Grants & Funding Opportunities
Strengthen your child care business with these financial resources.
Funding Opportunities Open Now
- 2025 Alaska SEED ROOTS Awards. Open September 15 – October 13
- Business of Caring – Child Care Licensing Support Program. Open September 17 – October 31
- Go NAPSACC Quality Initiative. Open October 6 – October 20
Closed Funding Opportunities
- Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential Training Series.
- Municipality of Anchorage (MOA) Early Educator Health & Wellness Grant
- Steady Child Care
- Alaska SEED Registry and ServicePortal Quality Initiative
- IMPROVE Child Care Grant
- Community INNOVATION Grant
- Alaska SEED 2024 ROOTS Award
- Focus on Child Care Grant: Building Resilience Post-Pandemic
Tips for Completing a W-9
thread is required to have an IRS Form W-9 from individuals or organizations receiving funds from thread. Use these tips to help fill out your W-9 before submitting to thread.
Child Care Assistance in Northern Interior and Southeast Alaska
thread administers the State of Alaska Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) for the CCAP Northern and Southeast service delivery areas. Your program may be eligible to participate in CCAP to receive subsidy payments from the State of Alaska on behalf of an eligible family in Northern Interior or Southeast Alaska.
For more information, contact our child care assistance staff between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday to Friday at:
Phone: 907.265.3100 or toll free 800.278.3723
Toll Free Fax: 855.479.2295
Email: CCAthread [at] threadalaska.org
Mail: 542 4th Avenue, Suite 226, Fairbanks, AK 99701
For information about CCAP in other regions, contact the Child Care Program Office (CCPO).
Other Funding Resources
- Lifeline: a federal program to lower the cost of phone or internet service
- Seward Childcare Provider Startup Assistance Program
- Tanana Chiefs Conference
- Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Southeast)
- Fee Assistance Program for Military Families (Child Care Aware of America)
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- Tom Copeland’s Taking Care of Business Blog
- IRS Info: Tax Deductions for Educators