Financial Aid for Single Moms
Useful information regarding financial aid includes money available from the government for Single Mothers that are attending college.  We'll keep looking out for you with all the latest information.  Please let us know if you have any suggestions or information about grants that are available for Single Mothers, please submit it to us at Contact Us Page.

Articles & Tips
Never Too Late: Entering College as a Non-Traditional Student - by Kelly Kennedy from singlemotherresources.com - If you are single mom and found that you had to give up going back to school to care for your children, you aren’t the only one.  Single women do it all the time in order to raise their children.  However as children grow up and go to school themselves, single mothers want the chance as well to go back to school.  Whether it is to finish where they left off or get continuing education.  Sometimes its not as easy to make the transition back to school if you are older but they are plenty others doing the same thing.

Financial Aid from the U.S. Department of Education
If you are interested in receiving federal student aid, submitting the http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

Congratulations, you’ve already taken the first steps to getting a great educational experience. If you need help paying for fees, books, supplies and even rent, take the next steps below.

• Visit the financial aid office at your community college campus and get one-on-one help working through the process and discovering all your financial aid opportunities.  If you need to, you can use the Get Help Now box above on the left to get the office’s address and telephone number.
• Compile appropriate financial documentation (income tax returns, etc.). There is a helpful list located at www.fafsa.ed.gov/before001.htm.
• Fill out the Free Application for Student Aid (FAFSA). This step opens the door for virtually all forms of financial aid including the Pell Grant, Cal Grant, scholarships and low interest student loans.
• Fill out the application for the California Community Colleges Board of Governors Enrollment Fee Waiver (BOGW). If you’re eligible, the Fee Waiver will take care of all your community college enrollment fees.
• Visit our Helpful Links page to find other beneficial Web sites that contain a plethora of financial aid information and resources.

You need to complete this form to receive federal student aid. For detailed information on the FAFSA application process, visit WiredScholar, Sallie Mae's planning for college Web site.

Eligibility, After the application, The award letter, Work study, & When a loan is need. You need to understand everything during this process of applying for financial aid.

U.S. Department of Education
In 1980, the U.S. Department of Education was created by bringing together offices from several other departments. Its original directive remains its mission today — to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the nation.
Phone:1-800-USA-LEARN (1-800-872-5327)
TTY: 1-800-437-0833
Fax: 1-202-401-0689
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202
Website: www.ed.gov

http://www.finaid.org/ - Financial Aid site for more information.

The Directory of Financial Aids for Women
By Gail A. Schlachter
ISBN 1588411672
560 pages
Directory of Financial Aids for Women 2007-2009: A List Of: Scholarships, Fellowships, Loans, Grants, Awards, And Internships Available Primarily Or Exclusively ... (Directory of Financial Aids for Women), Hardbound, $45.00
If you are looking for financial aid for women, or know women who are, then this is the directory for you. Here, in one place, are detailed descriptions of more than 1,500 funding programs--representing billions of dollars in financial aid set aside specifically for women. Some examples: $5,000 for high school women athletes to go to college, thousands of dollars for women in study engineering or chemistry, up to $5,000 for older women to start or go back to college, $14,000 per year to women for graduate study in the biological sciences, $18,000 for Hispanic-American women to work on a Ph.D. dissertation. And the list goes on and on. 

Finding Scholarships - WiredScholar - http://salliemae.wiredscholar.com/paying/content/pay_scholarship_find.jsp
Sometimes the best place to look for a scholarship is in your own backyard. Local groups, clubs, businesses, churches, and organizations are all a potential source for scholarships. Usually, these types of scholarships are not widely publicized. That means fewer applicants and higher odds of winning.

Don't know where to start looking for local scholarships? Wiredscholar, Sallie Mae's planning for college Web site, has more information and tips on how to begin your search.

Once you find a potential scholarship, it is important to be alert to scholarship scams. Learn more about the most common at www.salliemae.com/plan/freemoney/scams.html.

FEATURED ORGANIZATIONS

SUNSHINE LADY Foundation Scholarship Program - The SUNSHINE LADY Foundation, Inc. is a private family foundation established in the fall of 1996 through the vision and determination of founder and President, Doris Buffett. Ms. Buffett has worked for many years on behalf of battered women and their children, as an advocate, fund-raiser, board member and community organizer. A primary focus of the Foundation is to continue, develop and enhance efforts to end domestic violence. Additional funding priorities of the Foundation include primary education, scholarships and families in crisis.

About the Scholarship:
The Women's Independence Scholarship Program (WISP) was created in 1999 to help formerly battered women overcome barriers to the education necessary for their becoming employable and financially stable. The primary intent is to help single mothers with young children who have the greatest financial challenges (childcare costs, etc.) to gain work skills so they can support their families. Our funds target women who are in desperate financial situations and absolutely must have both an education and our funds to assist them.

About Eligibility:
To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, the applicant must be a direct survivor of domestic violence (partner abuse). While we abhor abuse from any source, our effort is in assisting those women who are survivors of partner abuse.

They are now accepting applications for scholarships. More information on www.sunshineladyfdn.org or their FAQ at: www.sunshineladyfdn.org/faq.html
4900 Randall Parkway
Suite H
Wilmington , NC 28403
Phone: 910-397-7742
Fax: 910-397-0023
Toll-Free: 866-255-7742

Soroptimist.org - Women's Opportunity Awards - Many Women’s Opportunity Award recipients have overcome enormous obstacles in their quest for a better life, including poverty, domestic violence, and drug and alcohol abuse. The Women's Opportunity Awards begin at the local level.  Applications will then be forwarded to the closest local participating Soroptimist club. Forward the application to the region contact by December 1st. This will enable it to be forwarded to a local club before the December 15th club deadline.
Website: www.soroptimist.org/woa/woa.asp

Kazimour Scholarships - for non-traditional students - Dr. Kim Kazimour and ANTSHE sponsor the annual Kazimour Scholarship. Awards of three $500 Awards, two for undergraduate students (two-year and four-year) and one for a graduate student are awarded each spring semester.  The deadline is November 30.
Website: www.antshe.org/kazimour.htm

Free scholarship search
Website: www.FastWeb.com
Website: CollegeBoard.com - this online tool to help you locate scholarships, internships, grants, and loans that match your education level, talents, and background. Complete the brief questionnaire and Scholarship Search will find potential opportunities from our database of more than 2,300 sources of college funding, totaling nearly $3 BILLION in available aid!

Useful Sites
Direct Stafford Loans: DirectLoan/index.html
College is Possible - www.CollegeIsPossible.org
National Center for Education Statistics  - part of U.S. Department of education
Website: nces.ed.gov
Resources for back to college - is a resource site  for the adult returning to college.
Website: www.Back2College.com

Here you will find helpful links to general info on all 50 states as well as organizations. www.50States.com 

http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/ - The WIC program for women, infants & children. They offer variety of helps through local agencies & offices with toll free number & much more.

Free Grants for Junior College in California
Website: www.icanaffordcollege.com - The Legislature and Governor set aside money from within the community college budget to increase awareness about financial aid opportunities and to hire additional staff to provide students with free one-on-one help identifying those opportunities and applying for them.  This effort is aimed at low-income high school students, currently enrolled community college students, and other low-income Californians.

Community college financial aid offices historically have been under-funded, and have not had the resources to make sure that all eligible students were aware of the opportunities available to them.  The offices also have not had the staff to fully support the application process.  However, the funding from this new initiative is helping the campuses reach and assist greater numbers of students.

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