1. Blessed Trinity Regional Catholic School Scholarship Opportunities For School Year 2014-2015

2. Introduction Purpose – To give each family at BTRCS information on available scholarship opportunities – A reviewable resource throughout the course of the year for our families – Provide assistance with the applications

3. EITC/OSTC EITC= Educational Improvement Tax Credit program OSTC= Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Similarities and Differences How does BTRCS and families receive these scholarship dollars? Income Requirements - $75,000 plus $15,000 per dependent

4. List of Opportunities www.newpa.org Search “EITC” At the bottom of page, a link to all scholarship organizations State web site for everything EITC, can also search “OSTC” for same information

5. BLOCS BLOCS = Business Leaders Organized for Catholic Schools Application – www.psas.org/blocs www.psas.org/blocs BTRCS School Code = Will be used for TAP, EITC, OSTC and other various grants $22 fee

6. The Bravo Foundation www.thebravofoundation.org – Submit a request form from website – Foundation will send application – Can use BLOCS application if already filed – Request form will be available at the end of January – early February – $25 fee

7. Children’s Scholarship Fund www.csfphiladelphia.org 4-year K-8 scholarship program Must reside in Philadelphia Must meet the income eligibility Must be entering K-8 Application is currently open, will close on March 1, 2014

8. Kremer Foundation Scholarship Application sent to BTRCS in the spring Awaiting detailed information from Foundation Need based/Income based scholarship All requirements are set by Foundation

9. School Contact Information School Phone – 215-338-9797 Mr. Mike Gondos – mgondos@btrcs.org mgondos@btrcs.org