Swim Lesson Scholarship Program
At the Childhood Drowning Prevention Foundation, we believe every child deserves access to life-saving swim education. We are dedicated to preventing childhood drownings through our Swim Lesson Scholarship Program, ensuring that children in our communities can learn essential water safety skills. Our mission is to remove barriers to access—providing opportunities for children to learn to swim regardless of financial circumstances or special needs beyond their control.
What Are They For?
Our Swim Lesson Scholarship Program was created to help children who are less fortunate or are special needs get the opportunity to receive life-saving swim lessons so they can learn to become safe in and around the water.
We offer partial and full scholarships.
Scholarships can only be used with the CDPF’s Swim Lessons Program – Big Kahuna Swim Academy.
How Often Are They Given?
We award scholarships as often as we can.
Our scholarships are funded by donations and grants, thus we can only award as many scholarships as our funds allow.
Who Can Apply?
Applicants must be families receiving WIC Assistance, CalFresh, or CalWorks, or students with special needs such as, but not limited to: autism, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, blindness, etc.
Upon applying, you must provide the following:
Proof of participation in:
• Medi-Cal
• WIC
• CalFresh or CalWorks
OR
Proof of disability or special needs:
• IEP or 504 Plan
• Therapy participation letter (OT, PT, Speech, ABA)
• Proof of enrollment with Inland Regional Center
When Do We Start if Accepted?
When you start is based on the grants and donations that we have received.
We set aside all donations and grants for the Program to fulfill our scholarships.
How We Pick Recipients?
Our goal is to help as many families as possible.
If we have a high influx of applications, scholarships will be given in the order in which we received their FULL application.