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Child Care Financial Assistance Program is sponsored by Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) / Family Guidance Center of Alabama. This program helps eligible low-income families in specific Alabama counties cover the cost of child care, enabling parents to work, attend school, or participate in training programs. The program is administered regionally through Child Care Management Agencies.
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Child Care Financial Assistance | Family Guidance Center of Alabama Child Care Financial Assistance Affordable Child Care for Working Families Child care is one of the biggest expenses for working families. Many low-income households spend over 30% of their income on child care, making it difficult to achieve financial stability.
The Child Care Financial Assistance Program helps eligible families cover the cost of child care, so parents can work, attend school, and provide a stable future for their children. Each year, Family Guidance Center helps over 5,000 families pay for child care across Our program ensures that parents can choose the best child care option for their family while receiving the financial support they need.
CMA Director for Montgomery & Dothan Regions anita. williams@dhr. alabama.
gov lori. gilley3@dhr. alabama.
gov Our Program is offered in the following counties: Barbour, Coffee, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston and Pike Autauga, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Covington, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery and Wilcox This program is funded by a grant through the Alabama Department of Human Resources.
The following is a list of contact information for a Child Care Financial Assistance Program in a region near you: Christie Hurst, Senior Case Worker 334. 270. 4100 or 800.
499. 6597 Sabrina Proctor, Senior Caseworker 545 West Main Street, Suite 311 334. 712.
7777 or 800. 290. 0933 Helping parents access quality child care while they work or attend school.
Finding affordable, quality child care shouldn’t be a barrier to work or education. Our Child Care Financial Assistance Program helps parents by covering a portion of child care costs, offering flexible options, and ensuring children receive safe, enriching care while parents focus on their goals. Financial Support for Child Care – Covers a portion of child care costs for working parents and students.
Flexible Child Care Options – Parents can choose the provider that best fits their child’s needs. Eligibility-Based Assistance – Open to low-income families who meet employment, education, and income requirements. Simple Application Process – Step-by-step guidance to make applying easy and stress-free.
Access to Quality Care – Ensuring children receive safe, reliable, and enriching early childhood education. Child Care Financial Assistance, families must: Live in one of the 18 counties served in the Dothan or Montgomery regions. Be employed or enrolled in an approved education/training program.
Meet income eligibility requirements based on family size. Be referred by the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) through the JOBS, Protective Service, or Foster Care Units. Get Started – Register with ARISE & View Resources We are closed on all State of Alabama holidays.
For assistance, call (800) 499-6597 and ask for Anita Williams, CMA Director. Register For Childcare → Child Care Fact Sheet → ARISE Registration Flyer → Wait List Announcement → 2358 Fairlane Drive, Montgomery, Alabama 36116, United States fgc@familyguidancecenter. org
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Families residing in one of the 18 served counties in the Dothan or Montgomery regions, who are employed or enrolled in an approved education/training program, and meet income eligibility requirements. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Child Care Financial Assistance Program is funded by Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) / Family Guidance Center of Alabama. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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The SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest is a competitive program from Social Capital Inc. that funds youth-led community improvement projects in Greater Boston. Teams of high school students in grades 9 through 12 residing in Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, or Suffolk counties develop project ideas through coaching from local professionals, then pitch their proposals to a live panel of judges. Winning teams receive $1,000 to $2,000 in grant funding to execute their community-strengthening visions. The program builds career skills including public speaking, project management, and team collaboration, while cultivating cross-socioeconomic connections among peers and mentors throughout the region.
The System Innovations Grant (Youth Opportunities Fund) is a multi-year funding opportunity from the Ontario Trillium Foundation that supports collaborative projects working to understand and strengthen systems so they function better for young people. Grants of up to $1,250,000 over five years fund collaboratives of two or more Ontario-based nonprofits aiming to create lasting systemic change that expands opportunities for youth ages 12 to 29, with a particular emphasis on Indigenous, Black, and other racialized youth facing systemic barriers. Eligible applicants are not-for-profit organizations incorporated for at least five years in Ontario with a mandate to serve youth, forming a formal collaborative. Indigenous- and Black-led organizations and collaboratives are prioritized. Applications were due March 11, 2026—check the Ontario Trillium Foundation website for upcoming intake cycles.
Improving Veteran Mental Health Grant Program is a grant from The Cigna Group Foundation that funds nonprofits providing housing stability and wraparound support services to improve the mental health of military veterans. The Foundation committed $9 million over three years addressing housing instability and its mental health impacts, as an estimated 40,000 veterans go without shelter nightly and 1.5 million are at risk of homelessness. Funded programs include mortgage and rental assistance, employment re-entry training, and housing development for veterans. Eligible nonprofits must leverage evidence-informed programs and align with at least one goal: increasing permanent housing, improving housing affordability, or enhancing wraparound services for veterans transitioning from shelters.
OMB's May 29 proposed rule converts the Uniform Guidance into binding regulation and rewires 2 CFR 200 — pre-issuance political review of every discretionary award, expanded at-will termination, mandatory E-Verify, and DEI/gender restrictions. Comments close July 13, 2026. Here is what changes, who it hits, and how grantees should respond.
Read articleOMB's May 29 proposed rewrite of the Uniform Guidance — comments close July 13 — adds a senior-political-appointee pre-issuance review to every discretionary federal award, eliminates fixed-amount awards, and aligns termination rules with federal contracting. The shift from a remedies framework to a penalties framework is the structural change nonprofit grantees should be modeling now.
Read articleOn May 29, 2026, OMB published a 412-page proposed rule that rewrites 2 CFR Part 200 — the Uniform Guidance governing roughly $1 trillion in annual federal grant funding. Comments close July 13. The rule codifies pre-issuance political appointee review of every discretionary award, expands termination-for-convenience to cover shifting agency priorities, makes E-Verify mandatory for all federal grant employees, restricts DEI and gender-related programming, and converts the Uniform Guidance from guidance into binding regulation. OMB targets October 1 finalization for FY27 implementation. For every county, state agency, university, hospital, and nonprofit that touches a federal dollar, this is the most consequential regulatory event of the year.
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