The Family Scholarship Program is helping immigrant/migrant fathers and sons, mothers and daughters and brothers and sisters move up the economic development ladder through education. Scholarships are used for college tuition, language acquisition, technical training and GED classes, with two family members receiving a scholarship to help achieve the type of education they need in order to create a brighter future for their entire family.

Eligibility requirements:

• All applicants must be age 18 or older.
• Applicants must have been in the United States for 7 years or less.
• Both applicants must have been born outside of the United States.
• Both applicants must be living in the United States currently.
• Application must include educational providers for primary and secondary award recipients (must be 2 family members).
• Scholarships may be used for tuition for college/university education language acquisition classes, technical/skill training, and/or financial literacy.
• Scholarships may not be used for advanced degrees (Masters, PhD).
• Scholarships will only be made to nonprofit accredited higher education institutions and nonprofit training/educational providers.
• Applicants must reside in one of the following U.S. locations: Los Angeles, California; San Francisco, California; Denver, Colorado; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; Washington, DC; Miami, Florida
• Western Union employees, Western Union Agents and dependents are not eligible to apply for these scholarships.

Process

Recipients are determined in a selection process independently managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE), an international non-profit educational exchange organization. All scholarship awards will be paid directly to the educational providers. No payments will be made to individuals.

Timeline

2012 dates will be announced later.