Slide Insurance helps provide more than 60 scholarships for Florida schoolchildren

TAMPA, Fla.– Slide Insurance has contributed $500,000 to the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program, helping more than 60 Florida students access the education option that is best for them to succeed. Slide Insurance is a technology-enabled insurance company revolutionizing every facet of property insurance and offers home, condo, and commercial residential products through a network of over 5,000 agents in Florida and South Carolina. 

This is the first year that Slide Insurance has partnered with Step Up For Students, a 501c3 nonprofit organization that helps manage the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program. The program, which is funded by tax-credited contributions from corporations, allows families to use the scholarship for private school tuition and fees, instructional materials, curriculum, and other approved educational expenses. Florida students who are not enrolled full time in a private or public school can access the Personalized Education Program (PEP), which provides an education savings account (ESA) to fund the needs of those students. 

“Slide Insurance is dedicated to meeting the unique needs of our customers and our local communities," said Bruce Lucas, Founder and CEO of Slide Insurance. "As part of our Slide It Forward philanthropy program, we have partnered with Step Up For Students to ensure that Florida students have the opportunity to attend the school that best fits their unique learning needs—no matter their economic background. We are proud to stand behind this exceptional scholarship program and the families it serves." 

Slide Insurance celebrated their support of the scholarship program with a visit to Tampa Day School, where most students use a scholarship through Step Up For Students. Slide Insurance representatives had the chance to talk with Step Up scholarship students and heard from Tampa Day School staff about the various programs available at the school.