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.
8 schemes serve Winchester families.
Reduced child-care tuition for Winchester Recreation's WRAP after-school care and Kid Connection Preschool; applicants must be working or attending school during program hours and have a household income at or below 50% of the state median income, with awards set to Massachusetts EEC voucher guidelines and prioritised by documented need.
Aid toward Winchester Recreation seasonal programs for families registering for Rec programs who submit a request with their most recent tax return summary; the department generally limits requests to one program per participant per season and notifies families of awards by letter.
Federal school-meal benefits for Winchester students whose household income falls within the annual Federal Income Eligibility Guidelines; families may apply at any time during the school year, and a student's free/reduced-meal status also unlocks full waivers of many school fees via the district's Information Sharing Agreement.
District-wide, once-a-school-year application giving a full or prorated waiver of school fees for transportation, athletics, student activities, instrumental music and curriculum-based field trips; full waiver at or below 2x the federal poverty guideline (also for free/reduced-meal, McKinney-Vento and foster-care students), 75% and 50% reductions at higher income tiers, and a reduced fee for active-duty military families.
Two annual $2,500 scholarships for a graduating high school senior who resides or attends school in Woburn or Winchester, MA, is in good academic standing, has a documented history of public service and plans to continue their education at a college, community college or trade school.
Food pantry in Woburn providing groceries to individuals and families living in Woburn or Winchester who do not have adequate financial resources to meet basic needs; use is limited to once a month by pre-arranged appointment, with special holiday food baskets in November and December.
Winchester food and personal-care pantry for residents and families who do not have adequate financial resources to meet basic needs; open to Winchester households by pre-arranged appointment and limited to one visit a month, at 1037 Main Street, without affecting a family's use of the Woburn pantry.
State subsidy that pays a family's child-care and out-of-school-time provider directly each month; eligibility depends on household composition, income (maximum monthly income is 85% of the state median income, with priority status at or below 50% of SMI) and a recognised service need such as a parent working or being in education/training, with a DTA or DCF referral also qualifying and many families paying no fee.
What’s new
Registration openings, deadlines and published dates for programs in Winchester, 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.