Recent Grants
MARCH 2010
The Center for Community Solutions
$50,000 to help The Center for Community Solutions continue to build the trained network of early childhood providers in the Mahoning Valley and throughout the state to create lasting policy change. Additionally, funding will be used to help educate legislators and candidates about the importance of early care and education in Ohio. Finally, the funding will help promote the overall public understanding of the importance of early childhood education and care.
"This is a striking example of the results of good public policy work by an extremely competent organization," wrote directors of The Raymond John Wean Foundation.
Family Child Care Accreditation Project
$19,222 to help six family child care providers in the Mahoning Valley to obtain accreditation through the National Association of Family Child Care. The facilities selected for inclusion in the program will receive help from a program mentor to discuss how to implement accreditation standards and there will also be monthly meetings with peers to discuss the process and to work collaboratively.
Community Advocates for Young Learners
$20,000 to help fund a program that will support and prepare ten principals and administrators from schools in Mahoning and Trumbull counties for assessing their early care and educational environments. The training will also assist these school officials with strategies for how to respond to and address those needs.
Voices for Ohio's Children
$40,000 to help advance the agenda of Voices for Ohio's Children. This work will take the form of legislative advocacy, including meetings with legislators; administrative advocacy, including events and meetings with various leaders to push agendas; and increased media awareness.
In addition to other projects, Voices for Ohio's Children has been working to increase the number of children who have health insurance in the Mahoning Valley.
SEPTEMBER 2009
Early Childhood Resource Center $45,633 to Early Childhood Resource Center to fund mentoring for Mahoning Valley child care center administrators. This project is intended to support administrators who seek to improve the quality of care for children in child care centers.
Millcreek Children's Center $10,900 to Millcreek Children's Center in Youngstown to develop a mutli-year strategic plan aimed at securing their future sustainability.
June 2009
D&E Counseling Center
$235,000 payable over three years for early childhood consultation project that provides support and training to childcare centers to deal with social, emotional and behavioral needs in the classroom
march 2009
Center for Community Solutions $40,000 towards building a long-term commitment to quality early childhood development in Ohio by providing research and communications.
Community Solutions Association $176,125 payable over three years will provide funding to provide Project KIND to all kindergarten children in Warren City Schools.
December 2008
D&E Counseling Center
$35,000 for Early Childhood Consultation, Support and Training pilot program for Social-Emotional-Behavioral Services.
September 2008
Early Childhood Resource Center
$39,921 to provide mentoring and education to child care center administrators in the Mahoning Valley as they seek to improve their center’s quality.
Mahoning County Family and Children First Council
$10,000 for anti-blight legal strategies to eliminate hazards from children’s homes.
H.A.P.P.Y. Homes
$10,000 for family day care professionals to develop a comprehensive organizational planning process.
D&E Counseling Center
$35,000 for Preschool CST Pilot Project to improve the skills of preschool teachers who deal with challenging behaviors in classroom settings.
August 2008 Grants
Youngstown Area Goodwill Industries, Inc.
$7,000 to support eye testing for children.
Bear Hugs Child Care and Preschool
$12,000 Invest in Quality Grant program for serious, ongoing commitment to high quality. Alignment with Step Up To Quality (SUTQ), the Ohio voluntary quality rating system for child care centers was also a requirement.
Boardman United Methodist Preschool
$12,000 Invest in Quality Grant program for serious, ongoing commitment to high quality. Alignment with Step Up To Quality (SUTQ), the Ohio voluntary quality rating system for child care centers was also a requirement.
Discover My World, Inc.
$1,000 for environmental improvements for science and math scores on ECERS.
Easter Seals of Mahoning, Trumbull & Columbiana Counties
$5,000 Invest in Quality Grant program for serious, ongoing commitment to high quality. Alignment with Step Up To Quality (SUTQ), the Ohio voluntary quality rating system for child care centers was also a requirement.
Heart Reach Ministries, Inc.
$5,000 Invest in Quality Grant program for serious, ongoing commitment to high quality. Alignment with Step Up To Quality (SUTQ), the Ohio voluntary quality rating system for child care centers was also a requirement.
Hilyer Children’s Center
$5,000 Invest in Quality Grant program for serious, ongoing commitment to high quality. Alignment with Step Up To Quality (SUTQ), the Ohio voluntary quality rating system for child care centers was also a requirement.
Jewish Community Center
$8,625 Invest in Quality Grant program for serious, ongoing commitment to high quality. Alignment with Step Up To Quality (SUTQ), the Ohio voluntary quality rating system for child care centers was also a requirement.
Millcreek Children’s Center
$5,000 Invest in Quality Grant program for serious, ongoing commitment to high quality. Alignment with Step Up To Quality (SUTQ), the Ohio voluntary quality rating system for child care centers was also a requirement.
New Life Christian Preschool
$15,000 Invest in Quality Grant program for serious, ongoing commitment to high quality. Alignment with Step Up To Quality (SUTQ), the Ohio voluntary quality rating system for child care centers was also a requirement.
St. Paul’s Child Care Center
$3,754 Invest in Quality Grant program for serious, ongoing commitment to high quality. Alignment with Step Up To Quality (SUTQ), the Ohio voluntary quality rating system for child care centers was also a requirement.
St. Rose Sunny Days Child Care Center
$15,000 Invest in Quality Grant program for serious, ongoing commitment to high quality. Alignment with Step Up To Quality (SUTQ), the Ohio voluntary quality rating system for child care centers was also a requirement.
YWCA of Youngstown
$15,000 Invest in Quality Grant program for serious, ongoing commitment to high quality. Alignment with Step Up To Quality (SUTQ), the Ohio voluntary quality rating system for child care centers was also a requirement.
Zieglers Daycare
$2,998 Invest in Quality Grant program for serious, ongoing commitment to high quality. Alignment with Step Up To Quality (SUTQ), the Ohio voluntary quality rating system for child care centers was also a requirement.
June 2008 Grants
Community Solutions Association
$540,737 for SPARK Warren.
Tru-Mah-Col
$25,000 for Your Childhood Development Associate Connection.
MARCH 2008 GRANTS
Community Solutions Association
$25,000 for SPARK.
Ohio Association for the Education of Young Children
$14,040 for Professional Development Scholarships.
Tru-Mah-Col AEYC
$55,000 for organizational capacity building and additional programming.
Trumbull Lifelines
$45,000 for improving the emotional and behavioral health of young children.
Recent Grants