Become a Step Up Provider, by Category

Step Up scholarship families can only pay providers Step Up has approved in EMA, its online system, and the approval route depends on the kind of provider you are. Each category page below covers the same ground for one provider type: which scholarship programs can pay for the work, the credential routes Step Up recognizes, how payment reaches you, and the mistakes that slow applications down.

Start with your category, then take the free assessment for a personalized preview of your pathway. Step Up reviews every application and makes every approval decision.

Speech Therapy Program that can pay: Unique Abilities (FES-UA) only Credential headline: A Florida Department of Health license for your specific service, or one of the other routes below Occupational Therapy Program that can pay: Unique Abilities (FES-UA) only Credential headline: A Florida Department of Health license for your specific service, or one of the other routes below ABA Therapy Program that can pay: Unique Abilities (FES-UA) only Credential headline: A Florida Department of Health license for your specific service, or one of the other routes below; ABA is delivered by a BCBA Tutoring Programs that can pay: FES-UA, FES-EO, FTC, PEP, and New Worlds (all five) Credential headline: A teaching certificate, a degree in the subject, or another recognized proof of subject mastery Testing and Assessments Programs that can pay: FES-UA, FES-EO, FTC, and PEP Credential headline: One of four routes: certified teacher, psychologist, school psychologist, or approved proctor Music and Art Therapy Program that can pay: Unique Abilities (FES-UA) only Credential headline: Music therapy: certification by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT). Art therapy: credentialing by the Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB)

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