Baby college savings plan offered

It’s estimated that by the year 2022 four years of college tuition and expenses could cost just over $90,000, so Ideal Idaho College Savings Program wanted to give parents at five hospitals a jump start on their bundle of joy’s education.

The first parents to give birth to a child at on May 29 received $529, that will go toward their child’s college education anywhere across the country.

Ideal 529 College Savings Plan accounts is part of a statewide and national campaign to encourage savings for college. The five hospitals participating are: Madison Memorial, Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, St. Alfonsus in Boise, St. Luke Mccalls Medical Center and West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell.

To find out more about saving for the future visit www.idsaves.org.