Financial Aid for Single Moms
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Financial Aid from
the U.S.
Department of Education - everything you need!
If you are interested in receiving federal student
aid, submitting the
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
Congratulations, you’ve already taken the first steps to getting a great
educational experience. If you need help paying for fees, books, supplies and
even rent, take the next steps below.
- Visit the financial aid
office at your community college campus and get one-on-one help working
through the process and discovering all your financial aid opportunities.
If you need to, you can use the Get Help Now box above on the left to get
the office’s address and telephone number.
- Compile appropriate
financial documentation (income tax returns, etc.). There is a helpful list
located at
www.fafsa.ed.gov/before001.htm.
- Fill out the
Free Application for Student Aid (FAFSA). This step opens the door for
virtually all forms of financial aid including the Pell Grant, Cal Grant,
scholarships and low interest student loans.
- Fill out the application for
the California
Community Colleges Board of Governors Enrollment Fee Waiver (BOGW). If
you’re eligible, the Fee Waiver will take care of all your community college
enrollment fees.
- Visit our
Helpful Links page to find other beneficial Web sites that contain a
plethora of financial aid information and resources.
You need to complete this form to receive federal
student aid. For detailed information on the FAFSA
application process, visit
WiredScholar, Sallie Mae's planning for
college Web site.
Eligibility, After
the application, The award letter, Work
study, & When a loan is need
- You need to understand everything before, during
& after this process of applying for financial
aid. - from
SallieMae.com
U.S. Department
of Education
In 1980, the U.S.
Department of Education was created by bringing
together offices from several other departments.
Its original directive remains its mission today —
to ensure equal access to education and to promote
educational excellence throughout the nation.
Phone:1-800-USA-LEARN (1-800-872-5327)
TTY: 1-800-437-0833
Fax: 1-202-401-0689
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202
Website:
www.ed.gov
http://www.ed.gov/prog_info/SFA/StudentGuide/
- The student guide: financial aid from the U.S. Department of Education.
http://www.finaid.org/ - Financial Aid
site for more information.
The Directory of Financial Aids for Women
By Gail A. Schlachter
ISBN 1588411672
560 pages
Directory of Financial Aids for Women 2007-2009: A List Of: Scholarships, Fellowships, Loans, Grants, Awards, And Internships Available Primarily Or Exclusively ... (Directory of Financial Aids for Women)
, Hardbound, $45.00
If you are looking for financial aid for women, or know women who are, then this
is the directory for you. Here, in one place, are detailed descriptions of more
than 1,500 funding programs--representing billions of dollars in financial aid
set aside specifically for women. Some examples: $5,000 for high school women
athletes to go to college, thousands of dollars for women in study engineering
or chemistry, up to $5,000 for older women to start or go back to college,
$14,000 per year to women for graduate study in the biological sciences, $18,000
for Hispanic-American women to work on a Ph.D. dissertation. And the list goes
on and on.
College Savings Calculator
FEATURED ORGANIZATIONS
Our Families Our Future
is a Wyoming non-profit organization that helps low-income single
mothers on their path to economic self-sufficiency. Our CLIMB
Wyoming programs train and place women in demand occupations
and careers that earn livable wages. Almost 40% of single mothers in
Wyoming are living at or below the Federal poverty level, but the staff
and partners of Our Families Our Future are working to reverse this
statistic by empowering single mothers to improve their lives and the
lives of their children.
Our intervention model is
based on the Fleming Associates Young Parent Program
which was established in Laramie County in 1986 to meet the educational,
work and life skills needs of low-income single parents. This is a
nationally acclaimed paradigm for moving disadvantaged single mothers
out of poverty.
Our Families Our Future
1001 W. 31st Street
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
Email:
info@ourfamiliesourfuture.org
Phone: (307) 778-0094
Fax: (307) 778-0095
Website:
www.ourfamiliesourfuture.org
Raise The Nation
Raise The Nation® celebrates
independence through education by awarding grants and scholarships to single
parent women and their children.
The mission at Raise The Nation is
to provide economic support to single parent women who want to continue with
their education or repay student loans. We believe, through education, single
parent women will be able to achieve independence for their families and will be
successful in their goal of raising the nation — their children.
Raise The Nation provides money
directly to the Colleges, Universities and student loan providers for the
purpose of helping these women complete and pay for their education. We also
offer assistance for childcare, books and other basic needs. Scholarships are
awarded twice a year and distribution of funds is directly related to our
success in fundraising.
