The purpose of the Children’s Education Foundation Children’s Fund shall be to provide financial assistance to individual children who are students in the public schools of Connecticut. The Connecticut Education Foundation, Inc. (CEF) shall administer The Children’s Fund under the following guidelines:

The Children’s Fund shall be available only to children who are students in the public schools of Connecticut. The Children’s Fund shall make available financial assistance for children who are experiencing extraordinary hardships.

Allocation of monies shall be the responsibility of the Connecticut Education Foundation, Inc. (CEF) with the following application procedures:

An active member of the Connecticut Education Association must make requests for financial assistance to the President of the Connecticut Education Foundation, Inc. (CEF).

• If deemed necessary or appropriate, the CEF President may request additional information from the local president or members of the Executive Committee of CEA’s local affiliate where the child is a student.
• Requests will be considered for students who have basic needs that are barriers to learning.
• The CEF President upon consultation with the Executive Director of the Connecticut Education Association, his/her designee, or the CEF Treasurer, may authorize requests for up to $150 per student.
• Requests for over $150 per student may be authorized by a majority vote of the CEF Board of Directors.
• Requests for up to $500 per student will be considered.
• Requests may be made no more than once per year for each individual student, unless the CEF Board of Directors votes to authorize additional financial assistance.
• An individual CEA member may make requests for no more than two students per school year.
• Each child will count as one request.

To submit a request, contact:
Sheila Cohen, CEF President, sheilac@cea.org.
Phone 800.842.4316 or 860.525.5641