Early Care and Education Initiative School Age Grant

The County approved a special appropriation to support school age child care providers operating licensed child care programs in public school buildings and to support working parents. This funding is needed to offset increased COVID-19 related expenses and decreased revenue from lower classroom capacity and the inability to operate in school space since March 2020.

Eligibility Requirements

• This grant is open only to child care programs licensed to operate in an MCPS building.
• Ability to reopen full-day, school-age child classroom(s) in Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) building(s) during the first semester of the MCPS 2020-2021 school year (October 1st – January 29th);
• Provider holds a valid Maryland State Department of Education-Office of Child Care license to operate school-age childcare in MCPS classroom(s);
• Provider holds a valid facility use license for the classroom(s) through the Office of Community Use of Public Facilities;
• Businesses must be in good standing with the State of Maryland.

Maximum Grant Amounts

• Grant awards based on the number of classrooms that the child care provider will be opening in school space during the first semester of the MCPS 2020-2021 school year multiplied by $19,500.
  • Maximum grant amount for each organization is $250,000.

Steps to determine if you are in “good standing” with the State of Maryland (not required for sole proprietors)

• Go to Maryland Business Express
• In the "Business Quick Links" section, select "Business Entity Search".
• Enter your business name and select "Search".
• Your business will be listed if you are registered.
• Select your business and check under the General Information tab to verify that your business is in Good Standing. It is not necessary to order a copy of your certificate of good standing.