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  Child Care Provider Scholarship Program  
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image of a red square resembling a bullet About the Program

The Virginia Child Care Provider Scholarship Program is a tuition assistance program offering current and future child care providers a foundation in the care and development of children. The program, funded through Virginia's share of the federal Child Care and Development Fund, provides assistance for providers to attend courses at Virginia institutions of higher learning.

All courses required for a certificate or degree in the early childhood education field may be approved for payment through the VCCPSP, as funding allows. The maximum benefits allowable for the Scholarship Program include either eight classes or a maximum lifetime award of $1,707.60, whichever comes first. The scholarship award pays the cost of tuition and the technology fee for up to two courses per semester. Any additional fees travel, or expenses (such as books) are the responsibility of the student.

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image of a red square resembling a bullet Eligibility

The applicant must meet all of the following criteria (Regulation 22 VAC 40-690-30):

  • Be an employee of a child care program located in Virginia, OR a Virginia resident (as defined by the Code of Virginia) who is employed in a non-Virginia child care program, OR a Virginia resident who intends to become employed in child care.
  • Select a Program-approved course for which she/he has not previously received a scholarship.
  • Have no more than three past occurrences of the following: (a) received an award and did not register for the class; (b) withdrew from the awarded class after the add/drop deadline and did not complete the course; or (c) received a failing grade for an awarded course.

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This program does not reimburse college students. The program directly pays the colleges. If you pay for the course, because you have not yet received an award letter from this Program, it is your responsibility to ensure that the college policies allow reimbursement to you upon notification of a scholarship award. The Program will notify the educational institutions' financial aid offices of any VCCPSP awards.

If there are changes in your plans regarding the scholarship, by the last day to add/drop, students must inform the VCCPSP in writing if either of the following are true:

  • The awarded course is no longer available and request to substitute another approved course
  • They will not be using their scholarship

image of a red square resembling a bullet How to Apply

  1. Apply and be accepted for admission by the school of choice.
  2. If you attend a community college, include the 'Empl. ID" number on the scholarship application.
  3. Contact the Virginia college/university that you plan to attend to verify domicile status and to confirm availability of course(s) selected for the requested semester.
  4. Complete the Child Care Provider Scholarship Program application below. Applications may be completed on-line or printed, filled out and mailed to:

    Attn: VCCPSP
    Office of Early Childhood Development
    Division of Child Care and Development
    Virginia Department of Social Services
    7 North Eighth Street, 6th Floor
    Richmond, Virginia 23219

  5. Applications are processed in the order in which they are received. Incomplete or illegible applications will not be processed and will be returned. Faxed applications will not be accepted.
  6. Applications are received during the established application period and must be postmarked no later than the last day of the application period: Spring Semester (October 15 - December 1), Summer Semester (March 15 - May 1), and Fall Semester (June 15 - August 1).

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