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We are now accepting applications for SchoolHouse Connection’s Youth Leadership and Scholarship Program, for students entering college for the first time in the 2021-2022 school year.
[Deadline to apply: October 1, 2020, 11:59 PM PST]
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The SHC Youth Leadership and Scholarship Program
- Awards scholarships to ten youth who have experienced homelessness.
- Assists youth with financial aid processes, mental health advocacy and referrals, professional legal advocacy and referrals, and assistance in locating and establishing local contacts for general support and services.
- Builds a stable peer and adult support network for recipients, before, during, and after their college careers, and into their transition into the workforce.
- Offers young people meaningful opportunities to engage in advocacy, while providing sustained support services to help ensure graduation and success in life.
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The Award
- $2,000 scholarship award
- A trip to a national awards ceremony (travel and expenses included)
- A second trip to reconnect and engage in policy advocacy in Washington, DC, one year after the initial scholarship award (all expenses included).
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Who Should Apply?
- Applicants must have been born on or after Oct. 1, 2000.
- Applicants must be entering college for the first time during the fall of 2021-2022 school year.
- This means that the application is for students who will be high school seniors in the fall of 2020; for those who are in GED programs; or for those who plan to take a gap year.
- Applicants must have experienced homelessness within the last six years.
- Undocumented students who meet these criteria are eligible.
Need more information? Please contact Jordyn Roark, Director of Youth Leadership and Scholarships.
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