Income Guidelines & Class Fees

Thanks to the generous sponsors who believe in our mission, all of our programs are either free or very low cost. We do have income restrictions and do not accept people into the program who are above income category B in the chart below.

The Get Ready for Business workshop is free of charge. If you are accepted into the Business Development Training, there is a sliding scale fee due on the first day of the 8-week course. All Business Development Training students receive either full or partial scholarships to attend. Depending on your income, the total fee is between $40 and $100. Please see below for the sliding scale fees.

Sliding Scale Fees 2013

Due to income restrictions, we cannot accept people into the program whose household income is greater than column B below.

# of
Persons in
Household		 Fee waived;
pay only$40
materials costs		 Fee plus materials
= $100
A B
1 $30,350 or less $30,351 - $45,100
2 $34,700 or less $34,701 - $51,550
3 $39,050 or less $39,051 - $58,000
4 $46,100 or less $46,101 - $64,400
5 $54,020 or less $54,021 - $69,600
6 $61,940 or less $61,941 - $74,750
7 $69,860 or less $69,861 - $79,900
8 $77,780 or less $77,781 - $85,050