Open / Ongoing
Atlas Opportunity Score 91/100
Verified September 29, 2026
North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS)
North Dakota HHS is offering up to $500,000 to expand licensed child care during evenings, nights, weekends, overnight periods, and other non-traditional hours. HHS plans to fund one or two programs. Applicants must document parent demand, secure employer or community partners, be ready to launch within three months, and provide a sustainability plan.
Required next actionPrioritize eligible North Dakota communities outside the Fargo area and Oakes with documented demand from non-traditional-shift workers; secure employer or community partners and three letters of support; confirm three-month launch readiness and sustainability; complete SFN 1920; and submit by email while funding remains.
Open — applications due March 31, 2027
Atlas Opportunity Score 89/100
Verified October 7, 2026
North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS)
North Dakota HHS behavioral health funding for eligible school districts and Special Education Units that billed Medicaid for School-Based services in the prior school year. Applications are due March 31, 2027.
Required next actionConfirm the school district or Special Education Unit is listed as eligible and verify its current unit-specific eligibility amount on the North Dakota HHS table. Obtain the current application and forms from HHS, build the budget around eligible behavioral-health services and supports that are not reimbursable from another source, and submit the completed application to HHS by March 31, 2027. The public program page does not publish a clock-time cutoff, so applicants should submit early rather than infer a time zone.
Open / Ongoing
Atlas Opportunity Score 86/100
Verified September 29, 2026
North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS)
North Dakota HHS is offering the Grow Child Care Grant to newly licensed or expanding child care programs in designated desert and high-needs counties, plus qualifying infant and toddler expansion statewide. Awards can reach $100,000 depending on pathway. Programs must meet licensing or expansion timing requirements and submit a viable business plan and startup budget.
Required next actionConfirm the desert-county, high-needs-county, or statewide infant/toddler pathway; verify the licensing or expansion date and 60-day eligibility window; complete the pre-application, business plan and startup budget; meet the required business-plan score; and submit through the ND Early Childhood Hub while funding remains.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 84/100
Verified September 12, 2026
North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS)
North Dakota is seeking provider-facing population-health, care-coordination, interoperability, and virtual-care solution information under SRC000374. Responses are due September 2, 2026; the controlling ND Buy portal is currently access-blocked to automated review.
Required next actionClosed September 2, 2026. Do not initiate outreach or attempt a response to SRC000374. Retain the record for procurement history and monitor North Dakota HHS and ND Buy for any successor solicitation, amendment, reopening, or procurement derived from this RFI.
Open — applications accepted through March 1, 2027 or until funds are fully awarded
Atlas Opportunity Score 84/100
Verified October 7, 2026
North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS)
North Dakota HHS has expanded the current FamilyFirst Services Training and Implementation Grant pool to $800,000 for agencies and professionals to train and implement approved evidence-based prevention services. Applications are reviewed as received through March 1, 2027 or until funds are allocated.
Required next actionConfirm the applicant is legally organized to conduct business in North Dakota, has principals with demonstrated human-services experience serving children and families, can document an unmet need in at least one North Dakota community, and intends to train for and implement at least one approved FamilyFirst evidence-based prevention service. Select the approved service, identify staff to be trained, define counties/service areas, prepare the application and budget worksheet, tie all startup, training, travel, outreach, technology or equipment costs directly to service delivery and implementation, and submit promptly because applications are reviewed as received until funds are exhausted or March 1, 2027.
Open / Ongoing
Atlas Opportunity Score 82/100
Verified September 29, 2026
North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS)
North Dakota HHS is offering the Inclusive Care Support Grant to licensed or self-declared child care providers serving a child with a current IEP or IFSP. Funding supports child-specific activities, specialized equipment, and environmental modifications that improve inclusive care. Applications remain open while funding is available.
Required next actionVerify HHS licensed or self-declared provider status, confirm a current IEP or IFSP for the enrolled child, identify the child-specific inclusive-care need, complete SFN 1930, and submit all required documentation through the ND Early Childhood Hub before limited funding is exhausted.
Open / Annual
Atlas Opportunity Score 74/100
Verified October 3, 2026
North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS)
North Dakota HHS QRIS Quality Improvement Grants provide $1,000 to $12,000 annually to licensed child care programs based on licensed capacity and Step 2, 3, or 4 quality rating.
Required next actionVerify current North Dakota HHS child care licensing, Bright & Early ND quality-rating status, licensed capacity, current annual availability, and live ND Early Childhood Hub application requirements before applying.
Open / Ongoing
Atlas Opportunity Score 70/100
Verified October 3, 2026
North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS)
North Dakota HHS Facility Improvement Grants support licensed child care facilities affected by qualifying fire, flood, severe weather damage, or structural failure after July 1, 2025. Applications are handled through the ND Early Childhood Hub while funding is available.
Required next actionVerify HHS child care licensing and that the qualifying fire, flood, severe-weather damage, or structural failure occurred after July 1, 2025; complete the pre-application, SFN 1954 worksheet, SFN 1953 acknowledgement, and before-damage photographs; then submit through the ND Early Childhood Hub while funds remain.
