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Financial Assistance

Montessori Community School offers partial financial assistance to applicants' families based upon demonstrated financial need. Admissions decisions are not based on financial need. To be eligible for MCS financial assistance, applicants must apply to all other community resources for tuition support. Applicants should inform the MCS Business office, finance@montessorihawaii.org, of their applications to community resources.

 

The following community programs offer limited financial assistance:

Preschool Open Doors (POD) 

This program is a separate subsidy program with limited funds. It provides services state-wide to families sending their children to a licensed preschool during the school year before kindergarten entry.  The goal of POD is to promote school readiness for children, and the program focuses on meeting the child's needs.  Parents are not required to have an eligible activity, unlike the CCCH Subsidy program, but they must meet income and other eligibility requirements.  For POD, a time-limited application period is established and published each year.

 

For more information on Preschool Open Door see: http://www.patchhawaii.org/families/paying/preschool

Child Care Connection Hawaii Program (CCCH): 

For families with children under the age of 13 years, the CCCH program provides subsidies to help pay for various legal childcare settings, including care provided in the child’s home, care by relatives or friends in their home, before and after school programs, and preschools.  All child care providers, even if they are not licensed by DHS, need to have child abuse/neglect, adult perpetrator, and criminal history background checks completed to receive a DHS child care subsidy payment.  This is to help ensure that the child is in a safe setting. Parents will receive detailed information about these requirements during the application process.
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The CCCH program also provides families with guidance in selecting a childcare provider, information about quality childcare programs, and referrals to community resources for help with other concerns.​

 

For more information on CCCH see: https://humanservices.hawaii.gov/bessd/ccch-subsidies/

Kamehameha School’s Pauahi Keiki Scholars and Kipona Scholarship programs 

Preschool through high school tuition assistance program.

 

https://www.ksbe.edu/apply/financial_aid/preschool/pauahi_keiki_scholars/

https://www.ksbe.edu/apply/financial_aid/kipona/

Keiki O Ka ‘Āina’s HELP program

This program is designed to help qualified parents with monthly financial aid for childcare costs for keiki ages 6 weeks to 12 years. Child care includes: 

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  • Relative care in the child’s home environment (License-Exempt) 

  • Infant / Toddler Care 

  • Preschool 

  • Licensed Daycare (FCCH)

  • Before and after school care.

 

For more information, please visit: http://www.koka.org

MCS' Financial Assistance

MCS offers limited financial assistance to eligible families. Contact finance@montessorihawaii.org for more information.

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We are excited to announce that Montessori Community School has chosen Clarity as our new MCS Financial Aid application system beginning with financial aid applications for the 2025/2026 School Year. 


Our goal is to make the financial aid application process as easy as possible for your family.

You will find that Clarity offers a streamlined and user-friendly [financial aid] application process that can take as few as twenty minutes to complete. It is mobile-friendly, so you can complete your application on your phone or tablet! Furthermore, your 1040 and W2 documents from 2023 will be automatically transferred from the IRS when you complete the verification step, so you will no longer need to upload those documents manually. These are just a few ways in which Clarity enhances the MCS Financial Aid application process.

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We know that you may have questions about this change and how it will impact your family. We welcome you to reach out to us with any questions or concerns at finance@montessorihawaii.org. 

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We also invite you to review the Why We are Switching - Parent FAQs to learn more about Clarity!

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Clarity Family Information Webinars

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All families who may be applying for MCS Financial Aid are welcome to attend any of these webinars. 

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During the live session, we will go over some key aspects of the application, things to look out for, materials to gather, how to get help, how the tax verification process works, and a robust Q&A.  Typically these will run for about 60 minutes but Clarity will remain live longer if there are lots of questions from parents.  Recordings will be made available to you after each webinar.

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Registration links for each date:
Oct 28 -  6:30pm Eastern Time (12:30 PM Hawaii Standard Time)
Oct 29 - 7pm Pacific Time (4:00 PM Hawaii Standard Time)
Dec 10 - 5:30pm Pacific Time (2:30 PM Hawaii Standard Time)

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Child Care Aware of America (CCAoA)

Tuition assistance is available for those families serving in the military branches of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, Reserves, and the National Guard. Visit the link below to complete an application and list MCS' ID # 9006487. 

 

http://www.usa.childcareaware.org/fee-assistancerespite/

Financial Aid Submission Deadline

2025-2026 School Year Deadlines to submit financial assistance application and required documentation:

 

  • Returning Students: April 30, 2025

  • New Students: May 15, 2025

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Need Help or Assistance?

Please don't hesitate to reach out for more information. We are available to help! 

For further information regarding financial assistance, please contact finance@montessorihawaii.org.

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