Alice Huffard Richards Fund
Early Child Development Grants
We believe that access to extraordinary educational opportunities from birth is critical for the health and happiness of the children of West Georgia and the communities in which they will live and work. We prioritize grants that impact children from birth through age four.
We fund:
Efforts designed to develop young children’s “reading readiness” and early literacy skills
Access to local, high quality early educational opportunities
Professional development of the local, early childhood development workforce
Early screening and intervention for preschoolers around problems that could limit educational success (speech, hearing, vision, development, autism, and specific learning disabilities)
Approaches that prepare parents to effectively support their child’s early learning, develop reading readiness skills and promote early literacy (parent coaching/mentoring, book in the home, etc.)
Eligibility Requirements
Only 501(c)(3) nonprofits or those operating under a 501(c)(3) nonprofit may apply
Must meet the requirements specific to each grant
Applications must be submitted online
Early application is encouraged
Grants are to be used in Carroll, Haralson, or Heard counties or designed to specifically benefit those communities
The grant year for funded applications will run January through December
Applications for AHR’s 2022 grants open on Monday, August 22, 2022 and close at 5:00 P.M. on Friday September 23, 2022