FINANCIAL AID
Child Care Tuition Assistance for our Positive Bright Start classrooms, and other community early childhood programs
Early Education Tuition Scholarship Program
Positive Bright Start supports high quality early education and recognizes that the cost of quality care is not affordable for many families. We provide an opportunity for families with low or moderate income to apply for a scholarship to offset some tuition costs.
First, call the Kansas Department of Children and Families (DCF) at (785) 832-3700 to secure an application for Child Care Subsidy or access it online. (DCF application is recommended because they often can offer more funding than we can, but it is NOT required to apply for our early childhood education scholarship program.)
The Positive Bright Start Early Education Tuition Scholarship is funded by private donation, City, County, and State grants. The Scholarship is accepted at our own Positive Bright Start classrooms, and a number of other early childhood programs in our area (pdf list) including Ballard Community Center, Children's Learning Centers North and South, Edna A Hill Child Development Center, Googols of Learning, Lawrence Community Nursery School, and Raintree Montessori School. This scholarship cycles from July of each year through June of the following year. ​
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May 2025 Update:
As of April 2025, the main funding source for the Positive Bright Start Early Education Tuition Scholarship Program has been cut for 2025-2026. At this time we will not be releasing new scholarship applications.
However, Positive Bright Start is committed to providing early education tuition scholarships for the Douglas County community. Our executive director, Marie Taylor, will be working diligently to secure funding for the scholarship program. Once we secure adequate community funding and donations to offer scholarships again, we will release new applications. If you would like to remain on the list to receive scholarship program information, please confirm or update your contact information.
If you are currently receiving a scholarship, please refer to your award letter as to when your scholarship will end.
Feel free to email me with questions. If you wish to reach out to Marie, her email is marie@positivebrightstart.org.
With questions contact: Sunday Monson sunday@positivebrightstart.org or call (785) 842-9679
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