Sports
Arts & music
STEM
Camps
After-school & life skills
Affordability
Fee waivers, sliding scales and scholarships published by the organizations that run these programs — each with who is eligible and the page that decides it. Nothing here is estimated from a family's income, and a program with no aid published simply does not appear. A few are awards toward college rather than help with a program fee; those are labelled College scholarship.
11 schemes serve Billerica families.
Partial scholarships of up to 50% toward Billerica Recreation program registration fees for any Billerica resident facing financial or personal hardship; a household may request up to two activity sections per season, capped at $400 per person per year, and a deposit of at least 10% may be required.
Billerica Memorial High School student-athletes pay a $200 athletic fee with an $800 maximum per family per school year, and the fee can be waived for financial hardship when the student-athlete qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
Billerica Public Schools serves a free breakfast and a free lunch at no cost to all students under the federal Community Eligibility Provision, so families are not required to complete a household Application for Free and Reduced Price Meals.
Once-a-month, by-appointment drive-thru food pantry providing food at no cost to any Billerica resident who needs assistance; registration is required and families must provide proof of Billerica residency and the names and dates of birth of everyone in the household.
Matches SNAP/EBT benefits up to $25 per market shopper each week (and up to $25 in SUN Bucks per market day) at the Billerica Community Farmers Market as funding allows; shoppers bring a state EBT card to the Market Manager to buy doubled coupons.
Local St. Vincent de Paul conference that meets with Billerica residents to address essential needs, providing assistance with food, clothing, rent, utilities and sheltering; residents request help by calling the chapter line at 978-408-8278.
Summer camp fee assistance for families whose need is measured against the Department of Early Education and Care financial assistance standards; families must re-apply each summer and, due to limited funds, aid is not offered to families with a parent or guardian who is home during program hours.
Scholarships funded in partnership with Stoneham Bank for families experiencing hardship, to help pay for Boys & Girls Club of Greater Billerica summer camp sessions; applications are due May 1 and decisions are shared by May 15.
Community college scholarships for students residing in the Town of Billerica pursuing higher education; the foundation awards over $150,000 annually and applications open each March 1 and close about three weeks later on billerica.dollarsforscholars.org.
State subsidy that pays child care and before/after school providers directly for Massachusetts families who meet EEC's income and service-need rules; families may pay a parent fee based on family size and income, and many families pay nothing.
State-funded paid short-term work experiences with soft-skills training for teens and young adults up to age 25, delivered as a 6-to-8-week summer session and a September-to-May year-round option; Billerica is served by the MassHire Lowell Workforce Board.
What’s new
Registration openings, deadlines and published dates for programs in Billerica, taken from the providers’ own pages. Nothing here is a deadline we worked out — where a source does not state a date, it says so.
When providers say registration opens and closes.