programs & SCHOLARSHIPS
ELC
- School Readiness Program: Offers financial assistance to low income families for early education.
- Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program (VPK): Free educational program that prepares 4-year-olds for kindergarten and beyond.
- Match Program: Helps low to moderate wage-earning or hourly workers who are in need of child care financial assistance.
Children's trust
- Thrive by 5 Initiative: An integrated system of support for children, families, teachers and providers.
- Families Foward Child Care Scholarships: Awarded to families who do not qualify for a School Readiness but still cannot afford the cost of quality child care. Covers families with incomes up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level.
STEP UP
- Florida Tax Credit Scholarship (FTC): Allows K-12 students who are Florida residents to gain access to a scholarship, regardless of household income.
- Family Empowerment Scholarships for Educational Options(FES-EO): Allows K-12 students who are Florida residents to gain access to a scholarship, regardless of household income.
- Family Empowerment Scholarships for Unique Abilities (FES-UA): Available to students age 3 through grade 12 or age 22, whichever comes first, who have a specific diagnosis.
- Hope: Provides financial assistance for private school tuition and is available to K-12 grade public school students who have experienced bullying, assault, threats or other violent acts.
- New World Reading: Supports your struggling K-5th grade child in becoming a stronger reader.