Child care providers encouraged to apply for DHR grants
Qualified applicants will receive $2,000 for each daytime child care slot, double the original grant amount.
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Child care providers, parents call for more Pre-K, child care funds
Advocates on Monday called on the Legislature to approve a combined $42 million increase in state investments.
April 11, 2023
Application period starts next week for 6th round of child care bonuses
Licensed child care providers have until March 17 to apply for the grants.
February 14, 2023
Alabama DHR increases bonuses for child care workers
Eligible employees can get up to eight quarterly bonuses before the two-year grant period ends in September 2023.
July 19, 2022
Alabama DHR sends $12.6 million in bonuses to 10,000 child care workers
Funding for the grants comes from the American Rescue Plan Act.
February 23, 2022
New federal guidance expands eligibility for child care workforce stabilization grants
Funding for the grants comes from the American Rescue Plan Act.
January 4, 2022
Alabama childcare workers eligible for federal grants
The $1,500 quarterly grants are available to all full-time childcare workers. Part-time workers can get $750.
Groups ask Ivey to spend $4 billion in pandemic aid on those most in need
Groups say money should go to expand Medicaid, improve housing, education and access to broadband.
Alabama declines to release COVID-19 data associated with child care centers
APR has asked for that data and whether ADPH was aware of the number of cases associated with child care centers statewide.
More than 75 percent of Alabama child care facilities now open
More Alabama child care facilities are now open than at any time since March. According to a study of child care facilities conducted by the Alabama Department of Human Resources in early September, 76 percent of all child care facilities in Alabama are open. That is an increase from 63 percent open in late July. … Continued
September 22, 2020