| 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. | |