workers — this is your opportunity to access the affordable, comprehensive health coverage you deserve.
Day Care Connection is an organization that administers the USDA’s Child and Adult Care Food Program to family child care providers.
All Our Kin (AOK) offers financial resources, financial management and education training, and marketing and referral opportunities.
All services are bilingual in Spanish and English.
The mission of the Center for Inclusive Child Care is to be a centralized, comprehensive, and responsive resource network supporting quality care for children in community settings.
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is a professional membership organization that works to promote high-quality early learning for all young children, birth through age 8, by connecting early childhood practice, policy, and research.
ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI) offers online professional development courses for teachers and child care providers that meet state training requirements and are awarded IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
Explore free upcoming and on-demand webinars on best practices, strategies and tips, product training, and many more learning and development opportunities.
Training and events elevate the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the early childhood workforce and meet ever-changing industry requirements with competency-based professional development and technical assistance.
MARC’s Early Learning department in partnership with The Family Conservancy provides free professional development training opportunities and resources to promote early childhood education.
Our Mission is to Empower Early Childhood Professionals with the Tools, Training, Resources, and Skills They Need to Prepare, Respond and Recover from Emergencies and Disasters.
Ongoing series of conference-quality free webinars for early childhood educators. These engaging webinars are presented by many of the thought leaders and experts in the field of early care and education.
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