In December 2021, the Minnesota Governor’s Office and DHS 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 at the time. These funds, called One-Time Supplemental Stabilization Grants, were part of Minnesota’s share of the American Rescue Plan Act funding. Minnesota child care providers applied 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. Legal non-licensed providers were not eligible for One-Time Supplemental Stabilization Grants.
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For those who were not able to attend or would like to review the January 12, 2022, Information Session on the One-time Supplemental and Financial Hardship Grants please see the following information:
Licensed Family Child Care Provider
One-time Supplemental and Financial Hardship Grants Information Session: January 12, 2022
Licensed and Certified Child Care Center
One-time Supplemental and Financial Hardship Grants Information Session: January 12, 2022
In addition, the above eligible programs must be licensed, certified or registered and in good standing throughout the funding period with the Minnesota Department of Human Services (under Minnesota Rules, Chapters 9502, 9503, 245H or 119B) or their tribe. This means the program must not have been:
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. Likewise, other requirements also did not apply, including maintaining weekly wages for staff; implementing COVID-19 policies in line with state, local, and tribal guidance and orders, and reporting and updating program capacity information.
Eligible programs that applied for and accepted a One-Time Supplemental Stabilization Grant must agree NOT to:
Below are the allowable uses of One-Time Supplemental Stabilization Grant funds. The full grant award can be used for any of the uses below, paid between March 3, 2021, and Sept. 30, 2023, that have not been covered by other federal, state, tribal or local public funds. If you are uncertain whether the source of funding from other support programs is public, you should verify with the organization that provided that support.
