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Offered by Massachusetts Office of Student Financial Assistance
The Early Childhood Educators Scholarship Program is designed to provide financial assistance for currently employed early childhood educators and providers who enroll in a certificate, associate’s, bachelor’s, or master’s degree program in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Family Studies, Child Care Administration, or fields that directly name early child development and its specific areas of inquiry. Both U.S. Citizens and non-citizens are eligible to apply, but every applicant must be a permanent legal resident of Massachusetts. For more information on the employment requirements and a full list of eligible institutions, we encourage you to visit the Massachusetts Office of Student Financial Assistance’s website.
If you’re eligible, we encourage you to apply! Keep on making a difference in your own life and those of the children you serve, every day.
The Massachusetts Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA)'s mission is to promote and enhance access to higher education by delivering quality student financial aid information and services to residents of the Commonwealth, and thus ensuring that they have an opportunity to enrich their lives and contribute to the economic development and social progress of the state.
In addition to meeting the below eligibility criteria, applicants must be employed, for at least six months, as an educator or provider in an early education and care program or out of school time program that is licensed or authorized by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) and continue employment in this field while pursuing their approved course of study.
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In addition to submitting the below application materials, applicants must sign an agreement to continue employment as an early childhood educator or provider in Massachusetts upon completing their degree requirement.
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