Clinton Early Head Start – BCCCSF Grant

Community Action of Eastern Iowa

Head Start/Early Head Start is a comprehensive program providing education, family, health, mental health and nutrition services to children from income eligible programs.

GLOW (Girls Leading Others Wisely) Program – Core Grant

Mason City Family YMCA

GLOW is an 8-week mentoring program for girls aged 7-12 of various cultural and socio-economic backgrounds to connect with one another, engaging in discussions and activities that help them build towards future success.

Marita Theisen Child Care Center – BCCCSF

Friends of St. Mary’s DBA Steeple Square

The Marita Theisen Child Care Center at Steeple Square was established in response to urgent calls from the community for affordable quality child care. The Center currently has enrolled more than 40 children, 70% of whom are from low-income families.

Montgomery County Child Development Center – BCCCSF Grant

Montgomery County Child Development Association

The Montgomery County Child Development Association (MCCDA) was formed to address the lack of quality affordable child care in Montgomery County.

Opportunity Dubuque – BCCCSF Grant

Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque

Opportunity Dubuque builds career pathways for students to enter the workforce and continue their education and training, while filling employers’ demand for talent.

Refugee Child Care Business Development Program – BCCCSF Grant

Catherine McAuley Center

The Catherine McAuley Center is partnering with local agencies to support refugee women in establishing registered in-home child care businesses

Refugee Child Care Business Development Program – Core Grant

Lutheran Services in Iowa

LSI helps refugee women to increase their families’ financial stability by becoming registered in-home child care providers through the Iowa DHS

Removing Child Care as a Barrier to Women’s Economic Self-Sufficiency – Core Grant

Grin & Grow Ltd.

This child care program will assure availability of up to 20 full-time, year-round slots for infant or preschool children of single mothers who are seeking work, working, or in training; and whose incomes are under 200% of household poverty levels

Sliding Fee Scale for Professional Development Day Services – BCCCSF Grant

LINK Grinnell

LINK Grinnell is a newly established after-school program serving children in kindergarten through 7th grade in the Grinnell area since late 2019, created in response to a gap of 437 spaces for after-school care in the community.

Social Emotional Learning: Breaking Down Barriers to Success – Core Grant

St. Mark’s Youth Enrichment

St. Mark's Youth Enrichment before- and after-school programs not only address affordable access to care beyond school hours but effectively improve students’ reading, STEM, and social emotional skills.

Grant Recipients

…Women’s foundations work … to help guarantee that (women and girls) can achieve economic (and social) balance."