Help Shape the Future of Child Care—Tell Us About Your Facility Needs

We need your help! GEEARS: Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students and the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) are advocating for the creation of a child care facilities fund to expand and improve access to existing and new high-quality child care programs across the state. Through targeted infrastructure grants, a new child care facilities fund would help licensed providers construct, renovate, or modernize their facilities to better serve Georgia’s families.

To help demonstrate the importance of such a fund, GEEARS and LIIF are collecting stories from providers across Georgia. Have your facility’s needs affected the quality of the care you can offer? Have you  been unable to expand due to lack of capital funding? When policymakers and other stakeholders hear your stories and learn about your challenges, we hope they’ll feel compelled and inspired to champion this program. 

To help us identify providers interested in sharing their experiences, please complete the short interest form below. If you are selected, GEEARS staff will reach out to learn more about your story.

Your program’s experience can help shape policy solutions to strengthen Georgia’s child care infrastructure. As an extra thank-you for your time, providers who complete the form below will be entered into a drawing to win one of three $50 VISA gift cards.

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Name of Child Care Program *

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City *

Contact Name *

Contact Email *

Contact Phone Number *

What type of child care provider are you? *

• Child Care Learning Center (CCLC)
• Family Child Care Learning Home (FCCLH)

Do you participate in any of the following programs? Select all that apply. *

• Georgia’s Childcare and Parent Services (CAPS) Program
• Georgia’s Lottery-Funded Pre-K Program
• Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
• Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)

Do you serve children with disabilities? *

• Yes
• No

Do you have a waitlist? *

• Yes
• No

If yes, approximately how many children are on your waitlist?

Do you rent or own your child care facility? *

• Rent
• Own
• Unsure

Have you considered or completed renovations on your current child care facility? *

• Considered
• In process
• Completed
• None of the above

If you've considered but not started, what is keeping you from starting? Select all that apply. *

• I don't have a way to pay for it
• I can't find a contractor
• City or county regulations are too complicated
• Not enough demand
• Other

If you selected "other," please describe.

If you've completed renovations or expansion how did you pay for it? Select all that apply. *

• Personal savings
• Program reserves
• Credit card
• Loan from the Small Business Administration
• Loan from a bank
• Grant from a foundation
• Grant from a government agency (e.g., DECAL)
• Other
• Not applicable

Is there any additional information you would like us to know about your child care program’s facility needs?

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