Maryland Rebuilds is a unique grant opportunity that will help the state as it emerges from over two years of a devastating pandemic and the reverberating economic impact on child care providers. In the last 24 months, MSDE has distributed over $300 million in federal grants to stabilize and sustain the state’s licensed child care programs and its working.
How does the grant program work?
Maryland Rebuilds is a Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) grant opportunity designed to support the state’s child care system in utilizing federal funds to stabilize, strengthen, and sustain the child care system and mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications from eligible applicants will help families find and meet the high cost of child care; assist child care providers to improve the quality of their programs; provide access for children and families to mental health supports and services; offer multiple supports for the early childhood workforce; and increase the resilience of family child care businesses.
Participants requested that MSDE provide ample information, available in multiple formats and languages about how to access federal funds and receive support, to ensure funds are widely and equitably accessible to child care providers across the state. MSDE heard the needs of stakeholders in the virtual town hall meetings and created the Maryland Rebuilds grant opportunity in response to those needs. To transform early childhood systems in Maryland, grants will be awarded under six high-leverage strategies:
- Expanding Access to Quality Child Care
- Early Learning Models of Excellence
- Expanding Mental Health Supports and Services
- Growing a Highly Effective Child Care Workforce
- Boosting Family Child Care
- Advancing a Coordinated Prekindergarten Enrollment System
Each high-leverage strategy is further defined with specific requirements. Applicants must choose at least one of the strategies and provide a description of how planned activities align with the strategy, what products and/or services will be delivered, and the expected impact of the work on the early childhood community.
Maryland Rebuilds Grant Initiative Award Information
Award notices were issued by the Maryland State Department of Education in December 2022. Each recipient will have comprehensive application materials posted on this page. Below is a table that provides direct links to PDF one-pagers (front and back) for each agency. The one-page informational documents summarize awarded and approved program activities, as well as expected outcomes, according to Strategy Areas.
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Maryland Rebuilds Grantees |
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| Tip Top Tots Early Learning Center | Johns Hopkins, IDEALS |
| Critchlow Adkins Children's Center | Abilities Network, Inc. |
| Chesapeake College | Echelon Academy |
| Focus on Children | Higher Ground Education |
| Howard County Community College | IDEALS Institute, Johns Hopkins University |
| Kennedy Krieger | Lucy School |
| LUNA-Family Support Services | Maryland Family Network |
| Montgomery College | Notre Dame University of Maryland |
| Salisbury University | The Parents' Place Maryland |
| Towson University | Towson University |
| University of Maryland | Worcester County Public Schools |
| Howard County Office of Children and Families |
Access Maryland Rebuilds Guidance Here
Who do I contact if I have questions?
Andre Murray
Program Manager, Division of Early Childhood Education
Phone: (410) 767-0583
Email: marylandrebuilds.msde@maryland.gov