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. The application period for the 2015 Child Care Grant Program began Sept. 1 and runs through Sept. 30.

The grant covers eligible child care, including infant and toddler day care, preschool/preK 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, for example, are not eligible to apply for the grant program.

For more information, 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 and graduate/professional students can find child care grant information, guidelines and applications posted on the Cornell Students with Children website at http://studentparents.dos.cornell.edu/ or by emailing Laura Weiss at lbw26@cornell.edu.