School Grants in Massachusetts

The state of Massachusetts is a mecca for grants and other type of financial assistance. Below are some of the grant aid and other aid available to those living in Massachusetts.

These eight grants are offered in Massachusetts: Foster Child Grant; MASSGrant; Massachusetts Gilbert Matching Student Grant; Massachusetts Cash Grant;  Massachusetts Part-Time Grant;

Massachusetts Public Service Grant;  Paraprofessional Teacher Preparation Grant; and Educational Rewards Grant (Massachussetts Office of Financial Assistance, 2010).

There are also nine scholarships available in Massachusetts as follows: Agnes M. Lindsay Scholarship;  Christian A. Herter Memorial Scholarship;  John and Abigail Adams Scholarship;  Paul Tsongas Scholarship;  Early Childhood Educators Scholarship; One Family Inc. Scholarship Program;  Tomorrow’s Teachers Scholarship;  Math and Science Teachers Scholarship; and

The Scholar-Internship Match Fund Program (Massachussetts Office of Financial Assistance, 2010).

In addition to a wide variety of grants and scholarships in Massachusetts, there are many tuition waivers in Massachusetts as follows: Career Advancement Program Tuition Waiver;  Categorical Tuition Waiver;  Collaborative Teachers Tuition Waiver; Commonwealth Hurricane Katrina Emergency Tuition Waiver; DSS Foster Child Tuition Waiver;  DSS Adopted Children Tuition Waiver;  Graduate Tuition Waiver; High Technology Scholar/Intern Tuition Waiver;  Incentive Program For Aspiring Teachers Tuition Waiver;  Joint Admissions Tuition Advantage Program Tuition Waiver;

MEFA Prepaid Tuition Program Tuition Waiver;  Need Based Tuition Waiver;  Stanley Z. Koplik Certificate of Mastery Tuition Waiver; September 11, 2001 Tragedy Tuition Waiver;  UMASS Exchange Program Tuition Waiver;  Valedictorian Program Tuition Waiver; and

Washington Center Program Tuition Waiver(Massachussetts Office of Financial Assistance, 2010).

And last but not least, Massachusetts has a wonderful program to assist students called the Massachusetts No Interest Loan (Massachussetts Office of Financial Assistance, 2010).

One very interesting grant is the Paraprofessional Teach Preparation Grant Program in Massachusetts. The Paraprofessional Teach Preparation Grant program is for providing financial assistance to Massachusetts residents who are undergraduates who are presently employed as paraprofessionals in Massachusetts public schools, but they wish to become certified as full time teachers (Massachussetts Office of Financial Assistance, 2010). The Paraprofessional Teacher Preparation Grant program offers funding to students attending Public or Private Universities in Massachusetts for an amount of $625 per credit up to $7,500 per academic year. The Paraprofessional Teacher Preparation Grant program offers funding to students attending a State College for an amount of $450 per credit up to $6,000 per academic year. Furthermore, the Paraprofessional Teacher Preparation Grant program offers funding to Community Colleges for an amount of $250 per credit up to $4,000 per academic year. To apply for this grant in Massachusetts you must do three things: 1) provide written proof of your employment as a paraprofessional from your employer; 2) file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA); and 3) fill out the grant application found at http://www.osfa.mass.edu/.

In summary, the amount of grants and financial assistance for students in Massachusetts are so varied and numerous that one should look under the specific programs under each title or heading for more information at the website at the Massachusetts Office of Financial Assistance (Massachusetts Office of Financial Assistance, 2010).

References
Massachusetts Office of Financial Assistance. (2010). Financial aid programs. Retrieved March 4, 2010 from, http://www.osfa.mass.edu/

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