In partnership with the MN Department of Human Services, First Children’s Finance is offering funding through the Rural Child Care Innovation Program (RCCIP)—an innovative community engagement process designed to address the challenges of child care in rural America. Child care is an economic driver for rural communities nationwide and many communities are facing shortages of high-quality child care. The RCCIP seeks to guide communities in identifying the scope and size of their child care challenges, and to empower and support communities to develop solutions that address these challenges.
Applicants can include a single city, a cluster of small towns, a school district, or a single county. The Twin Cities metro area, Fargo-Moorhead metro area, Duluth, Rochester, and St. Cloud metro area are excluded as applicants. Preference is given to truly rural communities.
RCCIP applications will be open January 8, 2024, and will be due by 5pm on February 2, 2024.
First Children’s Finance will be hosting a webinar on the RCCIP process on January 22, 2024, from 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM. Click here to register or go to https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrce6oqTsuH9Yy1a9EvfEo4PzU6HH8zt7c.
For more information about RCCIP, visit the program website here. Contact infomn@firstchildrensfinance.org for additional questions.
