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CHILD CARE GRANTS — 2009
Associated Early Care and Education, Inc. $75,000
Boston, MA
General support to expand the number of accredited child care programs serving low-income children in the metropolitan Boston area. Second payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Child Care Services Association $50,000
Chapel Hill, NC
General support to strengthen CCSA's TA program helping to move child care home and centers in North Carolina to NAFCC and NAEYC accreditation.
 
Down East Partnership for Children $50,000
Rocky Mount, NC
General support to provide scholarships for child care to low-income parents who work or attend school in Nash and Edgecombe Counties and to assist local child care centers and family homes achieve the highest levels of accreditation.
 
Easter Seals, Inc. $100,000
Chicago, IL
To support the Easter Seals Child Development Network in promoting inclusionary child services and NAEYC accreditation among its affiliates across the country.
 
Educational Enrichment Systems, Inc. $40,000
San Diego, CA
General support to expand quality child care for low-income children. Second payment of a two-year $80,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
First Children's Finance $35,000
Minneapolis, MN
General support to build the business infrastructure of quality child care programs by providing capital and technical assistance.
 
Friends of the Children of Mississippi, Inc. $50,000
Jackson, MS
General support for its work in the Delta to promote high quality, accredited childcare. Second payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Kidango, Inc. $60,000
Fremont, CA
General support to expand quality child care for low-income children. Second payment of a two-year $120,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
National Association for the Education of Young Children $75,000
Washington, DC
Project support for accreditation re-invention and for scholarships for accreditation for programs serving low-income children.
 
The Sheltering Arms $100,000
Atlanta, GA
General support to provide and promote nationally-accredited, high-quality child care for low-income families in the Atlanta Metropolitan area and the state of Georgia. Second payment of a two-year $200,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
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PLEASE NOTE:
In 2008, the F.B. Heron Foundation undertook a full review of its programs. As a result, the Foundation is winding down its grantmaking in the child care program area, and will not be making any new commitments. For more details on the review process and decision making rationale, go to Program Review.
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