The William Penn Foundation awarded CSFP with a $491,150 grant to help Parent Ambassadors (PAs)  improve pre-K centers in Philadelphia. The funding will go towards training PAs to educate local pre-K centers about quality improvements through the Keystone STARS program. PAs will also teach parents in their school communities about the importance of quality early…

Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia and Great Philly Schools are partnering to host the Philly K-8 School Fair. The free event, which features representatives from over 100 private, charter and district schools in Philadelphia is scheduled for October 7, from 10 AM – 2 PM at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School. Learn more about the school fair…

CSFP hosted its annual Application Launch event on Wednesday, September 20, at the National Constitution Center. The event drew a crowd of more than 850 parents, children, and school administrators to celebrate the opening of applications to CSFP’s random scholarship lottery. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney joined CSFP ED Ina Lipman, Board Chair Pat Burke, and…

CSFP release applications for 2,000 new, four-year scholarships on September 20, 2017. Mayor Kenney joined us to kick off application season at the National Constitution Center. 

Over 850 parents and children joined CSFP to kick off our application season. NBC10 has the scoop. 

The William Penn Foundation awarded Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia (CSFP) a grant to support efforts to improve quality for Early Childhood Education (ECE) in Philadelphia through a collaborative initiative involving local parents, ECE centers, and representatives from Southeast Regional Key (SERK), the local chapter of the Keystone STARS quality rating and improvement program. The $491,150…

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

1:00PM-2:00PM

National Constitution Center
525 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Interested in applying to CSFP’s need-based, random, scholarship lottery?  CSFP scholarship applications for next school year (2018-2019) will open on September 20, 2017. Increase your chances of winning a CSFP scholarship for your children and apply, in person, at our launch event to win one of 200 randomly-selected “opening day” scholarships.*  *The “Opening Day” scholarships will…

Sisters Quibila Divine and Sylvia Simms have been working to bring quality education to Philadelphia children for decades. With experience advocating for children within and outside of the School District of Philadelphia, these sisters have not always received positive press. Yet their parent-forward, boots-on-the-ground approach has brought change to Philadelphia, as detailed in this Education Post article. 

Saturday, October 7, 2017

10AM-2PM

St. Joseph’s Preparatory School
1733 W Girard Ave, Philadelphia

CSFP and Great Philly Schools have teamed up to host the Philly K-8 School Fair! Join us for this cross-sector school fair, which will showcase Charter, District, and Private elementary and middle schools in the Philadelphia area. Over 100 public, private, and charter schools will table the event, in addition to representatives from the Philadelphia…

CSFP is pleased to announce that we have admitted an additional 20 new Parent Ambassadors (PAs) into our program, who will begin work at their children’s schools this coming fall. CSFP Parent Ambassadors are dedicated parents of children currently receiving CSFP scholarships, who take on additional roles at their schools in order to help CSFP…