Refugee Child Care Business Development Program

Lutheran Services in Iowa

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.

Retention & Expansion in Black Hawk County

Girls on The Run of Eastern Iowa

Girls on the Run uses running and other physical activities as a platform for teaching life skills and promoting holistic health outcomes for girls in grades 3-8.

SMART Girls Program

Boys & Girls Club of the Midlands

The SMART Girls program provides the space, support and tools needed to navigate adolescence and grow into self-sufficient women.

Today’s Children, Tomorrow’s Dysart – CCSF Grant

Little Knights Learning Center

When Union Community School District (UCSD) saw increased enrollment, Little Knights Learning Center (LKLC) was forced to quickly relocate.

Women Workforce Ready

YWCA Clinton

This program aims to build upon the foundation of our RRHP to ensure that once women are housed, they are equipped to keep their homes and experience financial and personal stability.

CECC Expansion

Community Early Childhood Center – BCCSF Grant

The Community Early Childhood Center (CECC) expansion project will add a 4,908 square foot addition on to the north side of the current one level facility, allowing CECC to increase the number of children to whom we can provide child care services from 151 children to 207.

Cedar Valley Kids design project

Cedar Valley Kids – BCCSF Grant

Cedar Valley Kids (CVK) will provide high-quality childcare to infants through school-age children. Ideally, CVK will build two or more sites, each serving about 100 children, in Waterloo. Funding will be used for initial design expenses which can then be replicated for additional sites and not duplicated saving funds for construction and startup costs.

Creating Economic Mobility for Women – CORE Grant

Horizons, A Family Service Alliance

The “Creating Economic Mobility for Women” program covers the ridership fees of women dropping their children off to daycare for work shifts and the subsequent transportation to work.

Expanding Supportive Housing for Women – CORE Grant

Catherine McAuley Center

The goal of this project is to expand support to women in need of housing and services as they heal from trauma and regain stability in their lives. While it specifically focuses on housing, there is a tight interconnectedness with employment, childcare and education related barriers.

Expansion of Quality & Affordable Early Learning

Crittenton Center – BCCSF Grant

Crittenton center offers high quality, affordable early learning care for families in all socio-economic levels. The project will expand childcare access to families in the most rapidly growing yet underserved area of Siouxland.

Grant Recipients

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