Application Period Opens Feb. 1
Since 2012, CORT has been a proud partner and supporter of the Folds of Honor Foundation, with the mission of providing education through scholarships to spouses and children of soldiers lost or severely disabled in service to our country. Each year, CORT demonstrates its support of the Folds of Honor and military families across our great nation through donations, various marketing activities and awareness campaigns.
To date, over 10,000 scholarships have been awarded through the Folds of Honor Foundation. There are currently more than one million dependents of military service men and women, 87 percent of whom do not qualify for educational assistance. The Folds of Honor Foundation helps make up that difference.
Applications for the 2016-2017 academic year will be available through Folds of Honor from February 1 through March 31, 2016. Notifications of the scholarships will begin in June and run through the end of August. The three scholarships available include Higher Education, Children’s Fund and Future Use.
Here’s a brief overview of each type of scholarship fund. (Please visit www.foldsofhonor.org for more details.)
HIGHER EDUCATION:
– Applicants must either have proof of school enrollment or proof of application to institution of higher education.
– Applicants must re-apply each year they wish to receive funding.
– Dependent of service member must be 24 years of age or younger and unmarried
– Spouse of service member has no age requirements/limitations, but cannot be re-married using former spouse’s military service documents.
– If applicant’s service member is currently active duty, they can only be eligible to apply for a scholarship if the service member has a Purple Heart.
– Maximum scholarship award amount is $5,000 per academic year.
CHILDREN’S FUND:
– Dependent of service member enrolled in grades K-12
– Funds may be used for private school tuition, educational tutoring, an approved/accredited homeschooling curriculum, required books and school uniforms.
– Applicants must re-apply each year they wish to receive funding
– Maximum scholarship award amount is $5,000 per academic year.
FUTURE USE:
– Dependent of service member who is an infant up to, and including, a child who will be entering the 11th grade.
– If applicant’s service member is currently active duty, they can only be eligible to apply for a scholarship if the service member has a Purple Heart.
– The scholarship award amount is $5,000 for the recipient’s first year of post-secondary education; the funds do not grow and are not a “college fund”
– Once awarded, the recipient cannot apply for this scholarship again.
Please visit the foldsofhonor.org to find eligibility information and to fill out an application, if you match the criteria.
