Helping Student Parents Stay Enrolled and Complete Their Goals
Child Care Grant (Draft)
The Child Care Grant helps eligible student parents pay for childcare expenses so they can stay enrolled, attend classes, complete coursework, and continue working toward their educational goals.
The Child Care Grant Can Help You:
Stay enrolled in college
Attend classess and labs
Complete coursework
Reduce financial stress
Achieve your educational goals
Build a better future for your family
Who May Qualify?
- Are enrolled at a North Carolina community college
- Are a parent or legal guardian responsible for childcare expenses
- Need childcare support to remain enrolled or participate in coursework
- Use an eligible childcare provider
- Provide required documentation (invoice/receipt)
Eligible Childcare Providers
Childcare providers may include:
- Licensed daycare centers
- Licensed and unlicensed individuals providers
- Unlicensed daycare centers
- Grandparents or other relatives (not the parent of the children)
- Personal nannies
- Before-school or after-school programs
- Summer programs
What Expenses May Be Covered?
The grant may help cover eligible childcare expenses that support a student parent's ability to remain enrolled and participate in college-related activities.
- Reasonable based on local childcare rates
- Properly documented
- Connected to the students enrollment and attendance
- Not already paid by another agency, grant, or outside funding source
How Funds Are Paid
Child Care Grant funds may be paid:
- Directly to the childcare provider, or
- To the student-parent for the purpose of paying an eligible childcare provider.
- Funds disbursed after the college receives an invoice from the childcare provider and verification of student attendance.
- Funds cannot be paid in advance for services that have not yet been provided.
Important Restrictions
Child Care Grant funds may not be used for:
- Advance payments for future childcare services
- Parents may not be paid to care for their own children
- College administrative cost or salaries
- Operating costs for college childcare facilities
- Childcare staff positions
Common Questions
For Colleges: Strategies to Support Student Parents
Include Child Care Grant
Use CRM
Partner Across Campuses
Work with local
Build Partnerships
Review Utilization
Contact your college's Financial Aid Office or Student Services Department for more information. Find My College