{"id":3821,"date":"2026-10-08T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/?p=3821"},"modified":"2026-10-12T10:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T15:17:11","slug":"jccc-not-selected-for-child-care-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/2026\/10\/08\/jccc-not-selected-for-child-care-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"JCCC Not Selected For Child Care Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mekki Santee who is both a mom, and student is apart of Johnson County\u2019s nursing program. Photo By: Josiah Ann Nelson.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Courtney Hultgren, Program Director for the Hiersteiner Child Development Center at JCCC, emailed yesterday to announce that they had received official notice from the U.S. Department of Education that JCCC was not selected for the <\/span>CCAMPIS<\/span><\/a> grant application for the current grant cycle.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOut of 296 colleges that applied nationwide,\u201d Hultgren wrote. \u201cOnly 40 were funded, and no institutions in Kansas received awards.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 2022 CCAMPIS grant awarded $618,204 to JCCC, enabling it to award over $150,000 in scholarships to student parents annually.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0“<\/span>This is disappointing news,\u201d Hultgren wrote. \u201cWe know how vital this assistance is to our student families, and we dedicated significant time and effort to preparing a strong application. Unfortunately, this was an extraordinarily competitive grant cycle.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although JCCC is very disappointed by the news, they remain fully committed to the student parents who are part of the CCAMPIS scholarship. The grant officially ended on Sept. 30; however, the families that are affected by the news will have their scholarships covered for the rest of the semester.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cChildcare costs will be 100% funded through Dec. 11, 2026 (the end of the JCCC fall 2026 semester),\u201d Hultgren wrote.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The email included next steps for the families after the semester ends.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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