Florida Chamber, Florida Prepaid launch Path to Prosperity Scholarship Program
The program will provide up to $20 million in college scholarships to disadvantaged youth.
The Florida Chamber Foundation is teaming up with the Florida Prepaid College Foundation to help new high school graduates in low-income areas pay for college.
Under the
Path to Prosperity Scholarship Program, the two foundations will provide up to $20 million in college scholarships to children from Florida’s lowest income families. Of that, $10 million will come from Florida businesses while the Florida Prepaid College Foundation provides a dollar-for-dollar match.
“The joint program reflects our aligned mission the mission of the Chamber and the Florida Prepaid College Foundation to create a future of opportunity within our state, one child at a time, and one college education at a time,” Florida Prepaid College Foundation chairman