Start-Up Grant

Family Connections, the Child Care Resource and Referral agency of Linn, Benton, and Lincoln Counties, is proud to announce the launch of its 2024 Linn-Benton-Lincoln Family Child Care Start-Up Grant Fund! 

Family Connections has opened its first grant application cycle to Registered Family and Certified Family Child Care providers who were initially licensed in the Linn, Benton, and Lincoln Counties region since January 2023, and those who will shortly be licensed. 

The online grant application can be found here:

Linn, Benton, Lincoln Start-Up Grant Application 

Funding graciously provided by the Ford Family Foundation, the John and Ginger Niemeyer Foundation, the Benton Community Foundation, and the City of Albany.