Scottish disability organisation Capability Scotland, one of 17 projects to gain funding, was awarded 750,000 - the biggest grant to date from the fund's Quality Childcare Programme.
The cash will help the charity pilot four new services that will provide 84 places to families with a disabled child after school and during school holidays.
It follows research published last year by Capability Scotland revealing that local mainstream childcare providers struggled to offer places to disabled children, often because they lacked knowledge, confidence and resources.
Capability Scotland development manager Mark Bevan welcomed the cash award and the additional 95,000 being provided by Inverclyde Council to support the project.
'The funding means we can pilot a new approach to supporting young people in both existing mainstream and new specialist out-of-school care services,' he said.
'We hope the lessons learned will influence the development of more opportunities across Scotland which will benefit young people with a disability and their families.'
Other organisations to win funding include Argyll College at Dunstaffnage near Oban, which picked up 39,000 to develop a nursery. The cash will help provide quality childcare and support learning for childcare workers with courses available in first aid and meningitis awareness.
Care section manager Rena MacDonald said, 'The aim of the new nursery is threefold - not only will it increase the ability of students with children to fully participate in college life, it will enable us to have an on-site facility to train the childcare students to a high standard. It will also provide employment for already trained local nursery staff.'
Mid-Annandale Play Care Group in Dumfries and Galloway received 5,000 to refurbish and improve their premises in Lockerbie. Playgroup manager Cilla Hetherington said she was delighted with the award because the hall has little space.
'This money will allow us to free up space by installing ceiling mounted heaters which means we can replace those on the floor. For the children it will be a safer and healthier environment and it will mean there is more room for all our activities,' she said.
