Since 2021, full-time Amarillo College students who are Pell-Grant eligible have been welcome to apply for free or reduced on-campus child care through the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) Program.

Yet that federally-funded program for low-income parents became even more of a game-changer in 2022 when it was expanded to include scholarships in the after-school program at the Maverick Boys & Girls Club – open daily until 1 a.m.