The Process
Our process is designed to be simple and user-friendly. There are no lengthy applications, no essays, no waiting for scholarship committee meetings. We make grants continuously throughout the year and can have requests turned around within a few days.
It is absolutely critical that you enroll with us even if your child is young and not ready for college. We will maintain contact with you as you move around the country and your child matures; we will work with you to access public and private sources of grants and scholarships as college approaches and we will ensure that we reserve sufficient funds so that neither you nor your child have to use savings or loans to pay for college.
Process
- Fill out the family enrollment form either online or print the form and mail it in.
- Mail us a copy of DD Form 93–Record of Emergency Data. This documents your relation to the casualty.
- Mail us a copy of DD Form 1300–Report of Casualty.
- Mail documentation of expenses
- Call us to ensure we have received your enrollment form, to review the process and to inform us of your needs.
Uses of Funds
We want to ensure that eligible families do not have to use their savings or take on loans to pay for college. Period.
There is currently no cap on grants per child, however we continuously balance our grant making with our financial resources so this policy is subject to change. We will help you access all other sources of grants and scholarships (Veteran’s Administration programs, private scholarships, etc.) and then help to bridge the remaining gap in college costs.
Our funds can be used for all the typical costs of college: tuition, room, board, books, fees, computers, living expenses, etc. We make our checks payable to the institution as often as possible.
