Scholarship for women pays for tuition, fees — and life's emergencies

Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2018-12-26 15:29

Article here. Excerpt:

'To qualify for WEC grants, applicants must be unemployed or underemployed women who have had a significant break in their formal education. They may enroll, either part or full-time, in any educational curriculum, program or professional development opportunity that will lead to employment or improved employment.

A priority for the awards is to working mothers and those enrolled in nonprofit educational institutions. The grants are based on financial need, are renewable, and available to residents of Kalamazoo, Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, St. Joseph, and Van Buren Counties. Typical award amounts range from $500 to $3,000.

“This program helps women and their families reach their full potential," says Nancy Timmons, scholarship manager at the Kalamazoo Community Foundation. “Grants may be used to pay for tuition, fees, books, child care, transportation, and other educational expenses."'

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However, by and large these are grants for single parents in general, not fathers as such. But there are a large no. of sex-specific grants avail. to single moms as single moms and specifically to women as women. Grants to men as men may well be non-existent.

What's noteworthy about this phenom. is how it reflects the kind of nymphotropism found generally in society. Funds for women/single moms have little trouble attracting donors while those for single dads, wherever they may happen to be, do not.

In any case, an article on funds for single dads: https://www.scholarships.com/financial-aid/college-scholarships/scholarships-by-type/scholarships-for-single-fathers/

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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2018-12-27 02:08