Child Care Relief Fund

The Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 today to provide $2 million to support local child care providers who have taken a financial hit due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new Child Care Relief Fund serves twin goals: help providers remain open – particularly those in areas of the county serving families with low incomes – and to ensure working families have access to quality child care.

Under the formula approved today, licensed child care centers would be eligible for grants of up to $25,000 and family child care homes would be eligible for grants of up to $10,000.

Centers across San Mateo County will be eligible for relief through a weighted point system. Priority funding will be targeted to providers who serve vulnerable families (those receiving CalWORKS subsidies, for instance), participate in County initiatives such as The Big Lift and meet other requirements.