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 Children First Utah was organized, appropriately, at the dawn of the new millennium in response to the hopelessness thousands of low-income families face when their children are trapped in schools that are failing them. We believe that every family, regardless of financial circumstance, needs access to a quality education tailored to their children’s needs. Many public schools cannot meet this ideal and low-income families have no affordable alternatives.
Children First Utah offers tuition assistance to low-income families in Utah,
empowering concerned parents with educational options for their
children. Our purpose is to support parents who actively direct
and invest in their children’s education, parents who view education
as the ultimate deliverance from poverty.
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Board of Directors:
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Advisory Board:
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COURTNEY LASSETTER, CHAIRMAN
VP MARKETING,
MEDICITY
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SCOTT ANDERSON
PRESIDENT AND CEO,
ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK
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RANDALL L. BECKHAM
CEO,
COLLEGE PLAYS OF THE WEEK
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KYLE BATEMAN
CHAIRMAN,
PIC DEVELOPMENT
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JORDAN CLEMENTS
MANAGING PARTNER,
PETERSON PARTNERS
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MARIA GARCIAZ
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
SL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING
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REHA DEAL
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL,
UTAH ATTORNEY GENERALÕS OFFICE
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SHARLENE HAWKES
VICE PRESIDENT MARKETING, MONARCH HEALTH SCIENCES
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RICHARD DURHAM
PARTNER,
PETERSON PARTNERS
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HOWARD HEADLEE
PRESIDENT,
UTAH BANKERS ASSOCIATION
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DANIEL EARLEY
PARTNER, AMERICAN FRONTIER REAL ESTATE
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DR. KIPP LASSETTER
CHAIRMAN AND CEO,
MEDICITY
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DAVID KNIGHT
PRESIDENT,
KNIGHT PROPERTIES, INC.
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DALE MURPHY
TWO-TIME NATIONAL LEAGUE MVP
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JO ELLEN MILLARD
EDUCATOR,
ROWLAND HALL
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WINSTON WILKINSON
WILKINSON ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT
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STEPHANIE OHMAN
MANAGER,
DELTA AIRLINES
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DIANA PETERSON
PRESIDENT,
FIRST HOPE
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 Read the Children First Utah Annual Report (HTML Format)
 Read the Children First Utah Annual Report (PDF Format)
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- Currently 375 children receive a scholarship - a 35% increase over last year.
- Tuition assistance is paid directly to the 75 schools serving our scholarship
recipients.
- Since the first awards in 2001 over 1,300 scholarships have been provided.
- Over 1,500 children remain unaided on our waiting list.
- The average income for a CFU family is below $25,000 a year.
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