Available Grants and Programs

• Child Care Stabilization Grants (for child care providers)

  • Most Family Child Care providers in New York State are eligible to receive either $25,300 (for FDC) or $50,600 (for GFDC) in grants to help sustain their businesses.

  • Apply for stabilization grants here! The application is quick and easy and is available in 12 languages. You can start receiving money as soon as this month!

  • If you have questions or need help with your application, you can call the state help line at 844-863-9319 or call or email our friends at WHEDCo at 347-708-7595 or crodriguez@whedco.org.

• Emergency Rent Assistance (available to all eligible New Yorkers -- please share this with your families)

  • New Yorkers (including family child care providers) who lost income due to Covid-19 may be eligible for thousands of dollars in grants to pay your rent.

  • If you or families in your program lost income due to Covid-19 and were unable to pay your rent, click for more information and to apply.

• Excluded Workers Fund (available to all eligible New Yorkers -- please share this with your families)

  • New Yorkers who lost income during Covid-19 and were not eligible for unemployment payments (including undocumented immigrants) may be eligible to receive up to $15,600 in grants from New York State.

  • Click here for more information and to apply for funding.

• Child Tax Credit (available to families with children up to age 17)

  • Families with children 17 and younger may be eligible to receive up to $3,600 per child from the Federal government. Parents do not need to have a Social Security Number to be eligible.

  • Those who filed taxes will receive these payments automatically.

  • Families who did not file taxes can sign up for these payments by clicking here.

  • Click for more information about the Child Tax Credit.

Bills Passed!

These bills passed both the NYS Senate and Assembly and will become law!

• • Child Care Provider Direct Deposit Act - This legislation requires all local districts across New York State to offer child care providers the option to receive subsidy payments via direct deposit.

  • Child Care Availability Task Force - This legislation extends and expands the Child Care Availability Task Force so that advocates, providers, and parents across the state will have a voice in evaluating the state’s plans to expand child care access.

These bills passed the NYS Senate, but did not pass the Assembly. Therefore, they will not yet become law. We will continue to advocate for these bills in the next legislative session.

• • Allowing Social Services Districts to Expand Child Care Subsidy Eligibility If passed, this bill would allow counties to expand child care subsidy eligibility to families earning up to 85% of the State Median Income. In NYC alone, this bill would expand access to an additional 15,000 families. Thousands more around the state would also qualify.

  • Decoupling child care subsidies from parents’ hours of work. If passed, this bill would give local districts the flexibility to NOT limit child care subsidies based on a family’s work or school hours.