Spend more time with your kids with a scholarship to an online school.
Many working parents want to further their education and careers through additional schooling, but the cost of tuition and other expenses can be a problem. Luckily, there are many available scholarships created especially for working moms and dads that can help ease the financial burden. Unlike student loans, you'll never have to pay back these scholarships, and in some cases the funds can be used toward child care and transportation expenses as well.
Project Working Mom... and Dad, Too
The online education website eLearners.com sponsors a scholarship program called Project Working Mom, which awards full tuition scholarships to accredited online schools such as Virginia College and Everest University. Contrary to what the program's name may imply, dads are also eligible for Project Working Mom scholarships, and employment isn't technically required to qualify. Since Project Working Mom launched in January 2008, over $6 million in scholarships have been awarded, and the 2010 cycle will award up to 285 full scholarships to eight online institutions.
Interested parents must fill out an online application at ProjectWorkingMom.com and specify their school of interest and desired degree program. A short personal essay is also required. Applicants do not need SAT or GPA scores.
Project Working Mom
projectworkingmom.com
The Soroptimist Women's Opportunity Awards
The Soroptimist Women's Opportunity Awards program, created in 1972, awards over one million dollars every year to women in order to help them pursue their educational goals, and unlike traditional scholarships, the money can go toward other related expenses, such as transportation or child care. The program offers financial assistance to women who are the primary wage earners for their families. To be eligible for a Women's Opportunity Award, a woman must be currently enrolled in or accepted to an undergraduate degree program or a vocational or skills training program. Women's Opportunity Awards applicants must also demonstrate financial need in order to qualify. Go to soroptimist.org to fill out an online application. Applicants must write a short essay and provide two personal references.
Soroptimist International of the Americas
1709 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-893-9000
soroptimist.org
Raise the Nation Foundation Scholarships
The Raise the Nation Foundation offers their Scholarship For Continuing Education to women who are single parents with sufficient financial need. To qualify, a woman must be enrolled in or accepted to a post-secondary course of study. Applicants must provide income verification and fill out and mail a completed application form and $20 application fee to Raise the Nation.
Raise the Nation also offers a student loan repayment grant to single mothers with outstanding student loan debt. Recipients of the grant must agree to perform volunteer community service for around eight hours a month.
Raise the Nation
P.O. Box 8058
Albuquerque, NM 87198
505-265-1201
raisethenation.org
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