subject: State Educational Subsidy Increases Financial Funding for Working Mothers, who Want to Complete College [print this page] Single moms are placed in a very tough position of having to care for the kids while providing income to live on by herself. This makes obtaining a college degree a lot more difficult. Fortunately, there are a lot of single mothers scholarships that will assist in the payment for tuition fees and other educational expenses. This can help take some of the financial obligation off of the single mother.
Below are some educational scholarships that cater to single mothers.
Project Working Mom - Putting Education to Work
Project Working Mom - Putting Education to Work is a kind of educational scholarship for working mothers who want to go back to college so that they can have a better paying job. For every month, Project Working Mom provides a dole out of around $4,000 scholarship that can be spent on college tuition, supplies, computer, books and fees.
Project Working Moms personnel, Jenny Foust, declares that winners of the contest must come up with well articulated essays on why they want online education to address their career and personal goals.
All applicants of this scholarship must be a working mother and should be 21 years old or older.
The R.O.S.E. Fund
Another scholarship is R.O.S.E. Fund, which means Regaining One's Self Esteem. This is a scholarship and assistance fund that is given out to women who had experienced domestic violence and want to go back to school.
This scholarship for women gives out $2,000 every semester for the payment of tuition. Recipients must reapply for the scholarship every semester to continue receiving the benefits. Applicants will just have to fill out the form on R.O.S.E. Fund website to start the application.
The Federal Single Mom Scholarships
A lot of states have a financial scholarship or state financial aid grant for single moms or displaced homemakers. To look out for your states state financial aid agency, you can visit the website of the United States Department of Education.
The Homemaker Scholarships
The Displaced Homemaker Scholarships given out by the Association on American Indian Affairs are extended to mothers and fathers that have primarily taken care of the needs of the family and have been unable to finish a tertiary education. Recipients of the scholarship are provided with $750 every semester.
With this scholarship, Im sure you can do a lot from them. Being a single mother is not that easy. Seeing thus scholarship will help you gain more confidence and will help improve your source of income. So for all single mothers out there, you must grab this opportunity and see for yourself that education can be always for everyone.
State Educational Subsidy Increases Financial Funding for Working Mothers, who Want to Complete College
