10,000 Degrees Childcare Application for 2024

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Welcome to the 10,000 Degrees Childcare Scholarship application.

Overview

10,000 Degrees provides scholarships to individuals with significant financial need who exhibit a strong desire to go to college, and who have the perseverance necessary to graduate from college and accomplish their educational goals.

10,000 Degrees proudly provides the Child Care Assistance Scholarship for parents that reside in Marin County. The scholarship pays for a portion of a child's day care while the parent is enrolled in college. The Child Care Assistance Scholarship is available for the months of September through May. The scholarship is renewable annually, provided the parent maintains satisfactory progress.

In addition to this application students must submit:

Transcripts representing all undergraduate coursework (Unofficial is acceptable).
FAFSA or CADA Submission Summary
Provider Verification form completed by the child care provider (available on our website www.10000degrees.org/childcare-scholarship).
Child Care Provider Guidelines signed by you and the child care provider (available on our website www.10000degrees.org/childcare-scholarship).
Your child care provider’s IRS Form W-9. It must be signed!
A copy of child care provider’s license (ask your provider).

If eligible, you are required to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) before applying for any 10,000 Degrees scholarships. The FAFSA is found at https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa.

If you are not eligible to file the FAFSA, you must fill out the California Dream Act Application if eligible. The California Dream Act Application is available online at https://dream.csac.ca.gov/landing

Please contact 10,000 Degrees with any questions.
Contact Info:
Stephanie Hamilton at (415) 451-4004 or shamilton@10000degrees.org.

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I have read the Introduction section above:

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College Student Information

Non-High School Students

Have you received a Bachelor's degree?

What college did you receive your Bachelor's degree from?

What year did you receive your Bachelor's degree?

From which high school did you graduate? (Even if your high school does not appear on our list, please enter, "My high school does not appear on this list".)

From which high school did you graduate (Account Id)

What year did you graduate from high school?

College Students

College Enrollment

What year in college will you be?

From the drop-down list below, please select the college you currently attend (If your college does not appear on our list, please choose "My college does not appear on this list").

Current College Account ID

What is the full name of the college you currently attend (if you could not find it on the previous question.)

From the drop-down list below, please select the college that you are most likely to attend for the coming academic year.

College Student Upcoming College (Account Id)

What is the full name of the college you plan to attend (if you could not find it in the list above)

College Academic Information

What is your College ID number?

What is your current cumulative college GPA? If you are a graduate student, please enter your final GPA.

Upload your full, unofficial undergraduate college transcript here:

If you need to attach multiple documents (e.g. you have multiple college transcripts and you can't combine into one document, please email them to scholarships@10000degrees.org.

If you have additional documents, please attach them here. Where possible, include all documents in one pdf and attach as possible in the field above. Any additional attachments should be emailed to scholarships@10000degrees.org.

Major Information

In what category is your field or major?

It's ok to choose "undecided"

What is your major (or what do you want to major in)?

What career are you interested in pursuing?

It's ok to say "unknown"

Degree Information

What degree are you currently working towards?

If you would like to change your selection, delete the text in the cell and select again.

What degree are you currently working towards?

If you would like to change your selection, delete the text in the cell and select again.

Please describe your vocational program below:

Financial Information

Instructions

In order to complete your application, you must submit the Submission Summary which you receive after filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the California Dream Act Application (CADAA). Please note: if you do not attach the Submission Summary, you will be disqualified from receiving a scholarship unless there are specific circumstances preventing you from doing so.

The FAFSA is available at https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa
The CADAA is available at https://dream.csac.ca.gov

Which financial aid application did you fill out?

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)California Dream Act Application (CADAA)Neither (please describe reasoning below and upload tax return)

No FAFSA Submission Summary, upload Tax Form

Please upload a copy of your 1040 from your 2023 tax return in place of your FAFSA Submission Summary below.

Why are you not completing the FAFSA or CADAA?

FAFSA SAR/CADAA SAR/Tax Return

Attach your FAFSA Submission Summary or CADAA SAR here (if you did not file either, attach your first two pages of your 1040 here):

Here is an example of the CADAA Submission Summary from a prior year:

CAL Student Submission Summary 2024 Example

Here is an example of the FAFSA Submission Summary from a prior year:

FAFSA Student Submission Summary 2024 Example

To answer the following questions, please refer to your student aid report or tax return.

What is your (SAI) Student Aid Index? (This can be found in the top right hand corner of your FAFSA Submission Summary.)

What is your family's Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)? This can be found in your 1040.

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How many people in your household are attending college this upcoming year (2024 - 2025)?

How many people are in your household?

How will you be paying for your out of pocket expenses for school? Please be as specific as possible. e.g. Private loans, parents, job, credit card, etc.

Childcare Provider Questions

Please provide information about your children who will receive childcare. If you want to add information about more than one child, please click Add another response at the bottom.

Child Information

Child First and Last Name

Child Birthdate

Childcare Facility Name

The Childcare Provider Verification Form must be printed and completed by you and the childcare provider. Please attach the completed form here. This form must be completed each year that you apply.

Provider Verification Form

The W-9 Form must be printed and completed by the childcare provider. This form must be completed each year that you apply.

W-9 Certification

Please print the Childcare Provider Guidelines for you and your provider to sign, please attach it here or email/mail it to us:

Child Care Guidelines

Please attach a copy of your provider's license here:

Certification

I understand that it is my responsibility to read, understand, and fill out this application accurately and completely comply with all deadlines.

I agree

I understand I must inform 10,000 Degrees of any changes in address, enrollment, or financial circumstances. If I do not, the status of my award may be affected.

I agree

I authorize school, federal, state or county officials to release to 10,000 Degrees data collected from my FAFSA (including tax return information), financial aid information (financial aid award letters and notifications, grants, scholarships, other awards, student employment, loans, disbursements and eligibility), student account information (bills, statements, charges, credits, balances, payments, past due amounts, collection activity), and education information (grades, courses, credits, GPA, registration, Students ID number, academic progress, enrollment status, attendance, communications with advisors and other college staff deemed relevant). This information is to be used solely for the purpose of determining eligibility, evaluation, and administering my scholarship.

I agree

I authorize 10,000 Degrees to use my name and school for the purposes of community relations and program evaluation.

I agree

I understand that my scholarship application may be denied or withdrawn if it is incomplete or if any information reported on this application is found to be intentionally misleading, inaccurate, or fraudulent.

I agree

I authorize 10,000 Degrees to share my scholarship application data for purposes of evaluation and determining eligibility for scholarships.

I agree

I understand that 10,000 Degrees reserves the right to cancel or withdraw my scholarship at any point for not adhering to any of the rules above at their discretion.

I agree

I understand that it is my responsibility to notify my school's financial aid office if I get awarded a scholarship from 10,000 Degrees so that I am not over-awarded financial aid.

I agree

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Applicant Signature (type full name below)

Date of signature

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