When will the ELCFH enroll school age children for School Readiness Scholarship services?
The priority of ages of the children who are enrolled in SR services is Board approved and noted in the ELCFH Plan. Our priorities state that the youngest children on the waitlist would be enrolled first (after mandated referrals). The reality unfortunately is that school age children will not be enrolled off of the wait list. Those school age children currently being served are either via mandated referrals or have been enrolled in scholarship services since they were age preschool or younger (and have remained eligible for services). During the May 28, 2008 Board meeting, the ELCFH Board decided not to place children over the age of 8 on the waitlist because the ELCFH does not have sufficient funding to be able to serve older school age children.
