A SEEK Scholarship may be awarded to early childhood practitioners working directly with children from birth to age five in family child care homes, child care centers, or schools in Palm Beach County that hold a service agreement with Family Central, Inc. (excluding informal providers). The primary purpose of this program is to improve the quality of early childhood education environments through staff development. To be considered for SEEK Scholarship, an applicant must be employee at least 20 hours per week and be an active member of the Palm Beach County Early Childhood Registry.
A SEEK Scholarship application must be submitted for each professional development event, along with registration information, by pre-determined deadline dates. Applicants will receive a response to all scholarship requests.
Unsuccessful completion of any event funded by a SEEK Scholarship award will affect future scholarship benefits.
SEEK SCHOLARSHIP MAY COVER: (For qualified applicants)
- GED test reimbursement
- In-state tuition for approved ECE credit, non-credit, college preparatory courses, and required books at Palm Beach State College and other regionally accredited institutions of higher education
- Palm Beach State College application fee and registration fee
- Palm Beach State College Testing Center Fee - TABE, PERT, COMPASS
- Early childhood education credit courses at the Bachelor and Master level, payable at the state public institution tuition rate
- Transcript Translation Services
- ECPC/FCCPC coursework at Palm Beach State College, other regionally accredited institutions of higher education, or approved DCF training location
- Palm Beach County Early Childhood Registry approved workshops and conferences
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Certain restrictions may apply and program is subject to change.
SEEK Scholarship reserves the right to review and award or decline all requests for funding.
SEEK Scholarship available on a first come first served basis and based upon availability of funding.
