HAND-UP CHILDCARE TUITION ASSISTANCE
Helping local families pay for childcare tuition at quality early learning centers
Every child from birth to age 5 deserves quality early learning—where they can begin to grow essential life skills. We know many hardworking families don’t qualify for government aid, so that’s why we provide help.
"A person's character, when built on a weak foundation, always needs repairs.
Why do we spend money on repairing people
instead of spending money on their foundations?"
Joe Santoro
Our Hand-Up Tuition Assistance program helps families in Central Florida. We contribute toward childcare tuition at approved, high-quality early learning centers.
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We work with approved quality early learning centers in Central Florida
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We help families who don’t qualify for government pre-K assistance but are finding tuition hard to cover.
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We pay $200 per month per child from birth to age 5 directly to the child’s early learning center until they are in VPK or kindergarten.
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To apply, you’ll start by sending us a completed pre-eligibility form (found HERE); then, if pre-approved, you'll complete our application, provide financial documentation, and have a brief interview.
Children with good foundations can win the biggest game -- LIFE!
Our Impact
- Serving 12 childcare / early learning centers in 4 counties in Florida
- 49 children currently benefit from our monthly tuition assistance
- $9,800 per month in assistance is currently making families' lives better
If you are a WORKING PARENT with one or more preschoolers (birth to age 5) and are struggling to pay for childcare tuition at a quality early learning center, we may be able to help! Click HERE to go to our Documents page to read our parents' flyer, and then look at our Income Eligibility Chart to see if your family size and income fit within our approval parameters.
If you believe you may be qualified, download our Pre-Eligibility form, complete it in its entirety, including the name and address of the early learning center you are already or wish to enroll in, and send it to us. We'll let you know if you qualify, and if you do, then we'll ask you to complete our full application to move ahead.
IF YOU OWN, DIRECT OR WORK FOR A QUALITY EARLY LEARNING CENTER in Central Florida and would like additional information about how your center can offer our HAND-UP Childcare Tuition Assistance Program to your enrollees, please click HERE to go to the Documents page of this site for informational flyers that outline how simple our program is to implement, as well as the documentation we require from applicants. Or, simply reach out to us on our “Contact Us” page and let us know if you are interested; please include your center’s name, address, telephone number, and the person to contact there. We’ll gladly send you further information about our program and the participation requirements.
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