What is the Child Care Fund?

If you are a child care provider in need of financing, Cascadia Revolving Fund may be able to help. We understand the financial hurdles many child care providers face. The cost of providing high quality child care is considerable. Playground equipment, supplies, facility renovations, ongoing maintenance, and staff additions all cost money.

Cascadia’s Child Care Fund offers low-interest loans and technical assistance to help child care providers finance a variety of business-related purposes. These tools are available to Washington- and Oregon-based providers who don’t qualify for traditional bank financing.

Child care providers may obtain a loan of up to $500,000.

Interest rates range from 8-10%.

Loan terms range from 12 to 84 months.

Cascadia works with child care providers both before and after a loan is made to make sure that the financing provided by the Child Care Fund is the right solution for the provider’s needs. Cascadia’s in-house business consultant offers providers one-on-one counseling to help them better manage both their personal and business finances. In addition, Cascadia offers all King County-based child care providers the opportunity to participate in personal financial management classes, provided in cooperation with Child Care Resources and the Boeing Employees Credit Union.

For more information contact one of Cascadia's lenders at (206) 447-9226 or (503) 235-9635. She or he will explain the loan process to you, and help you determine if a Child Care Fund loan is right for your business.

After talking with a lender, download the following three documents.