Sam S. Bloom Foundation Funds Low-Income Childcare at ACC

(December 20, 2007 – Littleton, Colo.) The Arapahoe Community College Foundation has received a $2,500 grant from the Centennial-based Sam S. Bloom Foundation to help fund tuition stipends for children from low income households to attend to ACC’s Child Development Center (CDC). Childcare stipends enable students with low incomes, who are also parents, to have their child attend ACC’s CDC free-of-charge so they may pursue studies at the College.

The Sam S. Bloom Foundation supports charitable organizations that serve the financially disadvantaged residents of Colorado. The Foundation offers grants for programs that provide an array of services aimed at bringing self-sufficiency to members of highly motivated at-risk populations. It particularly supports programs providing a variety of services to family units with infants and young children.

“High-quality early learning programs like that of ACC’s Child Development Center can help overcome the effects of poverty with a continuity of care that contributes to the long-term educational success of children at risk,” explains ACC Foundation Executive Director Courtney Snowberger. “Our student families are extremely grateful for and dependent on the funding from this foundation as well as the past grants we have received from other donors including: The Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation, Hope for Generations Fund, The McKenzie Foundation, the Kenneth King Foundation, All Coast Forest Products and Post-News Charities.”

During the 2007-2008 Academic Year, ACC’s CDC will award stipends to approximately 35 at-risk children each semester. If you are an organization or individual interested in furnishing funds to ensure this program continues at this level or is expanded, please contact Courtney Snowberger at 303.797.5914.

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