Introducing SVCF’s New Director of Housing Kiyomi Yamamoto Meet Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s new Director of Housing! Kiyomi Yamamoto is currently focused on affordable housing issues because it is unconscionable to accept unstable and uninhabitable living conditions as viable options for our neighbors, especially when we can all play a Read more…
Greystar Case Study This Build Up SMC case study highlights the impacts of a child-centered vision supported by community investment and our path to get there. The future child care center at Greystar’s South Main Mixed-Use project demonstrates the level of community engagement and commitment needed to create environments for Read more…
BUILD UP SUPPORTS Learning Hubs Expansion Grant Fund On January 26, 2021 the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted to allocate $1.5M in support of Local Learning Hubs. Supervisors Dave Pine and Carole Groom championed this new grant program for operators of supportive spaces assisting socioeconomically disadvantaged students engaged Read more…
BUILD UP SUPPORTS Child Care Relief Fund In July, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors allocated $2M of CARES Act funds to the Child Care Relief Fund. Eligibility for this grant program is limited to licensed child care centers and family child care homes as well as license-exempt public Read more…
Build Up for San Mateo County’s Children Featured in: Living! LOCAL Foster City Area Guide Living! LOCAL, Foster City Area Guide. Online Magazine: Vol. 3 pg 38-39.
Child Care Providers Apply for Rental Assistance Immediately The City of San Mateo has partnered with Samaritan House to provide up to $120,000 in direct rental assistance for in-home child care providers economically impacted by COVID-19. Funds are distributed on a rolling basis until the funds are depleted. Financial assistance Read more…
Home-based, licensed child care providers in the counties of San Francisco, San Mateo or Santa Clara that are experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19 can apply for a grant of up to $10,000.
San Mateo County Essential Worker Child Care Survey WE NEED YOUR HELP TO PLAN FOR EMERGENCY CHILD CARE This survey will inform the San Mateo County Child Care COVID-19 Response Team as it works to establish a system of emergency child care for our county’s most essential workers. The survey Read more…
Dear Community Partners, The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to pose a serious health concern in our community. We have been closely monitoring the latest news, and we are following the guidelines and protocols provided by San Mateo County Health Department and other state and federal agencies to keep Read more…
Build Up Family Child Care Grants Build Up for San Mateo County’s Children, with support from Gilead Sciences Inc., is excited to announce our Family Child Care (FCC) Grants awarding up to $5,000 per home financing projects designed to increase capacity from a small FCC license to large FCC license Read more…