Parkview Health To Provide Seed Money For Promise Program
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
According to a press release from the YMCA, Kosciusko County Promise is a community-wide initiative administered by the Kosciusko Community YMCA that supports K-2 students in the development of their college and career readiness through discovery, academic readiness and educational savings. Promise participants and families will be given information and tools necessary to increase access to, and success in, post-secondary education.
The program will include classroom coursework, an onsite college visit and the establishment of College Choice 529 Direct Savings Plans. Parkview Health has committed to provide seed money for each student who opens an account.
Enrollment in the College Choice Plans, which allow individuals to save and invest for costs associated with their child’s post-secondary education, has been streamlined for Promise program participants, according to the announcement. In addition, the rule for maintaining a minimum balance has been waived to allow greater participation in the program, regardless of income. And like in the four Promise pilot programs in Wabash, Whitley, Noble and LaGrange counties, Parkview Health will again provide $25 in seed money to every Kosciusko County Promise participant.
“Support of this program is about instilling hope in our children and investing in not only their future but in the future of our communities,” said Jill Ostrem, senior vice president, health and well-being, Parkview Health. “Parkview’s commitment to improving the health of the community goes beyond healthcare, and this is a great opportunity for us to fulfill the promise of our mission.”
“The Kosciusko County Promise program can impact the lives and futures of nearly 3,000 K-2 children in our community,” said Chad Zaucha Kosciusko Community YMCA CEO. “Students who have their own college savings account are seven times more likely to attend college. However, this project is not just about saving for post-secondary education. This project is about inspiring our children, investing in the future of our community and ensuring that we are building a foundation where everyone believes they can achieve.”
Kosciusko County Promise enrollment information will be available during all Kosciusko community, private and parochial school registrations. Home-schooled children are also eligible for enrollment.
From Monday to Friday next week, program information will be available at the Kosciusko Community YMCA from 9 a.m. to noon and 4 to 8 p.m.
For more information about Kosciusko County Promise visit www.kosciuskocountypromise.org
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According to a press release from the YMCA, Kosciusko County Promise is a community-wide initiative administered by the Kosciusko Community YMCA that supports K-2 students in the development of their college and career readiness through discovery, academic readiness and educational savings. Promise participants and families will be given information and tools necessary to increase access to, and success in, post-secondary education.
The program will include classroom coursework, an onsite college visit and the establishment of College Choice 529 Direct Savings Plans. Parkview Health has committed to provide seed money for each student who opens an account.
Enrollment in the College Choice Plans, which allow individuals to save and invest for costs associated with their child’s post-secondary education, has been streamlined for Promise program participants, according to the announcement. In addition, the rule for maintaining a minimum balance has been waived to allow greater participation in the program, regardless of income. And like in the four Promise pilot programs in Wabash, Whitley, Noble and LaGrange counties, Parkview Health will again provide $25 in seed money to every Kosciusko County Promise participant.
“Support of this program is about instilling hope in our children and investing in not only their future but in the future of our communities,” said Jill Ostrem, senior vice president, health and well-being, Parkview Health. “Parkview’s commitment to improving the health of the community goes beyond healthcare, and this is a great opportunity for us to fulfill the promise of our mission.”
“The Kosciusko County Promise program can impact the lives and futures of nearly 3,000 K-2 children in our community,” said Chad Zaucha Kosciusko Community YMCA CEO. “Students who have their own college savings account are seven times more likely to attend college. However, this project is not just about saving for post-secondary education. This project is about inspiring our children, investing in the future of our community and ensuring that we are building a foundation where everyone believes they can achieve.”
Kosciusko County Promise enrollment information will be available during all Kosciusko community, private and parochial school registrations. Home-schooled children are also eligible for enrollment.
From Monday to Friday next week, program information will be available at the Kosciusko Community YMCA from 9 a.m. to noon and 4 to 8 p.m.
For more information about Kosciusko County Promise visit www.kosciuskocountypromise.org
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