Governor Hochul announces $100 million commitment to address critical shortage of child care supply for New York State’s families

The Child Care Capital Program (CCCP) will award grants ranging from $500,000 to $1.5 million to eligible child care providers to expand existing child care centers or build new ones.

The Child Care Capital Program (CCCP) will award grants ranging from $500,000 to $1.5 million to eligible child care providers to expand existing child care centers or build new ones. The program will be overseen by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) and administered by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY). Funding will be split 60 percent for the downstate region (which includes New York City; Long Island; and Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties) and 40 percent for the rest of the state.

The CCCP will provide reimbursement grants for the design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, equipment and other capital assets for existing or proposed state-licensed, not-for-profit or for-profit child day care centers and registered school-age child care programs. The facility must be intended to be used as a child care program for at least eight years. Projects must be shovel-ready, demonstrate the ability to be licensed and fully operational within six months of completing construction and worth at least $500,000.

Visit https://ocfs.ny.gov/programs/childcare/grants/capital-program/#overview for more information and to apply

Important Dates and Deadlines

Event	Date
Funding Opportunity Announcement	12/20/2023
Open Application Question Period Begins	12/20/2023
Applicant Webinar	01/24/2024
Deadline to Submit Questions	01/31/2024
Answers Posted By	02/29/2024
Registration/Prequalification Submissions to Grants Gateway	Through 04/15/2024
Application Submission Period	12/20/2023-05/22/2024
Application Scoring	05/24/2024-06/30/2024
Awards Announced No Earlier Than	07/15/2024