Fund provides $2M in Catholic school tuition aid

Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School is among the 111 Catholice primary and secondary schools of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. CONTRIBUTED

Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School is among the 111 Catholice primary and secondary schools of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. CONTRIBUTED

One Faith, One Hope, One Love funds more than $2 million in Catholic school tuition aid for the 2017-18 academic year in 19 Ohio counties of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

In all, 2,174 offers were extended among families in the 116 Catholic primary and secondary schools of the archdiocese, amounting to $1,983,500. Of those, 2,058 were accepted. Awards ranged from $250 to $1,000.

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Tuition aid goes to families in dire emergency and qualifying families that moved into the area before the spring deadline to apply, according to the archdiocese.

The fund is overseen by the Catholic Community Foundation, and will be a permanent need-based tuition aid program, according to the archdiocese.

The 19 counties that make up the archdiocese include Auglaize, Butler, Clark, Champaign, Clinton, Darke, Greene, Logan, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery and Shelby counties.

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