Request For Grant Proposals Now Open
Deadline April 10th 2026 at 12PM AK time
The Municipality of Anchorage will be funding proposals that aim to drive innovation, increase access to quality, affordable child care, and bring further investment into the child care and early education sector. Successful proposals will be creative and likely lead to increased child care and early education capacity in the Anchorage community.
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Request For Grant Proposal PDF
The Muni is also making funding available for capital projects and educational infrastructure. Funding ranges for capital projects will be between $5,000-200,000. Successful proposals will provide a positive impact to children in child care and early education programs within the Municipality of Anchorage, and awards will be scaled based upon impact and children served. Programs must operate at least part time, year-round, to be eligible for capital funding.
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How to Create An Account
BidExpress Account Creation
In order to apply for this opportunity, applicants must create an account for BidExpress. There is no cost to creating an account or submitting an application for this RFGP. If you have previously applied for an opportunity with the MOA, you can use your existing BidExpress account. -
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Application
Once an account is created for BidExpress, applications can be submitted.
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Technical Assistance Available!
Agnew::Beck
Technical Assistance is available to applicants, provided by Agnew & Beck Consulting, LLC. Applicants can use this consultant for assistance drafting a proposal, and with technical aspects of a proposal, such as navigating Bid Express. For more information contact 907-206-3055, available between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Alaska Time, or design@agnewbeck.com.
Get Involved
Our goal is to shape the Anchorage Child Care and Early Education Fund to meet immediate needs of the sector while building a sustainable, long-term effective system for our families and community. Feedback from and engagement with stakeholders – including providers, parents, businesses, and others – is essential to doing this effectively. Early on, we hosted a number of events to engage stakeholders, including individual meetings, presentations, listening sessions, and participation in larger conversations with others also working to solve our community’s child care and early education challenges. And now that the ACCEE Fund Board is seated, we offer an opportunity at each of our meetings to hear from the public. Please see below for a list of upcoming and past events and meetings.
To share ideas or feedback, you can also use our contact form, available here.
Upcoming Meetings
**note time change for meetings!**
The ACCEE Fund Board meets monthly on the third Wednesday of the month from 9-11am, unless otherwise noted. All Board meetings are open to the public. Meetings take place on the 8th floor of Anchorage City Hall (632 W. 6th Avenue) in the Mayor’s Conference Room. You can also join Board meetings virtually via Teams at the link below.
Next regular meeting: March 18, 2026 (draft agenda here)
Other meetings in 2026: April 15; May 20; June 17; July 15; August 19; September 16; October 21; November 18; December 16
Join Microsoft Teams meeting here
Meeting ID: 291 757 352 399 21
Passcode: XN6Zs3KF
Past Meetings and Events
In April of 2023, Anchorage residents voted and passed Proposition 14 - Anchorage’s Child Care and Early Education Fund. The funds began accumulating in January of 2024, with an estimated five million dollars available annually.
To ensure these funds are used effectively, a private/public partnership between the Municipality of Anchorage and the Alaska Children’s Trust was formed to establish an Implementation Team. The Implementation Team was responsible for detailing how best to use these funds immediately as well as how to build a sustainable system for our families. The Implementation Team also brought forward an ordinance to the Anchorage Assembly that laid out the process for the ACCEE Fund Board, which now provides oversight and advice for the Fund.