Empowering Parents: Idaho Odyssey Program
The Empowering Parents Idaho program is closing for the 2025-26 school year. New applications will not be accepted.
If you have funding from a previous school year, your funding will remain intact for three years (for example, funding awarded in 2023 will expire in 2026).
You can find the exact date your funds will expire in your Classwallet account.
For more information on the program closure, please visit https://empoweringparents.idaho.gov/.
At Miacademy, we’ve been hard at work partnering with various state funding agencies across the country. Our goal is to make a quality education accessible for every student, and we’re accomplishing our goal one state at a time. If you’re homeschooling in Idaho, we have some exciting news to share with you!
Miacademy is now an educational provider for the Idaho Odyssey Empowering Parents Program! Eligible families in Idaho can access Miacademy’s accredited online homeschool curriculum with funding provided by the Empowering Parents program, powered by Odyssey.
How Do I Use My Funds from Idaho Odyssey?
Parents who have already received awards can now access their funds through Odyssey’s new, convenient online marketplace.
- Log into your Odyssey Portal
- Click on “View Balance” for your student
- Click “View Marketplace.” Watch the video tutorial here.
You have three years to use any remaining funds in your account.
The funds can be used for the following:
- Tuition, technology, textbook and curriculum fees, and instructional materials for camps and extracurricular classes
- Registration fees for Day Camps that operate for less than 12 weeks out of the year or for just one day per week
- Registration fees for State-licensed Camp programs lasting 9 consecutive weeks or longer
- Registration fees for State-licensed Children’s Therapeutic Outdoor Programs designed to provide behavioral, substance abuse, or mental health services to minors in an outdoor setting
- Out-of-State Camps accredited by the American Camp Association and approved by the State Board of Education
Funds may not be used for:
- Tuition and fees for enrollment in a virtual school or class where the student is enrolled as a private paying student
- Private school tuition and fees
- Religious camps
- Annual funds
- Giving Funds
- Fundraising fees, donation fees, volunteer waiver fees
- Homeschool co-op tuition and fees
- Gift cards
- Transportation
Since Miacademy is a curriculum, our subscriptions are covered under the program. For a full list of all qualified and unqualified uses, please visit the Empowering Parents Eligible Expenses page.
If you’d like to learn more about the Idaho Empowering Parents (Odyssey) Program, please visit the official scholarship website or check out the program’s Parent Handbook.
If you have any questions about how Miacademy or MiaPrep can help you on your Idaho homeschooling journey, please feel free to contact one of our friendly customer service representatives! They’ll be happy to help you find the information you need.
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