Apply for CDA or CDA Renewal Scholarship

Apply for Home Visitor CDA Scholarship

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NOTE: This is the first step in applying for, and receiving, a CDA Scholarship. After completing this application, you will be notified if it is accepted within five (5) business days. Your name will then be placed on the waitlist. When a scholarship becomes available, usually within four (4) to six (6) weeks, we will send you a Participation Agreement and W9. You must complete and return this paperwork to be active in the scholarship.

Which are you appling for?*

CDA

Renewal CDA

Home Visitor

Eligibility Requirements

I work in a child program that is:

Licensed

License-Exempt

Six or Fewer Child Care

I work at an agency using a nationally recognized home visiting model.

Yes

Name of the agency where I work

Choose which Home Visiting model you currently use in your job

Other

I have a high school diploma or high school equivalency?

Yes

Hours per week worked

Date began work at this program Date began work as a home visitor with your current employer

NOTE: You must apply for the CDA Scholarship using the same name you plan to use throughout the credentialing process. This should be the name you used to get your MOPD ID also. All names must match.

NOTE: You must apply for the CDA Scholarship using the same name you plan to use throughout the credentialing process. All names must match.

Applicant Information

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Address

Address 2

County

City

State

Zip

Home Phone

Mobile Phone

Enrollment Date

Personal Email

Work Email

MOPD ID

Link to OPEN to get MOPD ID

The MOPD ID record must match the name provided above.

Year of Birth

What do you identify as?

Race / Ethnicity

Job Title

Current Employment

My child care program is registered to accept DSS child care subsidy

Yes

Learn more about registering a child care program to accept DSS subsidy.

Child Care program

Child Care License #

Agency Name

Director/Owner Name Director Name

Director/Owner Email Director Email

Child Care Program Type

Do you have Early Head Start or Head Start children in your child care program?

Yes

What is the name of your Head Start grantee?

What age groups do you teach? (check all that apply)

Number of Children In Your Care

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Do you have a current caseload of at least 4 families?

Yes

Total caseload of families you currently serve

Hourly Wage Current Hourly Wage

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Education

What best describes your educational history?*

How many years have you worked in the field of child care?*

How many years have you worked in the field of home visiting?*

Which languages do you feel most comfortable using when learning in the classroom? (check all that apply)*

Other:

Which languages do you speak fluently?

How many people live in your household?*

What best describes you? *

Single, no children

Married, no children

Single parent, grandparent or guardian

Married, parent, grandparent or guardian

CDA

CDA Renewal

Do you currently have a CDA?*

Yes

Are you currently earning your CDA?*

Yes

Do you currently have a CDA?*

Yes

In What Setting?*

Expiration Date:*

Are you currently earning your CDA?*

Yes

Describe what you have completed to date:

Are you currently working on your CDA Renewal?*

Yes

Describe what you have completed to date:

Do you want to renew your CDA?*

Yes

Upload current CDA

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Do you have an expired CDA?*

Yes

In What Setting?*

Date CDA Expired:*

Notes:

What CDA Setting are you applying for?

What CDA Setting are you renewing?

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Missouri Scholarship

Are you currently in a T.E.A.C.H. MISSOURI Scholarship?*

Yes

Contract Start Date:

Preferred way to earn my CDA:*

Clock Hours (training)

Credit Hours (T.E.A.C.H. MISSOURI Scholarship)

If you want to earn credit hours towards your CDA, check out the T.E.A.C.H. MISSOURI Scholarship

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100% of the cost of this program will be financed with Federal money up to $1,300,000.00 annually. No other funding sources support this program.

©Child Care Aware® of Missouri 2022, All Rights Reserved
The T.E.A.C.H. MISSOURI Home Visiting CDA Scholarship described was supported by grant number 90TP0118. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the United States, Department of Health and Human Services, and Administration for Children and Families.