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Application open for Rural Child Care Innovation Program

GMNP 2026 Legislative Session Wrap-Up Through generous funding from the MN Department of Children, Youth, and Families, First Children’s Finance is pleased to offer the Rural Child Care Innovation Program (RCCIP), an innovative community engagement process designed to address the challenges of child care in rural America. We know that child care is an economic…

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Applications now open for DEED child care grants

GMNP 2026 Legislative Session Wrap-Up The Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), through its Child Care Community Partnerships Office, is seeking proposals from qualified responders to receive grants to be used to implement solutions to reduce the childcare shortage in the state including but not limited to: Funding for childcare business start-ups or expansion…

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