Family Empowerment Scholarship | Step Up For Students

The Family Empowerment Scholarship provides eligible students with a scholarship that can be used to purchase approved services or products to design a customized educational program for the student. Adventures in Music is happy to comply with parents who create an account with Step Up For Students.

Applications for new students open at the beginning of a calendar year (between January - March). Hope scholarship and FTC (Florida Tax Credit) are all merging into ONE with FES EO above July 1st, 2024. Until that time we are unsure if FTC and Hope are applicable.

Here are the Scholarship Types we accept

FES - EO
FES - PEP
FES - UA

We do not accept
New Worlds

Paying with Step Up For Students Scholarship Funds

Adventures in Music is an approved Direct Provider with Step Up For Students. Scholarship families can pay for lessons in one of two ways:

• Direct Billing through EMA (most common): Reserve your scholarship funds with us in EMA, and lessons are paid directly from your scholarship. No out-of-pocket cost.

• Reimbursement: Pay the studio directly through our standard billing schedule, then submit for reimbursement through EMA. We email detailed receipts and provide instructor certifications to support your reimbursement request.

How to Reserve Funds in EMA

1. Log in to your EMA account.

2. Click Marketplace, then Find Providers.

3. Choose the student you are purchasing for.

4. Search for Adventures in Music and select the location your student attends.

5. Choose the lesson option, select the number of reservations you'd like, and click Add to Cart.

6. Go to your cart and click Reserve Funds.

Reservation Deadline

Each month's lessons are billed before the month begins, so reservations must be submitted through EMA by the 20th of the prior month. For example, December lessons must be reserved by November 20th. Families may also make reservations further in advance to guarantee their lesson spot; advance reservations are fully cancellable.

Failed Payments

If a reservation is not received through EMA by the 20th, it will be counted as a failed payment. After three failed payments within any 12-month period, the student will be moved from Direct Billing to the reimbursement option. Families will then pay the studio directly and submit for reimbursement through EMA.