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Marvin Barish Right Start

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The Marvin Barish Right Start provides tuition vouchers towards the cost of a Jewish early childhood education

Families enrolling their first child in a Jewish early childhood program for the first time are eligible to receive a voucher ranging from $1,000 to $2,000.

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Marvin Barish Right Start is happy to talk to you about your choices. A staff member is available for on-line, phone and in-person consultations. For questions contact Sarah Williams.

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Marvin Barish Right Start™ is a gift to families from the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston thanks to the generosity of the Marvin Barish Early Childhood Endowment, which is held at the Houston Jewish Community Foundation, and other local donors.

Frequently Asked Questions

If a child is the first in a family to attend a Jewish early childhood program, that child is eligible for the Marvin Barish Right Start Signature Voucher (if you are enrolling in Infant care, please wait for your child to be born):

  • $1,000 if the child attends 2/3 days/week;
  • $2,000 if the child attends 5 days/week.

Families with twins/multiples are eligible for one signature voucher for the first child and a sibling voucher of $500 for each additional child.

Unfortunately, your child is not eligible because he/she has attended a Jewish preschool previously. Eligibility for the voucher is based on the first child of a family attending Jewish preschool for the first time, independent of location.

A child entering kindergarten is not eligible. The child needs to be enrolling in an infant, toddler, or preschool program.

Program Eligibility

  • Enrolling in a Jewish early childhood program for the first time 
  • The first child in the family to attend a Jewish early childhood program 
  • A member of a family where at least one parent identifies as Jewish
  • Enrolling in a Marvin Barish Right Start-affiliated program during the academic year 
  • Enrolling in a class where the child attends independently and meets at least 2 times/week

  • Families may receive one of the following Marvin Barish Right Start Signature Vouchers: 
    • $1,000 if the child plans on attending 2 or 3 days/week 
    • $2,000 if the child plans on attending 5 days/week 
  • Only one voucher per child may be redeemed 
  • The deadline for submitting a Marvin Barish Right Start application is within three months of the child’s start date 
  • Twins/multiples are eligible for the Signature Vouchers (if they are your first children).   When applying for twins/multiples, please fill out a separate application for each child 

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