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NOSF Board Approves Expanding Eligibility for Need-Based
Scholarships
At its quarterly Board
meeting this month,
the Northwest Ohio Scholarship Fund (NOSF) Board approved
expanding the
eligibility scale for its need-based scholarships to include
families living at
the 300% of the household poverty limit. For example, a
family of four with
an annual household income of $78,600 would be eligible to
apply for a NOSF
scholarship.
NOSF is currently accepting
applications for the 2021-2022 school year for
Kindergarten through eighth
for children to use at a nonpublic school or for
homeschool expenses.
Families need to reside in Allen, Crawford, Defiance,
Erie, Fulton, Hancock,
Henry, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, in
order to apply.
Since 1999, the Northwest
Ohio Scholarship Fund has awarded a total of $14.3
million in scholarships to
16,400 students, part of that includes $4.6
million in matching funds.
All funds raised locally by NOSF are matched by
the Children's Scholarship
Fund and are used for scholarships in Northwest
Ohio.
The Northwest Ohio
Scholarship Fund is the only privately funded need-based
scholarship program in
Northwest Ohio that awards scholarships to children
who otherwise might not be
able to afford private schools for kindergarten
through eighth grade and who
do not qualify for an Educational Choice
Voucher. Eligible families
are required to demonstrate their financial need
as measured by standards
similar to the Federal School Lunch program.
Interested families can find
more information about the program and other
state-funded scholarships on
the NOSF website at
https://nosf.org/scholarships or
apply for NOSF online at
https://tinyurl.com/NOSF2122AP.
For more information please
contact Northwest Ohio Scholarship Fund at (419)
720-7048. Deadline to apply
for the 2021-2022 school year is Friday, April
30, 2021.
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