Funding is now available for Vermont child care centers to support children of preschool age in need of assistance through the Edwards Child Care Scholarship at the Vermont Community Foundation.
With funding from the O.P. and W.E. Edwards Foundation, the Vermont Community Foundation has been providing qualified child care centers with scholarships for underserved families since 1990. The Board of Directors of the Edwards Foundation intends for the scholarship program to benefit children of preschool age who seem to be getting "lost in the cracks" when the day care subsidy is not enough or the child falls just outside of federal or state program eligibility criteria. The fund was established to help those who, as a result of geographic or economic isolation, may face difficulties preparing for elementary school.
Any nonprofit child care center in Vermont with demonstrated participation of children from economically stressed families is eligible to apply. Grants up to $2,000 are awarded. Applications will be accepted through 5:00 p.m. on June 16, 2014. Visitwww.vermontcf.orgto learn more.
The Vermont Community Foundation is a family of hundreds of funds and foundations established by Vermonters to serve their charitable goals. It provides the advice, investment vehicles, and back-office expertise to make giving easy and effective. The Foundation also provides leadership in giving by responding to community needs, mobilizing and connecting philanthropists to multiply their impact, and by keeping Vermont’s nonprofit sector vital with grants and other investments in the community.
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