Raise The Nation
P.O. Box 8058
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87198
SUNSHINE LADY Foundation Scholarship Program
- The SUNSHINE LADY Foundation, Inc. is a private family foundation established
in the fall of 1996 through the vision and determination of founder and
President, Doris Buffett. Ms. Buffett has worked for many years on behalf of
battered women and their children, as an advocate, fund-raiser, board member and
community organizer. A primary focus of the Foundation is to continue, develop
and enhance efforts to end domestic violence. Additional funding priorities of
the Foundation include primary education, scholarships and families in crisis.
About the Scholarship:
The
Women's Independence Scholarship Program (WISP) was created in 1999
to help formerly battered women overcome barriers to the education necessary for
their becoming employable and financially stable. The primary intent is to help
single mothers with young children who have the greatest financial challenges
(childcare costs, etc.) to gain work skills so they can support their families.
Our funds target women who are in desperate financial situations and absolutely
must have both an education and our funds to assist them.
About Eligibility:
To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, the applicant must be a direct
survivor of domestic violence (partner abuse). While we abhor abuse from any
source, our effort is in assisting those women who are survivors of partner
abuse.
They are now accepting applications for scholarships. More information on
www.sunshineladyfdn.org
or their FAQ at:
www.sunshineladyfdn.org/faq.html
4900 Randall Parkway
Suite H
Wilmington , NC 28403
Phone: 910-397-7742
Fax: 910-397-0023
Toll-Free: 866-255-7742
Soroptimist.org - Women's Opportunity Awards
- Many Women’s
Opportunity Award recipients have overcome enormous obstacles in their quest for
a better life, including poverty, domestic violence, and drug and alcohol abuse.
The Women's Opportunity Awards begin at the local level. Applications will
then be forwarded to the closest local participating Soroptimist club. Forward
the application to the region contact by December 1st. This will enable it to be
forwarded to a local club before the December 15th club deadline.
Website:
www.soroptimist.org/woa/woa.asp
Finding scholarships
-
WiredScholar
Sometimes the best place to look for a scholarship
is in your own backyard. Local groups, clubs,
businesses, churches, and organizations are all a
potential source for scholarships. Usually, these
types of scholarships are not widely publicized.
That means fewer applicants and higher odds of
winning.
Don't know where
to start looking for local scholarships?
Wiredscholar, Sallie Mae's planning for
college Web site, has more information and tips on
how to begin your search.
Once you find a
potential scholarship, it is important to be alert
to scholarship scams. Learn more about the most
common
scams.
Kazimour Scholarships -
for non-traditional students - Dr. Kim
Kazimour and ANTSHE sponsor the annual
Kazimour Scholarship. Awards of three $500
Awards, two for undergraduate students
(two-year and four-year) and one for a
graduate student are awarded each spring
semester. The deadline is November 30.
Website:
www.antshe.org/kazimour.htm
Free Scholarship Search
Website:
www.FastWeb.com
Website:
CollegeBoard.com
- this online tool to help you locate
scholarships, internships, grants, and loans that
match your education level, talents, and
background. Complete the brief questionnaire and
Scholarship Search will find potential
opportunities from our database of more than
2,300 sources of college funding,
totaling
nearly $3 BILLION in available aid!
Useful Sites
Direct Stafford Loans:
DirectLoan/index.html
College is Possible
-
www.CollegeIsPossible.org
National Center for Education Statistics
-
part of U.S. Department of education
Website:
nces.ed.gov
Resources for back to college
- is a resource site for the adult
returning to college.
Website:
www.Back2College.com
Here you will find helpful links to
general info on all 50 states as well as organizations. www.50States.com
http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/
- The WIC program for women, infants & children.
They offer variety of helps through local agencies & offices with
toll free number & much more.
Free Grants for Junior College in California
Website:
www.icanaffordcollege.com - The Legislature and Governor set aside money
from within the community college budget to increase awareness about financial
aid opportunities and to hire additional staff to provide students with free
one-on-one help identifying those opportunities and applying for them. This
effort is aimed at low-income high school students, currently enrolled community
college students, and other low-income Californians.
Community college financial aid offices historically have been under-funded, and
have not had the resources to make sure that all eligible students were aware of
the opportunities available to them. The offices also have not had the staff to
fully support the application process. However, the funding from this new
initiative is helping the campuses reach and assist greater numbers of students.
