RISE Provider Incentives
RISE Provider Incentives fall in into three categories and are available to help strengthen licensed child care centers as well as Family Child Care (FCC) homes.
Publicly Funded Child Care Incentive Grants: Publicly Funded Child Care (PFCC) is critical to ensuring children from low-income families have access to quality early learning. Licensed child care providers that enter into new PFCC agreements with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services will receive up awards of up to $5,000 for centers and $2,500 for FCC homes.
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Step Up To Quality Incentives: Step Up To Quality (SUTQ) is Ohio's Quality Rating & Improvement System for child care and early education programs. Centers and FCC homes can receive an incentive award of $21,000 and $10,500, respectively, each year for increasing their a SUTQ star rating by at least one star.
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Nontraditional Care Incentives: Child care is often not available for parents who need it, many of whom are employed in the manufacturing, retail, construction, food service, or health sectors or as first responders and work non-traditional hours. Child care centers that enroll children during nontraditional hours (6 p.m. – 6 a.m. on weekdays and/or weekends) are eligible for incentives awards of up to $10,000 annually and FCC homes are eligible for up to $5,000.
**UPDATE: Due to overwhelming response, we are not currently accepting new applications for Nontraditional Care Incentives.**