Tsab Cai Hais Txog Kev Pab Cawm Neeg Meskas (American Rescue Plan Act) tau raug kos npe los mus ua kev cai lij choj rau thaum Lub Peb Hlis Ntuj Xyoo 2021, thiab tsab cai no tau muab nyiaj pab ntxiv rau Minnesota txhawm rau tsim kev ruaj khov rau cov lag luam kev saib xyuas me nyuam yaus thaum lub sij hawm muaj kab mob COVID-19 sib kis thoob ntiaj teb.Thaum Lub Qab Rau Hli Ntuj Xyoo 2021, Minnesota's Legislature tau tsim Minnesota Qhov Kev Pab Muab Nyiaj Pab Tuav Kev Ruaj Khov Rau Kev Saib Xyuas Me Nyuam (Child Care Stabilization Grant Program), uas yog tau pib thaum Lub Rau Hli Ntuj Xyoo 2021 thiab yuav mus txog rau Lub Rau Hli Ntuj Xyoo 2023.Qhov Kev Pab Muab Nyiaj Pab Tuav Kev Ruaj Khov Rau Kev Saib Xyuas Me Nyuam (Child Care Stabilization Grant Program) suav nrog:
- Nyiaj Pab Rau Ntu Ua Kev Hloov Pauv (Transition Grants) txij Lub Rau Hli Ntuj Xyoo 2021 txog Lub Xya Hli Ntuj Xyoo 2021 (twb ua tiav tag lawm),
- Nyiaj Pab Ua Kev Tiag Taw (Base Grants) txij lub Cuaj Hlis Ntuj Xyoo 2021 txog Lub Rau Hli Ntuj Xyoo 2023 (tseem tab tom ua hauj lwm), thiab
- Nyiaj Pab Rau Kev Txom Nyem Nyiaj Txiag (Financial Hardship Grants) txij Lub Ib Hlis Ntuj Xyoo 2022 (tseem tab tom ua hauj lwm) mus kom txog thaum twg uas cov nyiaj pab rau qhov no raug siv tag lawm.
Yog tias koj xav tau kev pab nkag siab tsab ntawv no, thov hu rau Ka Youa Vang at
kvang@thinksmall.org, 651-366-6792
Inactive Past Grants
Child Care Stabilization Base Grants: September 2021 through June 2023
The department’s Child Care Stabilization Base Grants were available to all eligible child care providers for monthly grant awards. To be eligible for a Base Grant, providers were required to be licensed, certified or registered, in good standing with the Minnesota Department of Human Services or their tribe, and be open, operating and serving children during the funding period, in addition to other requirements. At the start of each monthly application period, eligible providers receive an email with a link to a personalized application form. 70% of these funds must be used to increase compensation for staff regularly caring for children. Specific grant amounts, eligibility criteria and application timeline are available on the
Base Grants and Base Grant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) webpages.
Financial Hardship Grants: January 2022 through June 2023
Child Care Stabilization Transition Grants: June and July 2021
Transition Grants were designed to allow time to finalize the specifics of the full Child Care Stabilization Grant Program and still provide support to eligible providers during the June and July monthly funding periods (paid in July and August). These grants have now concluded.
One-Time Supplemental Stabilization Grants: January 2022
In December 2021, the Minnesota Governor’s Office and the department prioritized $20 million from the COVID-19 Flexible Response Account for Minnesota’s child care providers in response to rising new COVID-19 case totals in Minnesota. These funds, called One-Time Supplemental Stabilization Grants, are part of Minnesota’s share of the American Rescue Plan Act funding. Minnesota child care providers were able to apply for these grants as part of their January 2022 Child Care Stabilization Base Grant application.
All $20 million of the One-Time Supplemental Stabilization Grant funds was awarded in January 2022. The Child Care Stabilization Base Grant’s requirement to use 70% of funds to increase compensation for staff regularly caring for children did not apply to One-Time Supplemental Stabilization Grants. Legal non-licensed providers were not eligible for One-Time Supplemental Stabilization Grants. Learn more about this grant at One-time Supplemental Stabilization Grants.
Legislative background
The American Rescue Plan Act was signed into law in March 2021, and it provided Minnesota with additional funds designed to help stabilize the child care industry as the state continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. These federal funds have specific rules and requirements that must be followed.
At the end of June 2021, the Minnesota Legislature created Minnesota’s Child Care Stabilization Grant Program, which began in June 2021 and will last until June 2023.