Little Rock, Sheet. (March 27, 2022) – Arkansa’s single parent Scholarship Fund (ASPSF) awarded 383 scholarships to single parents for the spring of 2023 -Semester.
A total of almost $ 400,000 the scholarships are combined with services, such as mentoring scheme and financial planning. ASPF’s model creates a support system designed to help single parents with low income stay in school, study with a degree or certificate and start a professional career with higher wages.
“The ASPSF prize has not only helped me financially, it has also given me some useful life skills with a handbook and workshops. I am grateful for the donors who make this scholarship possible,” said spring 2023 -recipient Charlotte Hudson, a nursing student at the University of Arkansas for medical science.
Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund receives Charlotte Hudson (left) receives her leap 2023 scholarship check and certificate from ASPSF program leader Keisha Smith at a pricing ceremony held in Little Rock. (Photo courtesy ASPSF)
Supporters who funded the Spring 2023 scholarships from single parents include individuals, churches, small businesses and various banks and United Way organizations throughout the state.
In addition, funding is partly provided by the Arkansas Community Foundation, Arkansa’s Division of Higher Education, Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation, Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Conway Corp, Entergy, First Electric Cooperative, Union Pacific and Willard & Pat Walker CharitaLable Foundation to mention a few.
Single parents are entitled to ASPF scholarships if their household income is typically no more than 250% of the federal guidelines for poverty, maintain at least a 2.0 GPA and have not previously earned a bachelor’s degree, among other requirements.
ASPSF’s next scholarship application period is April 15-15. June for the fall of the 2023 semester. Statement amount is increased for all eligible full-time and part-time single parents of a maximum of $ 1,600 (up from $ 1,200).
For more information on nonprofit – which has awarded more than $ 35 million in scholarships throughout the state to single parents since 1990 – contact ASPSF Communications Director Jen Para at jpara@aspsf.org or 479,318,2885.
About Arkansa’s Single Parent Scholarship Fund: For more than 30 years, Arkansa’s single parent Scholarship finds have worked to create stronger, more educated and more self -sufficient families. Through scholarships and services, ASPF doors open to single parents with low income, helping them to pursue education, secure employment and transform the future of their families. With the help of volunteers and social support, ASPF creates multigenerational change and transforms life for both single parents and their children. For information about scholarships, voluntary options and ways to provide, visit www.aspsf.org.