Wildcat ABC Child Care, Carlisle Iowa

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Our project includes both building an addition and retrofitting portions of our existing building to serve 90 additional children in our center (for a total of 180). The additional 4,570 square feet of space would include a new kitchen, restrooms, and five classrooms.

Waypoint, Cedar Rapids

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Funding will help ensure KidsPoint Child Care can provide scholarships to meet the community’s increased demand for child care, especially for low income families.

Waverly Child Care & Preschool, Waverly

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Waverly Child Care and Preschool is working on an expansion onto the west side of the current building as well as updating the current center. The addition will double to current center’s capacity.

To The Rescue, Cedar Rapids

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Funding will allow us to purchase toys, books, curriculum materials and classroom furnishings for a new childcare center.

Sprouts Early Learning Academy, Carlisle Iowa

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Sprouts will use funding to support the addition of a new classroom. Furniture items such as cots and sheets, as well as teaching materials and age appropriate manipulatives are needed for the growing enrollment.

Shooting Star Childcare

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Elkhart is a growing community north of Ankeny that has a need for childcare and employment, as the nearest jobs or childcare is 20 minutes away.

Noble Initiative Foundation, Griswold Iowa

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Our mission is to build a childcare development center that will provide affordable year-round childcare, including full-time, part-time, and before/after-school care.

Lutheran Services in Iowa

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This proposal builds upon an LSI project funded by the Iowa Women’s Foundation since 2015 in Des Moines to provide training and State of Iowa registration for refugee and immigrant women that wish to become in-home child care providers.