The Child Care Capital Grants focus on strengthening the quality of child care and creating new licensed child care spaces in the Basin. If you have a project such as purchasing child care equipment, upgrading or renovating child care facilities or constructing new licensed child care spaces, this program may be able to help.
Who Can Apply
Basin non-profit and for profit providers of licensed child care are eligible to apply for funding.
| Funding Stream | Eligible License Types |
| 1.a. Creation of New Licensed Child Care Spaces
b. Infrastructure Improvements to Increase Quality and Safety |
· Group Child Care
· Group Child Care (School Age) · Multi-Age Child Care · Preschools |
| 2. Equipment to Increase Quality and Safety | · Group Child Care
· Group Child Care (School Age) · Multi-Age Child Care · Preschools · Family Child Care · In-Home Multi-Age Care · Registered License Not Required |
Refer to http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/family-social-supports/caring-for-young-children/child-care/licensed-unlicensed-child-care for clarification on licensing designations.
Your project must take place within the Columbia Basin Trust region.
How to Apply
The Child Care Capital Grant intake is now closed. Check back for details about the next intake.
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For Completed Projects:
Once your project is complete, complete and submit a final report. Your final reporting date is listed in ‘Schedule A’ of your signed Contribution Agreement.
Here are two forms:
If your project only included the purchase/installation of child care equipment up to $5,000, complete the Child Care Equipment Final Report.
If your project involved renovation and/or the construction of new licensed child care spaces, complete the Create or Improve Spaces Final Report.
Past Projects
The projects listed below may not reflect the program’s current funding priorities.
