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Johnson County Funding Opportunities

 

 

 

For Immediate Release

Contact:
Alicia Lepic
319-339-7206
assist@JCEmpowerment.org

Funding available for Johnson County Children’s Projects

(Iowa City, Iowa) (February 11, 2008) - The Johnson County Empowerment Board announces the availability of funds for programs that provide support to families with children pre-birth to five years old.
The purpose of the funds is to support programs that will have a positive impact on measures of:
  
early education,
   children’s health, and/or
   parent education and family support services

Purposes of the funding are to ensure that young children are properly nurtured and stimulated in safe and healthy environments so that they are ready to learn and succeed when they enter school and to increase the availability of quality child care to support parents in obtaining or retaining employment. Anyone providing services to Johnson County families is eligible to apply. Funds are available for programs to run July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. A Bidder’s Conference will be held on Friday February 22 at 3:00 p.m. in Suite 266 at 1150 5th Street, Coralville. Additional information and grant applications can be obtained from Alicia Lepic, Johnson County Empowerment, 1150 5th Street, Suite 261, Coralville, IA 52241; or at
www.jcempowermentorg/Funding_
Opportunities/funding_opportunities.html
; or at 319-339-7206 or assist@jcempowerment.org. Proposals must be received by 4:30 pm on Friday, March 28, 2008.

 

Click here for RFP

 

Also see the Empowerment Programs page regarding the opportunities below.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PRESCHOOL:

 

$200 COUPON FOR EARLY EDUCATOR TRAINING

 

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