USA Swimming bridges the gap for families in need by offering qualified individuals the opportunity to become a USA swimming year round athlete. Outreach Membership is a discounted USA Swimming membership that is provided to swimmers with financial barriers. To see if you qualify see below.

Outreach membership needs proof of Medicaid, SNAP, or WIC. This letter/ award document (see above) must include the swimmer's name and current dates that show that the swimmer's benefits are active. SNAP , Medical, or WIC cards do not have enough information on them for outreach eligibility approval. Outreach members can participate year-round in USA Swimming sanctioned meets, unlimited. Outreach members are not eligible for national teams or national development programs.

Submit a copy of the document you are providing as proof to your

LCSC HEAD COACH

LCSC PRESIDENT

or send the document in pdf form via email to

secretary@lcscswim.org

with "OUTREACH ELIGIBILITY PROOF" in the subject line.

In the message box put your's and your child's or children's first and last name.

If you think you are eligible for an Outreach membership please ask the head coach, LCSC's current Outreach Specialist, or one of your LCSC Board Members.

USA Swimming requires all Local Swim Committees (LSC) to offer outreach memberships. Oregon Swimming Incorporation (OSI) is our LSC and gives additional support to swimmers who have income restrictions (Outreach Athletes).  Outreach Athletes can receive reimbursements for the  up to three meets per season that the swimmer attends and competes in. There are two seasons per year: the winter short course season is September 1st thru April 30th and the summer long course season is May 1st thru August 31st. Any meet on the OSI meet schedule (see link below) is eligible. Requests must be submitted within 30 days of the end of the reimbursable season. For short course season reimbursement the submission deadline is May 30th and for long course season reimbursement the submission deadline is September 30th.

OSI PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING OFFSETS/ REIMBURSEMENTS:

Offset the individual event entry fees of the swimmer for OSI registered swim meets

Athlete meet surcharges are not reimbursable

Offset the individual event entry fees of the swimmer for OSI Championship meets

Athlete meet surcharges are not reimbursable

Reimburse Outreach Athletes for 1.5x the travel amount to Futures, Pro Series, Junior Nationals, Nationals, US Open, US Team Trials, and Olympic Trials.

Funding subject to the amount that OSI travel funding supports

TO QUALIFY AS AN OUTREACH ATHLETE WITH OSI:

Swimmer's family must provide proof of low-income status to their club

Submit a copy of the document you are providing as proof to your

LCSC HEAD COACH

LCSC PRESIDENT

or send the document via email to

secretary@lcscswim.org

with "OUTREACH ELIGIBILITY PROOF" in the subject line.

In the message box put your's and your Child's or children's first and last name.

ELIGIBLE TYPES OF PROOF:

Example of approval letter provided above

SNAP approval letter

Document must have the word "Approved" the swimmer's name and benefit period dates showing current and active benefits.

OHP/ Medicaid approval letter

Document must have the word "Approved" the swimmer's name and benefit period dates showing current and active benefits

YMCA or Parks and Rec Low Income membership letter

Document must include the name of the Low Income program, the swimmer's name and active membership dates

Most current tax return

Income on tax return must be equal to or less that the Annual Federal Poverty Guidelines Table

If you are eligible and would like to offset the cost of your swimmer's meets please speak to the current Outreach Specialist, Head Coach Lissa Parker, or one of your LCSC Board Members.

To be considered for the LCSC Family Hardship Scholarship, your family must demonstrate a form of financial hardship. This includes:

• Low income: 

  • If applying under this category, you must submit, along with your application, either:

    • A current SNAP award letter

    • A current Medicaid award letter 

• House Damage: (e.g., fire, flood, pipe break, severe storm)

• Family Death

• Loss of income: (e.g., job loss, temporary layoff, injury)

• Unexpected expenses: (e.g., significant medical bills, relocation costs)

In addition to demonstrating financial hardship, all applicants must meet the following criteria:

• You must have applied for Every Kid Sports first prior to submitting your scholarship application (see the section on this page labeled Every Kid Sports above). Please note that a denial from Every Kid Sports does not disqualify you from applying to and receiving the LCSC Family Hardship Scholarship.

• Your account must not have a credit balance.

• You must have completed all assigned service hours from the previous service hour billing cycle. This eligibility requirement will be waived for new families (not returning families).

The families of scholarship recipients are expected to:

• Recipients must attend and actively participate in an average of 2 weekly practice sessions per week.

• Families of recipeints must complete all assigned service hours during the award period.

• Families of recipients must work at all LCSC home meet sessions.

FAILURE TO MEET ANY OF THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS WILL RESULT IN A LOSS OF YOUR SCHOLARSHIP. If your scholarship is revoked, please understand that all outstanding dues will become immediately payable, and the revoked funds will be returned to the scholarship fund for redistribution.

If you are eligible and agree to fulfill ALL the requirements listed above should you be awarded the scholarship, please complete this application in its entirety. INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED, requiring you to reapply during the next scholarship period.