Single mum or dad college students throughout the state can now apply for a Spring 2025 Scholarship of as much as $1,600 from the nonprofit Arkansas Single Father or mother Scholarship Fund (ASPSF).
To use, single dad and mom can go to aspsf.org/applynow and fill out a web based kind with supporting documentation by Dec. 1.
If awarded, single dad and mom immediately obtain the monetary help. They will use it to pay for every day family bills — like little one care, groceries, and gasoline — whereas going to high school. Moreover, ASPSF workers and volunteers offered mentoring, assets, {and professional} growth.
“This scholarship is making my goals come true of turning into a particular schooling trainer,” mentioned Fall 2024 Recipient Megan Thiesse who’s engaged on a bachelor’s diploma at Arkansas State College. “This program resides proof that single dad and mom could make it. With the best assist and the best steerage, something is feasible!”
Megan Thiesse, pictured together with her 4-year-old son, has obtained a scholarship from Arkansas Single Father or mother Scholarship Fund for the reason that Fall 2023 semester.
ASPSF accepts scholarship purposes 3 times a 12 months from single dad and mom who’re working towards skilled-trade certificates, affiliate levels, and bachelor’s levels that result in skilled careers with family-supporting wages.
Recipients should have a GED or highschool diploma however haven’t but earned a bachelor’s diploma. They need to even have a 2.0 GPA and earn medium to low earnings. A full checklist of ASPSF’s eligibility pointers is right here: aspsf.org/eligibility.
These scholarships for single dad and mom are made potential due to beneficiant donors, organizations, faculties, companies, and foundations who consider within the unimaginable energy of schooling. Due to neighborhood assist, ASPSF awarded over 800 scholarships totaling $1.1 million in 2024.
For extra data, contact ASPSF Communications Director Jen Para at jpara@aspsf.org or 501-550-6304.