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Innovation Grants | Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education House Bill 2 (2025) allocated funds from Missouri’s Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) to be used towards innovation grants to increase access to high quality child care across Missouri during Fiscal Year 2026.
These grants are available to child care providers in two forms: Innovation Grant to Start-Up a New Child Care Program for prospective child care providers wanting to start a new licensed child care program. Innovation Grant to Expand a Child Care Program for currently licensed child care providers.
Innovation Grant funds must be used to implement solutions to reduce the child care shortage in the state, including but not limited to the following: Funding for child care business start-ups or expansion Staff training and professional development Minor modifications or improvements to the facility that are required for licensing Incentives to retain employees Assistance with licensing and other regulatory requirements Innovation Grant to Start-Up a New Child Care Program The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Office of Childhood, is offering the Innovation Grant to Start-Up a New Child Care Program to help providers open new, licensed child care programs to increase access to child care for families across the state.
This opportunity provides funding support through matching business or community partnership contributions. This is made possible using the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF), which is a state and federal partnership program that provides financial assistance to low-income families to access child care so that they can work or attend a job training or educational program.
Missouri also uses CCDF to invest in quality to benefit thousands more children by building the skills and qualifications of the teacher workforce, supporting child care programs to achieve higher standards, and providing consumer education to help parents select child care that meets their family’s needs. For this reason, any facility applying for the grant must be CCDF eligible in order to receive payment(s).
A CCDF eligible provider shall be a child care provider who meets all of the health and safety requirements of the state subsidy program. These health and safety requirements require training, which is reported through the Missouri Professional Development (MOPD) system.
Each child care staff member must complete: Age-appropriate CPR and First Aid training from one of DESE’s approved models; CCDF Health and Safety training; Caring for Vulnerable Children training; and Missouri Milestones Matter training. The owner/director of the child care facility must complete: All of the above trainings, and Subsidy Orientation training.
Frequently Asked Questions MissouriBuys powered by MOVERS Registration Partner Commitment Letter Template Notarized Statement Template Resource Guide for Starting and Operating a Child Care Business (National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance) The Innovation Grant to Start-Up a New Child Care Program funding opportunity closed on November 30, 2025 at 11:59 p. m.
Innovation Grant to Expand a Child Care Program The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Office of Childhood, is offering the Innovation Grant to Expand a Child Care Program to help licensed providers expand their child care programs to increase access to child care for families across the state. This opportunity provides funding support through matching business or community partnership contributions.
This is made possible using the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF), which is a state and federal partnership program that provides financial assistance to low-income families to access child care so that they can work or attend a job training or educational program.
Missouri also uses CCDF to invest in quality to benefit thousands more children by building the skills and qualifications of the teacher workforce, supporting child care programs to achieve higher standards, and providing consumer education to help parents select child care that meets their family’s needs. For this reason, any facility applying for the grant must be CCDF eligible in order to receive payment(s).
A CCDF eligible provider shall be a child care provider who meets all of the health and safety requirements of the state subsidy program. These health and safety requirements require training, which is reported through the Missouri Professional Development (MOPD) system.
Each child care staff member must complete: Age-appropriate CPR and First Aid training from one of DESE’s approved models; CCDF Health and Safety training; Caring for Vulnerable Children training; and Missouri Milestones Matter training. The owner/director of the child care facility must complete: All of the above trainings, and Subsidy Orientation training.
Frequently Asked Questions MissouriBuys powered by MOVERS Registration Partner Commitment Letter Template Notarized Statement Template The Innovation Grant to Expand a Child Care Program funding opportunity closed on February 28, 2026, at 11:59 p. m. Please email childhoodgrants@dese.
mo. gov with any questions about these grants.
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Currently licensed child care providers in Missouri. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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The California Department of Education (CDE) Early Education Division is making approximately .7 million available to expand California State Preschool Program (CSPP) services statewide, appropriated under the 2021 Budget Act. Eligible applicants are local educational agencies (LEAs), including school districts, county offices of education, community college districts, and direct-funded charter schools—both current CSPP contractors and new applicants. Funding supports full-day/full-year or part-day/part-year preschool services for income-eligible children beginning in FY 2024–25. Awards are allocated by county based on Local Planning Council priority areas and application scores, with redistribution provisions if county allocations are underutilized.