King Basis Awards $30K to Arkansas Single Mum or dad Scholarship Fund

Arkansas Single Mum or dad Scholarship Fund (ASPSF) is thrilled to announce it has acquired a beneficiant $30,000 grant from the Dallas-based Carl B. & Florence E. King Basis. 

The grant might be used to supply essential sources to low-income single mum or dad college students residing within the Arkansas Delta, serving to them obtain their academic and profession targets. The King Basis’s dedication to group growth aligns with ASPSF’s mission to empower single dad and mom to attain self-sufficiency by postsecondary schooling.

The funding will straight impression the lives of many single dad and mom by ASPSF’s versatile scholarships and help companies, resembling skilled growth workshops, to assist single dad and mom keep at school, graduate, and begin a brand new profession with family-supporting wages. That is ASPSF’s second grant from the King Basis. In 2022, the inspiration awarded $25,000 to the group.

“We’re extremely grateful to the King Basis for its continued help,” stated Jenn Morehead, Government Director of ASPSF. “This grant will considerably improve our potential to supply monetary help, mentoring, and extra sources to single dad and mom within the Arkansas Delta. By investing of their schooling, we’re investing in the way forward for their households and our communities. The King Basis’s generosity will assist us break the cycle of poverty and create alternatives for a brighter future.”

ASPSF has a protracted historical past of supporting single dad and mom by scholarships and complete help companies. The group understands the distinctive challenges confronted by single mum or dad college students, together with monetary pressure, time administration, and balancing household duties. This grant from the King Basis will allow ASPSF to develop its attain and supply much more strong help to these in want.

For extra details about ASPSF, which has distributed greater than $55 million in scholarships throughout Arkansas, contact ASPSF Communications Director Jen Para at jpara@aspsf.org or 501-550-6304.

Picture Caption: Arkansas Single Mum or dad Scholarship Fund recipients from Southeast Arkansas have fun their Spring 2024 scholarships at an awards ceremony in January.