Grants & Funding Opportunities

Strengthen your child care business with these financial resources.

Focus on Child Care Grant: Building Resilience Post-Pandemic

thread is excited to partner with the State of Alaska Child Care Program Office for the Focus on Child Care Grant: Building Resilience Post-Pandemic. This grant will be the final non-competitive grant available through COVID-19 relief funds. Grant amounts will be based on licensed capacity. The application period is open through February 25, 2024.

2024-25 Quality Initiatives

thread offers an annual Quality Initiative (QI) program for early childhood education programs and early educators to participate in professional development around a specific early care and learning topic.

Alaska SEED 2024 Retaining Our Outstanding Teachers (ROOTS) Award
Application is now closed.

thread and Alaska SEED are pleased to offer the 2024 Alaska SEED ROOTS Award. The State of Alaska Child Care Program Office (CCPO) announced on November 14, 2023 that $7.5 million was added to the FY24 Alaska State budget to increase wages for child care professionals and stabilize child care operations in the state of Alaska. Alaska SEED is partnering with the State of Alaska Child Care Program Office to offer a wage award to support each eligible professional working in child care.

The 2024 Alaska SEED ROOTS Award application opens on November 27, 2023, and eligible child care professionals can apply here. The award application period will close on January 7, 2024. The award amount for the 2024 Alaska SEED ROOTS Award will be determined by the number of eligible applicants. Awards can be expected starting February 1, 2024.

Update: Application period was extended to January 15, 2024.

IMPROVE and INNOVATE Grant Programs

thread, in partnership with State of Alaska Child Care Program Office (CCPO), offered two competitive child care grants to support programs and communities investing in child care. Grant opportunity closed on April 14, 2023.

The grants were made possible through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA), with the State of Alaska’s Child Care Program Office as the lead agency and thread as the intermediary for grant distribution.

This grant was also made possible by funds from Preschool Development Grant – Birth through Five (PDG B-5) grant number 90TP0103. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.

Financial Assistance during COVID-19

Child Care Assistance in Northern Interior and Southeast Alaska

thread administers the State of Alaska Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) for the CCAP Northern and Southeast service delivery areas. Your program may be eligible to participate in CCAP to receive subsidy payments from the State of Alaska on behalf of an eligible family in Northern Interior or Southeast Alaska.

For more information, contact our child care assistance staff between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday to Friday at:

Phone: 907.265.3100 or toll free 800.278.3723
Toll Free Fax: 855.479.2295
Email: CCAthread [at] threadalaska.org
Mail: 542 4th Avenue, Suite 226, Fairbanks, AK 99701

For information about CCAP in other regions, contact the Child Care Program Office (CCPO).

Tips for Completing a W-9

thread is required to have an IRS Form W-9 from individuals or organizations receiving funds from thread. Use these tips to help fill out your W-9 before submitting to thread.

W-9 TIPS

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