The Virginia Association for Early Childhood Education (VAECE) has established an annual subsidy project to assist programs for young children interested in initial accreditation or re-accreditation from the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs of NAEYC.  VAECE will reimburse 50 percent of the amount paid by an early childhood program towards fee for any of the four steps in the NAEYC Accreditation/Re-accreditation process, annual report fee, or the verification visit fee.

Criteria for selection:

1.  At least one full-time staff member must be a current member of VAECE.
2.  Awards will be made on a first-come, first-served basis.
3.  Once the funds are allocated for the VAECE fiscal year, no more grants will be awarded until the following fiscal year.
4.  The subsidy will be awarded on a reimbursement basis upon proof of application for self-study materials and/or the validation visit.

More information and a link to an application is available here: www.vaece.org/grantsawards.html