Lil’ Wildcat Education Center Playground
The Lil’ Wildcat Education Center will accommodate up to 60 children, ages two-weeks-old to 11 years-old, and offer care five days a week, 12 hours a day. LWEC will offer a before and after-school program as well as 3-year-old preschool.
Refugee Child Care Business Development Program – CORE Grant
LSI’s Child Care Business Development program helps refugee women increase their families’ financial stability by becoming registered in-home child care providers through the Iowa Department of Human Services (IDHS).
Northeast Iowa Child Care & Discovery Center
IWF’s grant will pay for Design Development Phase II Architectural Services for a new child care “Discovery Center” increasing child care capacity from 135 children to 200 – 300 children. It will incorporate high-quality STEAM learning and play areas for the childcare attendees and other children on evenings and weekends.
ESL Child Care Program
Centro Latino—Council Bluffs District Hispanic Ministries’ “ESL Child Care” program aims to eliminate a barrier preventing Spanish-speaking women from attending ESL classes by providing frequent, quality child care services.
Refugee Child Care Microenterprise Program
LSI assists refugee women in increasing their financial stability by becoming registered in-home child care providers and expanding the number of safe and culturally appropriate places to provide child care for working parents.
Hawkeye Responsive Child Care
The Hawkeye Responsive Child Care program will provide access to culturally sensitive child care options benefiting both HCC’s most vulnerable students who are also parents, and the students who provide child care services.
Increasing Access to Educational Child Care at KidsPoint – CCSF Grant
KidsPoint is a leading provider of early education.
Re-Design: Programming, Building, and Outdoor Play – CCSF Grant
Over the past 24 years, an estimated 1,700 children have walked through the doors at the Ringgold Community Child Care Center (RCCCC)—the only daycare in Mount Ayr serving all families who apply.
MPCC After-School Program and MPCC Scholarship Program – CCSF Grant
Of primary concern for families in Henry County are the hours of availability for child care.
Refugee Child Care Business Development Program
LSI’s Child Care Business Development program has worked to build bridges within the child care system for prospective and existing child care providers from various ethnic groups.