AidKit
AidKit is a company that runs the websites and payments behind cash help programs for governments and nonprofits. It does not give out money itself. Each program below is run by the partner named with it, and you apply through that program.
Programs
Works in 6 states. Each place has its own rules.
Rx Kids (Michigan)
Taking applicationsMichiganCash assistance
Cash for pregnant moms and new babies: $1,500 during pregnancy, then $500 a month for 6 to 12 months, depending on the community.
Pregnant moms and babies who live in a participating Michigan community. You can enroll from 16 weeks of pregnancy until the baby is six months old, if the baby was born after your community started.
Open in select Michigan communities.
Rx Kids (Cleveland)
Taking applicationsClevelandCash assistance
Cash for pregnant moms and new babies in parts of Cleveland: $1,500 during pregnancy, then $500 a month for 6 to 12 months.
Pregnant moms and babies who live in Cleveland ZIP codes 44103, 44110 or 44114.
Open since September 1, 2026.
Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund
Waitlist openDistrict of ColumbiaOther help
Quarterly payments from the District to licensed child care providers so they can pay early childhood educators at or above OSSE's minimum salaries.
Child care providers with a facility licensed by OSSE in the District of Columbia, and the educators who work there.
Waiting list for new providers since April 1, 2025.
Whatcom Kids First Child Care Subsidy
Call to confirmWhatcom CountyChild care
A planned Whatcom County child care subsidy: $300 a month for each child 5 or younger, paid to the licensed child care provider.
Families with young children in Whatcom County who earn up to 75% of the state median income and do not qualify for the state's child care help.
Not open yet. Read from public radio coverage; the county's site could not be read.
Closed (5)
Best Starts for Kids Child Care Wage Boost Pilot
ClosedKing CountyCash assistance
Quarterly payments to child care workers at selected King County facilities, through 2027: $2,080 a quarter for full-time workers and $1,040 for part-time workers.
Staff at child care centers, family child care homes and school-age programs in King County whose facility was picked in the lottery.
Closed to new facilities. Payments to enrolled workers continue through 2027.
The Nest
ClosedKing County, Pierce CountyCash assistance
Guaranteed income for Indigenous families: $1,250 a month from pregnancy until the child's third birthday, for up to 150 families.
Indigenous people (North America or Pacific Islander) at least 12 weeks pregnant, living in King County, Pierce County or on the Tulalip Reservation, under the program's income limits.
Elevate Boulder
ClosedBoulderCash assistance
The City of Boulder's guaranteed income program. In 2024 and 2025 it gave 200 households $500 a month for two years.
Low-income households in the City of Boulder.
Not accepting applications at this time.
With City of Boulder
Small Business Recovery Grants (Lineage Fire and East Los Angeles oil spill)
ClosedLos Angeles CountyEmergency funds
One-time grants of up to $3,000 for small businesses hurt by the June 2026 Lineage Fire or the May 2026 East Los Angeles oil spill. Home-based businesses, sidewalk vendors and mobile businesses could get $1,000.
Small businesses inside the county's mapped impact areas, open there at least 30 days before the event, with 100 or fewer employees and $6 million or less in yearly sales.
The extended deadline was October 9, 2026.
LA Region Worker Relief Fund
ClosedLos Angeles CountyEmergency funds
One-time $2,000 grants for Los Angeles County workers who lost income because of the January 2025 windstorm and wildfires.
Adults living in Los Angeles County who worked there when the fires started and lost income because of where they worked or because they lost their home. Immigration status did not matter.
Closed March 12, 2025.
With Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity, City of Los Angeles Economic and Workforce Development Department