Who Can Apply:
- Incarceration takes a tremendous toll on many people and can create long-lasting obstacles that are difficult to overcome.
- The effects of incarceration reach beyond the individual, impacting children dealing with the realities of one or both parents being justice-touched. Helping to break down financial barriers for students with incarcerated parents is a crucial step in making college more accessible, breaking cycles of poverty and incarceration, and helping students cope with the challenges they face.
- This scholarship seeks to support students whose parents have been incarcerated so they have the resources they need to overcome the adversity they’re facing.
- Any high school or undergraduate student who has a parent who is or was incarcerated may apply for this scholarship opportunity.
Submission: To apply, tell us how your parent’s incarceration has impacted your life, how you will avoid falling into similar circumstances, and what self-care measures you take to cope with the incarceration.
Deadline: October 31, 2024
Amount: $500
Learn More: https://bold.org/scholarships/ashanti-mccall-Life-legacy-Scholarship/