Cornell’s Child Care Grant Program helps faculty and staff pay for child care expenses by granting awards of up to $5,000 a year, tax-free. Applications to the 2014 Child Care Grant Program are accepted through Sept. 30.

The grant covers eligible child care, including infant and toddler day care, pre-school/pre-K programs, school holidays, school-age summer day camps/programs, and school-age before/after school care.

To receive grant funds on a tax-free basis, faculty and staff must be eligible to participate in the dependent care flexible spending account each year. Cornell Cooperative Extension County Association employees are not eligible to apply for the Cornell Grant Program.

Read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) at https://hr.cornell.edu/life/support/ccgsp_faq.pdf or contact the Resource Center at Benefit Services at 607-255-3936 or by email: childcare@cornell.edu. Undergraduate, graduate and professional students can find child care grant information, guidelines and applications on the Cornell Students with Children website http://studentparents.dos.cornell.edu/or email: gradstudentlife@cornell.edu.