Funding Opportunities

The Success By 6 Council, supported by the Natalie Pugh Memorial Professional Development fund, is looking to help fulfill the need for trained early childhood education teachers with the development of their Early Childhood Education Credential Assistance Program (CAP). This program has made $30,000 available to provide an incentive award payment for qualified applicants to help them attain their Childhood Development Associate (CDA) Credential, Associate or Bachelor’s degree in ECE or a related field. Additionally, United Way will offer an incentive payment to ECE programs supporting their employees as they attain their education.

This United Way funding will be provided to eligible qualifying applicants and their employers according to their level of credential attainment.  This program supports individuals as an additional direct monetary incentive to complete their education and as an incentive payment to assist the individual’s early childhood education program employer as they support their employees to help them attain their educational goals. The incentive funding will range from $500 – $2,000 based on the credential or degree type.

Students must apply before their last semester of schooling.  Check out the full details and application below for more information.