Applications are open for the Fully Funded SHC Youth Leadership and Scholarship Program in USA. SchoolHouse Connection is a national non-profit organization working to overcome homelessness through education. They provide strategic advocacy and technical assistance in partnership with early childhood programs, schools, institutions of higher education, service providers, families, and youth.

SHC Youth Leadership and Scholarship Program

• Provides scholarships to youth who have experienced homelessness to ensure their completion of a post-secondary education program.
• Assists youth with financial aid processes, mental health advocacy and referrals, professional legal advocacy and referrals, and assistance in locating and establishing local contacts for general support and services.
• Builds a stable peer and adult support network for recipients, before, during, and after their college careers, and into their transition into the workforce.
• Offers young people meaningful opportunities to engage in advocacy, while providing sustained support services to help ensure graduation and success in life.

Benefits

• $2,000 scholarship award.
• A minimum of 10 scholarships is awarded.
• A trip to a national awards ceremony (travel and expenses included).
• Second gathering in Washington, DC, one year after the initial scholarship award (all expenses included).

Eligibility

• Applicants must have been born on or after Nov. 9, 1999.
• Applicants must be entering college for the first time during the 2020-21 school year. This means that the application is for high school seniors; for those who are in GED programs; or for those who have taken a gap year.
• Applicants who have experienced homelessness within the last six years are eligible to apply.
• Undocumented students who meet these criteria are eligible