Davis County Daycare and Preschool in Bloomfield, Iowa
Davis County Daycare has provided care to children ages 6 weeks to 12 years old in Davis County for the past 41 years. We continue to provide high quality care to children in Davis County by having teachers who are continuing their education in Early Childhood, utilizing other programs such as Parents as Teachers, AEA, […]
St. Mark Youth Enrichment Cultivates the Social-Emotional Growth of Youth and Families.
With support from the Iowa Women’s Foundation’s funds for the past two years St. Mark’s approach and implementation of social emotionally programming has grown tremendously. St. Mark has had the opportunity to share our model at the state level and has been recently recognized as a state-wide award-winning program in the areas of collaboration, literacy […]
Lutheran Services of Iowa Refugee Child Care Program
For many parents who arrive in the U.S. as refugees, it is difficult to find quality child care. Families are adjusting to American life and may feel hesitant leaving their child with a stranger who doesn’t speak their language, or they may not be able to afford child care. Since 2012, LSI has worked to […]
The Heart of Iowa Program – ASAC
ASAC’s Heart of Iowa program is grateful to the Iowa Women’s Foundation for our recent grant to expand our childcare services to additional evening and weekend hours! ASAC’s Heart of Iowa is designed specifically to address the needs of women and children impacted by substance use disorders. The program allows moms and children to remain […]
IWF Announces 2019 Grantee Partners
The Iowa Women’s Foundation has announced its Grantee Partners for 2019. Due to the commitment of our supporters we are able to award $90,000 in grants to these programs that provide the tools for women and girls to be economically self-sufficient. Congratulations to each of these grantees. Amani Community Services: Fast Track to Success for […]
How Affordable Child Care has Impacted My Life
How has affordable access to childcare impacted my life? The easy answer is that childcare allows me to go to work and to contribute to society in a way that is meaningful to me. The more complicated answer is that access to childcare gives me the freedom to be exactly who I am, without guilt. […]
About the St. Mark Youth Enrichment Center
St. Mark Youth Enrichment is a non-profit organization that offers quality, out of school learning programs before/after school and in the summer serving 550 at-risk students, grades K-5, both in Dubuque and Western Dubuque communities. Like many communities in Iowa, Dubuque has a critical need for childcare options. St. Mark addresses this need with affordable, […]
Linking Families & Communities Uses IWF Grant to Expand
A special thank you to Linking Families & Communities—the very first recipient of our Child Care Solutions Fund grant—for writing this Grant Partner blog. To learn more about this organization and how they are helping women and families in north central Iowa, visit https://www.linking-families.com/. Linking Families and Communities In order for children to grow up to […]
Meet the 2018 IWF Grant Partners
The Iowa Women’s Foundation was pleased to see so many of our supporters at our Annual Awards Luncheon. Because of your commitment and devotion to bettering the lives of Iowa’s women and girls, together, we are able to award $100,000 in grants to 13 Grant Partners for the 2018 year. These 13 organizations are doing […]
IWF Awards Grants to Sustain Nine Iowa Non-Profit Programs
The Iowa Women’s Foundation, with support from its Board of Directors and sponsors, awarded grants to fund nine Iowa non-profit programs that focus on making lasting improvements to the lives of women and girls. “We are proud this year to be able to award the highest number of grants in the past decade of the […]
