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[Grant] Baby Steps Grant The Baby Steps Grant is a non-competitive grant available to licensed child care programs that provide all day, year around child care for children under the age of two. The goals of the program are to increase the overall quality of center-based infant/toddler child care and to increase the availability of infant/toddler care. This grant provides centers with funds for furniture, equipment and materials, to make minor improvements to the rooms the children are cared for in as well as to create and/or improve a separate infant/toddler playground for outdoor play. Programs are reimbursed for wages paid to infant/toddler staff while attending specific training classes. Each program is assigned an Infant/Toddler Specialist who works with the caregivers and directors to assist them in reaching higher standards of quality. Participating centers are initially evaluated with the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale—Revised (ITERS-R) and set goals based on the results. Certain benchmarks must be achieved to be eligible to write a competitive proposal for two more years of funding in the Next Steps Grant Program. [Eligible Applicants] Licensed Centers that care for children 0-24 months. [Open/Closed] 
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