{"id":3368,"date":"2017-01-25T17:24:32","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T21:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/?p=3368"},"modified":"2019-10-02T12:08:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T16:08:19","slug":"financial-assistance-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/financial-assistance-program","title":{"rendered":"Explorica&#8217;s Financial Assistance Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #26a5df;\">Explorica\u2019s Financial Assistance Program: Our commitment to affordability<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Explorica, we believe all students should have the opportunity to experience the world. In addition to offering the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/teachers\/affordability.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guaranteed best prices<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/teachers\/affordability.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fundraising support<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/teachers\/affordability.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">student travel grants<\/a><\/strong>, we are proud to add another option to make our educational tours accessible to more students. As a WorldStrides organization, we contribute over $2M annually towards our Financial Assistance Program, which is now available to Canadian families. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #f99901;\">How it works<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b><b><b>Register for a tour:\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/b>The financial assistance candidate must be registered on a future Explorica tour outside of the US and Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b><b>Complete the Financial Assistance Program Application:\u00a0<\/b><\/b>Families that meet the specific annual adjusted gross income requirements are invited to complete a confidential, easy application and may qualify to receive travel assistance funds. All application materials must be requested from and submitted to the Explorica Customer Car team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b><b>Bon voyage:\u00a0<\/b><\/b>The financial assistance application process is completely confidential. Once all documents are submitted and approved, the financial assistance funds will be automatically applied to the traveller\u2019s account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #f99901;\">Applicant requirements<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Current elementary, middle, or high school student<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In good academic standing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Demonstrates independence and responsibility<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explorica account is in good standing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has financial need*<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more details or to begin the application process, please contact Explorica\u2019s Customer Care team at 1.888.378.8845 x 299.<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">* Participants in ages 6-18 from families with a total annual income up to $65,000 CAD are eligible to receive $150 in financial assistance provided by our partners at the WorldStrides FLAG Foundation, a nonprofit organization.<\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explorica\u2019s Financial Assistance Program: Our commitment to affordability At Explorica, we believe all students should have the opportunity to experience the world. In addition to offering the guaranteed best prices, fundraising support and student travel grants, we are proud to add another option to make our educational tours accessible to more students. As a WorldStrides <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/financial-assistance-program\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-explorica-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3368"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4132,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3368\/revisions\/4132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}