Camp Financial Aid

The 2025 Listen CI Camp Scholarship Application closed November 15, 2024. If you would like to be added to the waitlist for a 2025 scholarship, please email Janette Cantwell, Camp Director: Camp@ListenFoundation.org.

Camp Scholarships

Financial assistance, in the form of partial “camp scholarships”, is available for a limited number of families who cannot otherwise afford to attend camp. Family members eligible to attend include the child(ren) who uses a cochlear implant age 3-18, along with the parents/legal guardians, and siblings up to 18 years of age. Rooms are limited to 5 family members, regardless of age. (No cousins, grandparents, nor siblings older than high school.)

The process to apply for and receive scholarship reservations is a separate process from the typical room reservation system.

Camp sessions are based on the age of the child(ren) who uses a cochlear implant:

June 26-29, 2025 CI Recipients Entering 5th Grade – 2024 High School Graduates
July 24-27, 2025 CI Recipients Age 3 – Entering 4th Grade

The Scholarship Application allows you to indicate the age-appropriate camp for your CI child and will require proof of financial need (e.g. participation in Free & Reduced lunch programs, Medicaid insurance coverage, Listen Foundation or other therapy funding, etc.). References are also requested. Scholarship applications are due November 15, 2024.

A scholarship committee will review applications and choose award recipients. All applicants will be notified of their scholarship status by December 20, 2025. Those receiving scholarships will then receive further instructions on securing camp registration and making the agreed upon deposit. Award amounts and number of families chosen varies annually based on funds raised. To help as many families as possible, we hope to include different families from year-to-year.

Any available scholarship funds that are unfulfilled may be applied for on a rolling basis. If the scholarship deadline has passed, please contact the Camp Director before applying.

Scholarship Application Process

To apply for a Listen CI Camp scholarship, please use the link below and then select the “Register” button on the Financial Scholarship Application page to:

Create a camp account
Add all family members who will attend by selecting “+A New Person” on the Select Attendees page then select each family member who will attend by clicking on the checkbox next to their name
Confirm that ALL demographic information for EVERY FAMILY MEMBER who will attend camp is COMPLETE and ACCURATE
Complete and Sign the Listen CI Camp Scholarship Application form. Be sure to select “Next” after signing.
You are now on the My Account page where you will upload documentation of financial need (upload format must be .pdf)
Select “2” above Incomplete Tasks
Select Financial Program Documentation
From the My Tasks page select “Upload Document”
Select “Browse” to choose the desired Financial Program Documentation from your computer. Note: documentation must be in .pdf format.
Select “Upload Document”
Following upload of each document, you will be taken to the Message Center page where you will see “Action Was Completed Successfully” across the top of the page
Please repeat this process, selecting Financial Circumstances Documentation, to upload any additional documentation desired

Please note: Due to software errors, the My Account page will show “2 Incomplete Tasks” until the Listen Foundation has processed your documents and the Message Center page shows the date you applied as the due date for document uploads. This is incorrect. Listen CI Camp Scholarship Applications and Documentation are Due November 15, 2024.

For more information, please contact Janette Cantwell, Camp Director, at Camp@ListenFoundation.org or 214-906-4694.