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Thank you for your interest in applying for Financial Assistance. Though we are not able to award full scholarships, we do try to help alleviate the costs for your family so your child(ren) can participate in our program. 

Need-Based Financial Assistance will be awarded after all required financial documentation has been submitted. We encourage you to submit your documentation as soon as possible as financial assistance resources are limited and so you can plan accordingly. Awards are sent out by email so please keep a close look at the email that you provided.

Before completing this form, please ensure you have the following digital documents to upload:

• Last Year's Tax Return (or a letter of extension) OR CDBG Form if Last Year's Tax Return is unavailable  OR
• Two consecutive pay stubs from your employer OR
• Any additional financial documents you can provide to verify income (for example: letter from an employer, SSI/Disability/Unemployment Verification).

If you unable to upload the documents, you must bring them to the office. Please mark to the attention of Ms. Ena Gomez.

All information is kept private and is only used for funding purposes.

As a recipient of Financial Assistance
Upon receiving Financial Assistance from The Institute of Music for Children you will be required to complete the following before your child's program ends:

Someone from the Institute will be reaching out to you make sure that we have all the required documentation. We may want to schedule a Financial Assistance interview. Please be aware, your Financial Assistance application is not complete until we have all the required documentation. Once your award amount is determined a scheduled payment plan will be provided.

Thank you.

YOUTH SERVICES COMMISSION FORM
Please complete one form per student. The Institute receives a portion of its scholarship funds through a grant from the Youth Services Commission of Union County because its programming is shown to have a preventative effect on children at risk of entering the juvenile justice system. The grant requires the Institute to collect the following information from its scholarship recipients. Answers to the following questions will be reported anonymously for statistical use only and will have no impact on obtaining financial assistance.