Private Scholarship Programs

Private scholarship programs provide low-income children with the same educational opportunities that wealthier families enjoy by paying a portion of the tuition for a child to attend a private scholarship school.

• To qualify for a private scholarship the student usually needs to be from a family that qualifies for the federal free- or reduced-price lunch program and living in the district which the program has been set up to serve.
   
• There are a variety of private scholarship programs around the nation. Student-sponsor programs, boarding school programs, religiously affiliated, archdiocesan and other Catholic school aid programs, and community scholarship programs have been providing parents a choice for years.

Contact the program in your community for additional information on how to apply. You may also want to check with the school to which you are interested in sending your child. They might have their own scholarship or financial aid program that can assist you in financing your child's education.

Not sure if there is a private scholarship program in your community? Visit the Children's Scholarship Fund at www.scholarshipfund.org or CER's list of Private Scholarship Progams.