Child Care Scholarships Offered to Student Parents

Press Release

Evansville, Ind. -- The USI Children's Learning Center, a division of USI Extended Services, is offering a scholarship opportunity to USI student parents who may be forced to drop out of school due to the expense of child care.

A maximum of $50,000 in child care subsidies will be distributed to scholarship recipients over the next five years, not to exceed $10,000 per year. Each eligible family may apply and be awarded up to $1,800 per year for child care subsidy assistance.

To qualify for the scholarship, students must be Pell Grant eligible and meet the eligibility requirements of their counties' Child Care Voucher program. Since many of the voucher programs have waiting lists, this scholarship can assist families with child care tuition until they are able to obtain assistance through the voucher programs.

Scholarship recipients will receive funds based on a state child care
sliding scale that will determine the amount of subsidy and family
co-pay they will receive to cover child care tuition. The scale will be
based on each student's eligibility.

If you are interested in applying for this scholarship, contact the USI
Children's Learning Center at 812/464-1869. All information will remain
confidential.

Source: University of Southern Indiana