Early Head Start Child Care Partnership Opportunity

Child-Parent Centers, Inc. (CPC) is the grantee for Early Head Start and Head Start services in southeastern Arizona. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has provided an opportunity via a competitive grant process to facilitate partnerships with Early Head Start programs and child care centers, family child care providers, or group homes to expand the access of high-quality, comprehensive services for low-income infants and toddlers and their families.

This funding initiative is for child care providers who serve infants and toddlers and their families who are Early Head Start age and income eligible as well as receive DES child care subsidy and/or are on the DES Priority Group 1 Wait List. Through this partnership grant CPC would provide increased financial and professional support to child care providers as they deliver early childhood services for our target population. As such, this partnership opportunity would be designed to align with Early Head Start standards which in some areas are higher than Arizona licensing and/or certification requirements.