Grants & Community Outreach

The Auraria Early Learning Center relies on grant funding to provide additional support for programs, education, and facility upgrades.

Current Grants

• ECE Circle Grant
• Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation
  • The Temple Hoyne Buell Grant will be used to provide Love and Logic classes, a Parenting Safe Children workshop for families and staff, family subsidies, support for the implementation of TS Gold assessment, and educational supplies for the classrooms.
• CCD Childcare Scholarships 
  • Childcare and Displaced Homemaker (KEYS)
    • The KEYS scholarship program provides support and services to displaced homemakers to become self-sufficient. 
  • Strengthening Working Families Initiative (SWFI)
    • The Strengthening Working Families Initiative (SWFI) supports CCD students studying Healthcare, Information Technology, and Advanced Manufacturing by providing gap funding for childcare, as well as assisting with navigating Colorado Shines requirements and completing CCAP/DPP applications, among other supportive services.
• MSU Denver Subsidy
  • You may qualify for a subsidy for childcare tuition through a grant from the MSU Denver Student Affairs Board. Please inquire about this program at the front desk.
• SLPH
• ECE Internships

Outreach

The Auraria Early Learning Center partners with various organizations in the Denver community to provide enrichment and educational programs for the center and the families we serve.

• Foster Grandparent Program
  • The Volunteers of America Foster Grandparent Program is a fun and cross-generational program where seniors volunteer at AELC to help care for the children. The mission of the program is to offer seniors the opportunity to use their experience to improve the lives of children. Because many children do not live close to their biological grandparents, our foster grandparents serve as a proxy for the traditional child-grandparent relationship, benefiting all involved.