Source: NY Governer’s Press Office
June 23, 2020
“Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that $65 million in federal CARES Act funding is available for child care providers statewide through the New York Child Care Expansion Incentive Program.” The funding includes:
- $20 million to assist childcare program with reopening and expansion of capacity by providing material to support a more socially distant model, and for supplies and activities associated with reopening and expansion
- $45 million in childcare Reopening and Expansion Incentive funds to pay for 50% of the cost of the newly opened classroom (maximum grant amount of $6,000) as an incentive to open the classroom.