Re: I want to open a daycare for disabled children in nj

rebecca law

Posted on 11/28/11

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On 6/02/07, Rose wrote:
> On 6/01/07, Melissa wrote:
>> I want to open a daycare for typical and disabled children
>> ages 3months to 5 years in NJ. I was wondering about any
>> grants i could receive.
>
> And yet we get another question about grants for starting a
> daycare. As I have said before there are a lot of questions
> that have to be answered. One of the most important is
> whether or not your daycare will be a for-profit, non-profit
> or a combination of both.
>
> I have gotten a lot of email from people that want to start
> their own daycare and I would say the majority of them are
> talking about a for-profit daycare that they want to start.
> While so many others have said that there are no grant
> programs to start a for-profit I have found that that is not
> the case. On my own daycare basics page I talk about 2
> funding programs that are open to those that want to start
> their own business - which includes starting a for-profit
> daycare business. One of the program's grant award is $20,000
> and the second is $100,000 which can be used for ANYTHING the
> recipient wants! What's ironic about these two funding
> programs is that they are not government programs but funding
> programs from an organization and a business. Mind you the
> people (including the clients that I have) that know about
> these programs are absolutely blown away by the fact that
> there are other sources of grant programs other than the
> government - however that's not to say to rule out all of
> those government grant programs because they are still a good
> source of grant programs.
>
> Another thing that I am finding out to be a little bit
> disturbing is that a lot of people assume that the grant is
> guarenteed. It is not! You have to apply for them. These
> grant and funding programs all have different eligibility and
> submission requirements - no two are alike. Basically
> speaking you have to show that you are serious about the
> business that you want to start - meaning that you have some
> sort of business plan that you submit to show that you have
> seriously thought this thing out. A lot of the for-profit
> funding programs were put in place to help encourage the
> person that wants to start their own business BUT they are
> going to be careful about who they are going to award the
> money to and the more serious you are the more it will show in
> your submission and the more likely you are to receive the
grant.
>
> Both of the funding programs that I mentioned above are on a
> national level meaning that those from all 50 states can apply
> that meet the eligibility requirements.
>
> You have to take into account the nature and reasons behind
> these grant programs. Entities are giving you money that you
> don't have to pay back BUT you have to be a good investment to
> them in order to GET that money!

i want to start a daycare in rhode island for kids with
developmental diabilities 6-21 for parents who want to work and
have there kids not be in state programs..how do i get
started ?????

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